Items tagged with : NOA
2011: mostly cloudy, with sunny intervals
2011 is shaping up to be the year of cloud computing, as the NOA's Andy Rogers reports... How public money is being spent and how it is bei...
24 March 2011 | Articles, IT, Functions Other, Global, All Columns,Are public sector cuts good news for the private sector?
Last week’s announcement of the government’s Spending Review was greeted in some quarters with howls of derision by critics who argue that the cost-cu...
27 October 2010 | Articles, Europe, UK, All Columns,Are shared services the answer to the government cuts for councils?
Finding new ways to improve cost-efficiencies in this day and age can seem a little like looking for a needle in a haystack for cash-strapped local au...
25 November 2010 | Articles, Global, All Columns,Bharat Vagadia
Dr Bharat Vagadia is a Board Director of the National Outsourcing Association. He is also a director at Op2i - a outsourcing research, advisory and im...
05 October 2010 | UK, Columnists, Global, Europe,Big Society: big trouble for public sector workers?
In recent weeks, we’ve seen the Prime Minister fiercely defending his Big Society project against criticisms that it is just a ‘cover’ for spending cu...
04 March 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, OLD ARTICLES, All Columns,Cameron admits mistakes over immigration cap. Or does he?
Sometimes there can be no greater show of strength for a man than admitting you simply got it wrong. If the Prime Minister’s recent hints that he will...
10 November 2010 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,Cloud computing – is there a silver lining?
I’m often asked what the future of outsourcing is, and, as difficult as it can be to accurately predict what’s going to happen without using a crystal...
04 May 2011 | Articles, Regions, UK, Global, All Columns,Collaboration is the future
The last few years have brought with them a number of sizeable changes which change the way each of us work and live our lives. However, what few peop...
02 February 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,Commonwealth Games could become costly for India
In a highly competitive industry, offshore destinations all over the world are fighting to achieve credibility as they look to win foreign investment....
07 October 2010 | Articles, UK, South/Central Asia, India, Global, All Columns,Double dip: outsourcing opportunities, not obstacles?
The grim news of a GDP contraction in the fourth quarter of last year of 0.6% on revised figures just released by the Office of National Statistics ha...
04 March 2011 | Articles, UK, Global, All Columns,Dwindling IT uptake could mean offshore time bomb
Exam results are out again and, for the IT sector, make for disturbing reading. It’s not the actual results that are the real problem - it’s the worry...
05 September 2011 | Articles, IT, Europe, UK, All Columns,Education, Education, Education....Outsourcing?
In today’s climate, it’s clear that everybody is looking for ways to save money. But should cost savings come at the expense of a good education? Rece...
20 October 2010 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,EOA Awards 2012
The European Outsourcing Association (EOA) would like to invite you to submit an entry into the 2012 EOA Awards. The EOA Awards celebrates and reward...
19 April 2012 | Events, Awards, UK,Good Relations
This article originally appeared in Outsource Magazine Issue #25 Autumn 2011 In the fifth and final article in his series on the NOA’s Life Cycle m...
28 September 2011 | Articles, Finance & Accounting, HR, IT, Procurement, Customer Service, Logistics, Legal, Functions Other, Global, All Columns,Government ICT policy: throwing the baby out with the bath water?
As I suggested in last week’s blog, it seems as though the wind of change is blowing hard through public sector procurement processes at the moment – ...
14 April 2011 | All Columns, UK, Articles,How Diversey and Wipro are creating an ITO (r)evolution
The (r)evolution in the outsourcing industry is happening. Innovative win-win outsourcing relationships are replacing traditional cost-focused procure...
12 January 2012 | Articles, IT, Global, All Columns,How do small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) best benefit from outsourcing?
The sector of “mid-sized businesses” (at the recent NOA Summit such organisations were defined as those with a turnover of up to £250M) is a major dri...
