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By understanding how current economic developments have impacted IT price trends, company executives are better able to determine which IT sourcing strategy will best fit their specific needs.
Join the experts at ProBenchmark as they highlight several IT price trends and directions to watch in Q1 2012.
By understanding how current economic developments have impacted IT price trends, company executives are better able to determine which IT sourcing strategy will best fit their specific needs.
Join the experts at ProBenchmark as they highlight several IT price trends and directions to watch in Q1 2012.
Attendees of this eSeminar will see up-to-the-minute analysis of outsourcing deal price trends, gain insight into how services are configured and packaged in the marketplace, and understand the impact of recent market trends on the direction of market prices.
Who Should Attend: This seminar will provide important information for CIOs, CFOs, CPOs, Sourcing Executives, VM Executives, and Global Business Services Executives.
This is part of an ongoing series of eSeminars that reviews recent market price trends and insights.
Vendor Relationship Management: The Next Wave in Strategic Sourcing
As sourcing consultants we are often asked, "What is the next wave of strategies for sustaining cost reductions and driving efficiencies in an intensifying and competitive business environment?" The answer is in how companies are addressing vendor relationship management and creating incentives that better leverage the capabilities of their current providers.
This webinar will discuss new vendor relationship management and service management environments, the challenges of improving vendor relations already under duress, and tools and methods for putting troubled vendor relationships back on track. We will also discuss processes for extracting increased value from vendors, as well as best practices in vendor relationship management that leading edge companies are already applying in order to deliver maximum value from their multi-sourcing provider base.
Attendees will gain ideas for effective vendor relationship management including:
- Creating fact-based discussions between clients and providers that address performance issues
- Defining joint innovation opportunities
- Creating incentives for improved provider performance
Be a CIO Hero: Beat your 2012 IT Budget
As we head into the budgeting season, IT professionals all over the world are taking a hard look at their financial plans as they try to identify savings in 2012.
Do you know what it takes to be a CIO hero?
In this eSeminar, two-time Fortune 500 CIO and new Alsbridge Managing Director, Andrew Peel, will not only share his practical experience creating budget clarity and chances for much needed "headroom," but also discuss three simple and proven tools for analyzing current IT spending by application development and infrastructure towers.
Strategy for Outsourcing 2.0: A Case Study with Lincoln Financial
Alsbridge research shows over 77% of current outsourcing contracts are set to expire in the next 30 months. With so many buyer companies entering their second or third outsourcing deals, 'Outsourcing 2.0' is becoming more commonplace. However, creating a sourcing strategy the second or third time around is much different than creating the original as many aspects of outsourcing arrangements have changed over time.
Join Brendan Malley, Vice President IT Services, Lincoln Financial Group along with Randy Vetter, Director at Alsbridge for a case study on how Lincoln Financial Group was able to successfully create an outsourcing 2.0 strategy in less than 12 months.
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