At its best, “partnering” with a vendor is a powerful tool that can drive successful business outcomes. Done right, partnering can deliver significant value for the money to both parties over the length of the relationship.
Partnering is not a new sales term for the old cost-focused customer verses supplier management battle. Partnering involves working collaboratively [...]
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Guiding principles are designed to document the guidelines that shape the outcome of various data center activities. These principles allow all stakeholders to understand the driving forces behind project plans, decisions, and recommendations. While some principles are intended to outlive a single project, they all have significant impact on how a project’s activities become [...]
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The idea behind offshore outsourcing seems simple enough. India, China, Russia and other countries have thousands of high quality workers at exceptionally low cost. Yet, for the bonanza of talent, companies can expect project management and communications tasks to take on a new level of intensity or watch cost savings evaporate and quality plummet.
In spite [...]
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