19 January 2011 | Articles, Europe, Germany, UK, Global, All Columns,How outsourcing can help the public sector...
As the government’s Spending Review draws nearer, there will be many who are currently wondering how they will be affected by the coalition government...
05 October 2010 | Articles, Europe, UK, All Columns,Immigration cap – is it really business-friendly?
It’s been another busy week in the halls of power at Westminster, with the government’s decision to slash the number of migrant workers allowed to com...
08 December 2010 | Articles, Europe, UK, All Columns,Indian prison workers in outsourcing: more questions than answers?
Last week, I was asked to comment on a report in The Guardian which highlighted a scheme in India aimed at turning inmates at a high-security prison n...
16 February 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, South/Central Asia, India, Global, All Columns,Innovation in Outsourcing: Searching for the Holy Grail
Bridget Fleetwood, Legal Director at international law firm Pinsent Masons LLP, looks at how, when and why there are real opportunities for outsourcin...
07 October 2010 | Articles, Global,Interview: Chris Halward, NOA Programmes Director
Chris Halward is Programmes Director for NOA Pathway, and the MD of training organisation True North. He is an associate tutor at Middlesex University...
10 September 2010 | Global, UK, Europe, Legal, Functions Other, Logistics, Customer Service, Procurement, IT, HR, Finance & Accounting, Audio,Leading the Way
The National Outsourcing Association’s Life Cycle model provides a framework to guide companies through the outsourcing process. Continuing his though...
15 December 2010 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global,Martyn Hart
Martyn Hart is the Chairman of the UK's National Outsourcing Association (NOA), which he instigated back in 1987. He has been involved in informa...
05 October 2010 | UK, Europe, Columnists, Global,NOA 25th Anniversary & Conference
REGISTRATIONS OPEN! It's the NOA's 25th Anniversary in 2012 and as part of the celebrations we are hosting a one day conference followed by...
19 April 2012 | Events, Conferences, UK,NOA announces change to Board
The National Outsourcing Association announced today that Mark Kobayashi-Hillary has tendered his resignation as Board Member responsible for Offshori...
21 July 2010 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global,NOA Awards 2010: full results
London, 22 October 2010: The 7th annual National Outsourcing Association Awards took place last night, with the biggest names in the outsourcing indus...
22 October 2010 | Articles, UK,NOA Awards 2011: the winners...
The National Outsourcing Association Awards (NOAA) 2011 took place November 10, 2011 in London. Celebrating excellence and best practice in outsourcin...
11 November 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, All Columns, Global,NOA Summit and Awards: Call for Entries
This week sees the final call for entries to the 2011 National Outsourcing Association Awards (NOAAs) for Best Practice in Outsourcing, with suppliers...
01 August 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,Obama's maiden voyage
As US President Barack Obama primes himself for his imminent visit to India next month, the question on everyone’s lips is whether or not he will be a...
03 November 2010 | Articles, USA, India, Global, All Columns,OPINION: to offshore or not to offshore?
(In a recent OutsourceXpress email, Outsource editor Jamie Liddell addressed the issue of public sector offshoring, arguing that the case had yet to b...
30 August 2011 | Articles, Finance & Accounting, HR, IT, Procurement, Customer Service, Logistics, Legal, Functions Other, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,Outsourcing suppliers: are they really all fat cats?
This week’s episode of Channel 4’s current affairs documentary series, Dispatches, raised a number of interesting points around whether outsourcing su...
24 March 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,Outsourcing to cut costs – ten top tips for SMEs
Many small businesses are looking to outsourcing as a means to reduce outgoings. But how can SMEs and start-ups make a success of a practice tradition...
29 March 2011 | Articles, Finance & Accounting, HR, IT, Procurement, Customer Service, Logistics, Legal, Functions Other, Global,Outsourcing training takes a slice of the pie
There is no doubt that we have seen a huge increase in outsourcing deals in recent years, especially since the Government Spending Review was announce...
