Archives for 2011
In the past 15 years, R&D companies have successfully leveraged off shoring / outsourcing models to strengthen their bottom line and enhance their top line revenue. However, 69% of these companies report facing major limitations with traditional outsourcing models that include- - Low operational flexibility, with little or no direct control Attracting the right talent [...]
Each year has been so robust with problems and successes and learning experiences and human experiences that a year is a lifetime at Apple. So this has been ten lifetimes. – Steve Jobs At Suyati, our third year of operations has been memorable. We no longer hide behind the “start-up” tag, nor do we have [...]
(We give you 5 cool reasons to do so!) “An IT outsourcing vendor by any other name would smell as sweet.” – With sincere apologies to Shakespeare You have pored through dozens of sales proposals and sat through countless slides of PowerPoint presentations from IT outsourcing vendors. Your business has been analyzed and dissected by [...]
There are CIOs who swear that words like on-time and under-budget should not be used in the same sentence along with IT project delivery. Embittered and cynical about outrageous promises of delivery from IT vendors, CIOs are understandably lukewarm when asked about their team’s (and their vendor’s) ability to deliver projects successfully. However, there are [...]
In this overheated outsourcing market, choosing the right partner to outsource your product development is extremely risky. With every outsourcing company promising you the best and the brightest, how do you ensure that you select, and retain, the best team for your needs? Use this checklist to choose an outsourcing partner for the long haul, [...]
What is the first thing companies SHOULD PAY ATTENTION to when they are about to sign a contract with an IT partner? Look for ways to exit! While it is not always easy to think of exit clauses when you say “I Do!” that is exactly what you need to do when you are going [...]
Customer satisfaction. Experience management. Effective communication. Sounds familiar? Surprisingly these phrases do not come from a Chief Sales Officer’s job description. It is part of the Chief Information Officer’s new role in today’s business organization. In the first part of our blog on the Changing role of the CIO, we saw how CIOs, who once [...]
What do you think are the main reasons that made you go in for an offshore set up? Is it cost savings, and only cost savings? If then, you need a huge reality check! Gone are the days when companies considered cost factor as the cornerstone for any form of outsourcing. In an interview with [...]
A recent study by Forrester provides a striking insight to the changing face of innovation. Customers are increasingly depending on their vendors for innovation, due to lack of in-house skillsets to generate ideas or the money to invest in research and development. This is a big opportunity for vendors to formulate a model that can [...]
Nope, we are not talking about icecreams! The world is heading towards another recession – what the economists claim as the double dip effect. The good news, at least for outsourcing providers, is that it is not as severe as it looks. In fact, the first “dip” taught a few lessons to IT outsourcing providers [...]
North America has been the hottest source for the IT-BPO industry in India and it still is with 70% contribution. Europe on the other hand, despite the turmoil in some parts of it, will change this soon. The Germanic region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) represent a $53 billion market. And BPO alone is estimated to [...]
In our previous blog we commented on the latest trend in IT – CIOs start building their own custom software instead of buying or sourcing them from the cloud. In spite of the availability of more economical and ready-made/packaged business apps in the cloud, or Enterprise wide comprehensive solutions, businesses still think that the best [...]
When all think alike, then no one is thinking – Walter Lippman Our previous blog on how Chief Information Officers (CIOs) rely on creating custom business applications to increase their competitive edge is an indication of things to come for the IT industry. The need to create something unique that is based on business needs [...]
Employee engagement is becoming increasingly important for every organization. The responses the employees gave to a study conducted by Arnold Worldwide and McKinsey, show how easy it is to make your Rockstar employees happy. a pat on the back take genuine interest by asking questions and not dictating solutions Attention from leaders Continuous education and [...]
65% of companies in an Annual Survey on IT budgets and technology trends are still bullish about outsourcing. 83% of them will increase or keep their IT budget the same next year. 58% of them choose India to outsource their business. If these statistics are not enough to convince businesses about the viability of outsourcing, [...]
In our previous blog, “Outsourcing: it’s all in the mind”, we mentioned how Gartner’s prediction in 2008 (which insisted that IT services would continue to grow inspite of recession and protectionism) was true as far as Europe was concerned. Three years later, that prediction still rings true, especially for CIOs in America. According to this [...]
If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you’re putting yourself out of business. Lee Kuan Yew Outsourcing. You may love it or hate it, but you cannot avoid it. Global businesses, in their search for their core competencies, are finding out ways to bring out the best in them in the [...]
There are many times when we need to display an image as a custom field like when a status of a contact is changed to pending or accepted. Though this is possible natively on force.com it is not so direct. Here’s an example which will illustrate how to display an image on/as a custom field [...]
The mind is everything. What you think you become - Buddha There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge - Napoleon Hill In 2008, Gartner predicted correctly that IT services (which account for over 70% of the total market spend on IT) would continue to grow inspite of the growing recession, and [...]
While the ink on the offshoring contract is still drying, it is the right time to start engaging with your new Indian team in a way which nurtures the new relationship and builds trust on both sides. The new booklet Engaging with India by Dr Wolfgang Messner, Director of GloBus Research Ltd., shows why culture [...]
What distinguishes a technology leader from the rest of the pack? What decides whether you stay on top or fall from grace? And finally what do you have to do to become a technology leader? The recent CIO 100 Awards provides some of the answers. “Companies at their best have nothing to align,” says Senior [...]
The captive center market will grow to around $11 billion this year, a 300% growth when compared to 2003. However, today’s captive center has changed beyond recognition, with outsourcing vendors providing critical support through their offshore development center (ODC). This hybrid model hopes to remove the disadvantages of the model, mainly the inability to scale [...]
Suyati Technologies Private Limited has established itself as a company that delivers innovative product development and creative solutions using cutting-edge Microsoft Technologies. With over 5 decades of cumulative experience in outsourced technology service offerings, Suyati’s Dedicated Global Team(DGT)℠ focuses on creating, innovating, and supporting product development for companies globally. Based in Cochin’s technology hub Infopark, Suyati is conducting [...]
Ignore this blog if you are outsourcing for the short-term and looking to wrap up a project quickly. If you are thinking long-term outsourcing, then you need to know that you are embarking on a strategic move, which, if managed well, will earn you (and your business) a life-long partner who will stand by you [...]
If I had a penny every time I was told to think outside the box, I would be giving millions away like Bill Gates. At Suyati, we are a product development company with focus on creating dedicated teams specific to the IT requirements of our clients. Our experience has taught us that our clients need [...]