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Special Report: The Cloud Sourcing Revolution

by Frank Ridder  |  April 11, 2011  |  Comments Off

It’s out! We just published a spotlight on Cloud Sourcing. This research project includes 14 research notes covering the sourcing strategy and the contracting areas. The Cloud Sourcing Special Report discusses that exciting opportunities and costly challenges which buyers face considering services from the cloud. It is written for enterprises clients as well as service [...]

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iSourcing – something we can ever expect?

by Frank Ridder  |  February 12, 2010  |  1 Comment

There seems to be an inflation of terms in the sourcing world. Multisourcing, Cloudsourcing, Crowdsourcing, Global Sourcing, Active Sourcing, Best Sourcing, Right Sourcing and many more. Why not iSourcing – follwing the „i“ philosophy of Apple? According to the Apple keynote from 1998 (iMac launch) the „i“ stands for internet, individual, instruct, inform and inspire. [...]

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From Clouds and Thunderstorms in the Sourcing World

by Frank Ridder  |  July 6, 2009  |  Comments Off

The weather over here is brilliant – blue sky, sunny and very hot. That leads to clouds and a high risk of thunderstorms. The relation of both is very well known in the science world. But are there any parallels between cloud providers, sourcing and some key elements of thunderstorms? Lightning: It is interesting how [...]

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