GLG News by Business Process Outsourcing (Generic BPO) Services Evaluators

1. Recessions usually impose severe budget cuts on IT and ITES operations of companies. Offshore outsourcing in these two areas are a natural option that is explored. 2. With many companies like Banks merging and consolidating, downsizing, the offshore operations of service providers will be affected...

Open Text, thanks to its healthy balance sheet and cash generation capacity should continue to make strategic acquisitions to fill in gaps within its Livelink platform and to increase its installed base of customers and channel relationships. This move will further boost Open Text’s strategic value...

The Commerzbank - Dresdner Bank merger is compelling for all stakeholders. Without the successful completion of this deal, Commerzbank will itself likely become a takenover target. It cannot be in the long-term interest of the Federal Republic of Germany for its financial economy to be wholly managed...

Ricoh's acquisition of IKON, if closes, will undoubtedly solidify its position as a global market leader. In the short-run, Canon is the biggest looser but in the long run HP will be. However, the biggest winner will be Xerox;  It will help defend its turf against the print-centric assault...

Cloud computing is simple in concept, but difficult in market adaptation. Current marketable solutions are niche capabilities, largely focused on B2B transaction capabilities. Adoption by corporate IT organizations will require (1) mission-critical capabilities, develop sophistication similar to enterprise...

A recent study claimed that the global BPO industry will be worth $230 billion by 2012 and India stands to gain $50 billion of that global pie.  This boom may be in the wake of an U.S. economic downturn as employers who have historically shied away from offshoring may now become more receptive...

If national markets for second homes are really interlinked, then each market must be driven by common factors. Is this actually true?

Dresdner Bank is appealing for any financial services provider seeking a major foothold in the German retail, Mittelstand business or institutional asset management business. 

The range of risks in an outsource engagement, with disparate organisations working to distinct, albeit related set of objectives, is wide. Not the least of these is the misplaced notion, that since clients wish to reduce their cost, while suppliers aim to maximize their revenue, it puts both fundamentally...

Expensive oil, high current und past employee pension and medical benefits are there killers stalking the US automobilie makers. Effectively, the Big Three already belong to their respective pension fund. The stock is only a very, very leveraged option at this point. The failure...