Vested gets traction in IT.
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Culture of Innovation
It seems every company recognizes the importance of innovation. This is especially true for the IT industry, where often today’s latest software innovation is yesterday’s news. This is why it is intriguing to see InformationWeek taking a stab at pushing for a “culture of innovation.” A recent post outlined five techniques “to support and encourage entrepreneurship in your […]
Siliconindia — January 2018
Five Steps to Collaborative IT Outsourcing Relationships Article by Kate Vitasek published 31 December 2017 in Siliconindia magazine. Here is the link: https://www.siliconindiamagazine.com/magazine/college-of-the-year-special-december-2017/#page=44
Intersections with NewEDI — September 2014
Kate Vitasek, Vested Author & University Tennessee Faculty, joins Intersections with NewEDI pocast (episode 2) NewEDI was honored and excited to have Kate Vitasek, University of Tennessee faculty, supply chain consultant and author, join our Intersections with NewEDI podcast series… Here’s the link: http://newedi.com/kate-vitasek-vested-author-university-tennessee-faculty-joins-intersections-newedi-pocast-episode-2/
Information Week — July 2014
Suppliers Held Hostage To Procurement Platforms, Services Commentary by Kate Vitasek in IW’s Strategic CIO published 14 July 2014 Pricing models penalize suppliers for increasing their business with retail, other customers… link: http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/executive-insights-and-innovation/suppliers-held-hostage-to-procurement-platforms-services/a/d-id/1297246
CIO — April 2014
How to Negotiate a Collaborative Outsourcing Deal Interview with Kate Vitasek, published online by CIO on 25 April 2014. You say you want more from your IT outsourcing service provider, yet you fall back on the same old negotiating tactics. To find out how to develop a more collaborative relationship with service providers, CIO.com talked […]
Partnering Strategies Matter—Big Time!
If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, my feelings about the importance of true partnerships in business relationships are obvious. It’s no surprise to find more and more companies jumping on the “partnership” and “collaboration” bandwagon. A recent report from IBM Center for Applied Insights, “Why partnering strategies matter,” underscores the […]
Keep the Core Competency at Home
Job No. 1 when it comes to outsourcing is never to outsource a core competency. I was reminded of this essential fact recently when I read a TechRepublic news story about GE’s huge investment to build a state of the art “green” data center on the same site in where the world’s first commercial computer […]
Vested Outsourcing Makes the Innovative Impulse Real
We all talk about the need for innovation to energize, grow and add continuous value to outsourcing relationships. Innovation is easier said than done however, and a recent article by Stephanie Overby in CIO magazine underscores this. A survey of European CIOs found that 67 percent of IT leaders rely on outsource providers to turn […]
No-Dread Collaboration
Rob Preston, editor of InformationWeek, has an interesting take on “Why Some People ‘Dread’ Collaboration.” He points out that a primary reason people “dread” collaborating is due to the amount of time and energy it consumes and that they often feel pestered and pressured to use tools they think they can solve on their own. Now […]
