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Online ROund-up / SOuRcebiteS / inSide SOuRce / the laSt WORd the back end Online Round-Up Outsource’s online portfolio boasts some of the biggest names in the industry writing as regular columnists – but we also have some superb one-off contributions and interviews hitting the site every day. Here’s a selection of some of the best features from the last quarter –and if you are reading this in digital format, click on the links for the full articles... Outsourcing to Cut Costs – Ten Top Tips for SMEs by Loren Holland and Sumit Agrawal Many small businesses are looking to outsourcing as a means to reduce outgoings. But how can SMEs and start-ups make a success of a practice traditionally reserved for big business? OutsourceMyProject.com founders Loren Holland and Sumit Agrawal give their ten top tips on how to make outsourcing pay. http://bit.ly/OMOnlineJun2 Q&A: Wolfgang Benkel, Forrester Research Wolfgang Benkel is Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, working out of Frankfurt, Germany. His latest report looks at the outsourcing of IT infrastructure within Europe; we spoke with Wolfgang about the differences between the European and US models, 2011: Mostly Cloudy, With Sunny Intervals by Andy Rogers, NOA How public money is being spent and how it is being saved is always a hot topic and will be under even more scrutiny this year with government spending cuts along with the recent rise in VAT. For all the controversy and confusion caused by cloud computing in recent years, there’s little doubt that it has been a godsend to those with an interest in resource conservation. Since the last budget announcement on cuts in public sector spending, cloud-based services are being viewed as a cost-cutting strategy as government agencies explore all avenues in saving cash... http://bit.ly/OMOnlineJun1 Consendre mod “In every interviewsisisisit augait num iusti facidunt ipsumsan the final question in ad onulla cor ing eumsandre ex elit eugait alit luptati I have ever read or seen or taken part in, el eraestrud exerat our future-oriented atetue tet ulla feu feum niamconEm ea commodiam ad tem next?” – Jessica Savitch et, quissi.Volobore m iurero dolobore. society is always, What dolortio Utat lum quisim www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk ●● ● ●● 107 http://www.OutsourceMyProject.com http://www.bit.ly/OMOnlineJun2 http://www.bit.ly/OMOnlineJun1 http://www.outsourcemagazine.co.uk

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Outsource Magazine Issue 24

Editor's letter
News & comments
Seeing through the cloud
Steve Forbes
Embracing a lean culture in recruitment
The roar of the crowd
Andrew De Cleyn
Greening the chain
Private properties
NOA round-up
PR Chandrasekar
Ten ways to shake your world
Matt Barrie
Roundtable: an excellent process
Talentspotting
The talent question
Transition and change
Never the twain
Setting the standard
Touching base
Head-to-Head
Top ten
The legal view
HfS research
Online round-up
Sourcebites
Inside source
The last word

Outsource Magazine Issue 24