BLOGS

You gotta' love a blogger who opens with an apology for hopping on the perennial "predictions bandwagon" and closes with a prediction of who will win the 2010 World Cup. His outsourcing predictions are backed by two major studies with outsourcing buyers globally, and are as follows: CIOs and CFOs will be uniquely challenged to avoid becoming “Cartoons of the Recession”; Labor arbitrage will continue to dominate outsourcing, but the smart providers will be focused on providing consultative value to their clients; Sourcing advisors will increase their influence in the market; We’ll see at least two mega-mergers among the service provider-base; BPO will rebound to have its strongest-ever year; Cloud will emerge, but its definition and concept will get diluted and confused; And, the speed of change will become frantic and frightening for many. As far as who will win the 2010 World Cup, this blogger predicts England, and he as nothing to back it up. ZDNet (12/7)

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