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3 Ways Sourcing Professionals Can Proactively Address Risk

Sarah Holliman

Consider Hurricane Florence or the Northern California “Camp Fire”— the damage from these devastating events will be long lasting to the communities they impacted and the businesses that supported them. Like major storms and extreme weather events, data breaches are an inevitable part of doing business. And many make headline news.

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Big Data (Brother) is Watching.and Listening Too.

Sarah Holliman

In a Gartner survey performed in October 2016, 48% of companies indicated that they have a Big Data initiative currently underway, with another 25% who stated they had plans on the horizon. Kearney, Sarah was in business development at one of the largest commercial banks in the country. . What do you think? Before joining A.T.

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Is Outsourcing Offshore Right for You? Pros and Cons

Magellan Solutions

In 2016, it also outsourced some IT tasks. For its software development work, Google partnered with Cognizant, which has offices in the US and India. Outsourcing specific tasks provides more flexibility. Google started offshoring in 2011 when it sent 1,000 customer support jobs for its AdWords product to contact centers worldwide.

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Back Office Outsourcing In The Highly-Competitive Marketplace

Magellan Solutions

In order to keep up with today’s increasingly competitive business environment, SMEs strive to achieve all these things, but the reality remains that not all SMEs are successful in their attempts at doing so. Poor economies of scale. Inadequate networks that result in their slow expansion in local and international markets.