27 April 2011 | Articles, UK, Global, All Columns,Outsourcing: changing the face of business
I was extremely interested to see research published this week which suggested that Britain’s outsourcing industry is now almost as big as the financi...
11 May 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,Pharaoh Trade
The most populous Arab country is flexing its outsourcing muscles thanks to a combination of linguistic capability and sheer determination… So how far...
15 December 2010 | Articles, Middle East/Africa, Egypt,Private sector to the rescue...
If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that 2011 will see government departments moving outsourcing rapidly to the top of their list of priorit...
09 February 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,Public sector outsourcing on the rise
In recent weeks, we’ve seen a number of initiatives from the government aimed at making it easier for organisations in the private sector looking to s...
07 April 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, All Columns,Q&A: Ian McDonald, Symbian Fdtn
Ian McDonald is the founder and director of Next Gen IT, a blog focusing on developments and evolution in corporate IT with a particular focus on clou...
02 August 2010 | Articles, IT, Global,Review Ructions
This article originally appeared in Outsource Magazine Issue #23 Spring 2011 The UK’s Financial Services Authority has set out discussion points whic...
18 March 2011 | Articles, Finance & Accounting, Europe, UK, All Columns,Right From The Start
This article originally appeared in Outsource Magazine Issue #23 Spring 2011 In the third article in a series of five, the National Outsourcin...
04 April 2011 | Articles, Finance & Accounting, HR, IT, Procurement, Customer Service, Logistics, Legal, Functions Other, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,Schools and the private sector: a marriage of mutual convenience
Under the Coalition government, more academies will be opened than in the first eight years of the programme. More than 1,200 schools have now applied...
04 August 2011 | Articles, IT, Europe, UK, All Columns,Setting the Standard
This article originally appeared in Outsource Magazine Issue #24 Summer 2011 The National Outsourcing Association is representing the UK’s outs...
29 June 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,Small and medium-sized businesses look towards Egypt
India and China are not the only destinations around when it comes to building and growing an outsourcing industry. The Middle East is seen to be taki...
16 December 2010 | Articles, Middle East/Africa, Egypt, All Columns,Strategic outsourcing decision-making: heads versus heart?
Executives are entrusted to make difficult, complex outsourcing judgements critical for their organisation’s success. A wrong decision can cost the co...
02 November 2010 | Articles, Global, All Columns,Talentspotting
This article originally appeared in Outsource Magazine Issue #24 Summer 2011 Yvonne Williams is MD of MDA Executive Resourcing and a board memb...
28 June 2011 | Articles, HR, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,The drive towards transparency
In recent times, we’ve seen remarkable progress made on public sector transparency in this country, a development which has been helped by the governm...
25 February 2011 | Articles, Europe, UK, Global, All Columns,The Legal View: Breaking Up
This article originally appeared in Outsource Magazine Issue #27 Spring 2012 The recent High Court judgment in AstraZeneca (AZ) v IBM (22/11/11), i...
05 April 2012 | Articles, Legal, Global, All Columns,The National Outsourcing Association announces its 2011 Summit & Awards
For the first time ever the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) will combine its annual Sourcing Summit Awards. Now in its eighth year, the NOA Aw...
08 August 2011 | Events, Conferences, Europe, Ireland,The perils of client ambiguity
Are you prepared to invest throughout the contract? I was told that in his engaging, thought-provoking presentation at the EOA conference last week, C...
30 June 2011 | Articles, UK, Global, All Columns, Europe,Why Collaboration is the Key to Success
Adrian Quayle, Board Member of the National Outsourcing Association (NOA), looks at how strong relationships lead to enhanced outsourcing. “Comi...
19 October 2010 | Articles, Global,Why Santander and New Call Telecom came back to Blighty
As India teeters on the brink of double-digit inflation, Santander and New Call Telecom announce that they are bringing operations back to the UK. Whi...
25 July 2011 | Articles, Customer Service, Europe, UK, South/Central Asia, India, All Columns,
Outsource magazine and the ACCA announce an exclusive partnership
