Norway’s Telenor, which retails mobile services under the Uninor brand, plans to broaden its IT outsourcing pact with Wipro beyond India to ring in cost efficiencies in other Asian markets where it is a mobile operator, Economic Times reported on 30 January.

Telenor plans to ask Wipro to handle all its IT requirements in Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh as systems integrator and front-end IT partner, a top company executive familiar with the matter told ET. At present, Wipro manages the IT resources of Telenor’s Indian arm only and its contract extends till 2016.

Executives familiar with the partnership claim the IT outsourcing arrangement with Wipro has helped Telenor become more nimble and cost-efficient by at least 40% in India, which is now prompting it to leverage this strategic partnership in key international markets.

Telenor generates roughly $7.5 billion of revenue annually from its India, Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh operations. “We are satisfied with the IT outsourcing arrangement in India and if Wipro is interested in expanding this relationship into other Telenor companies in Asia, we would be open to explore,” Telenor’s executive vice-president and Asia head Sigve Brekke said, while adding that such a pact would exclude Pakistan which directly reports to Norway and is outside the ambit of Asia operations.

The deal is slated to be signed in the coming weeks. Outsourcing of all key operational functions is the key to most telcos’ low-cost high-volume business model in India.

The move is in sync with the Telenor Group’s philosophy of constantly leveraging the learnings and innovations from one operating company to another. For instance, a large part of Uninor’s sales and distribution model in India was anchored on the innovations developed in the Nordic telco’s DTAC operations in Thailand.

Source:http://www.neurope.eu/article/telenor-keen-broaden-it-outsourcing-pact

Harvey Nash, the global professional recruitment and IT outsourcing provider, today announces the launch of a new service recruiting senior technology executives for periods of critical business change.

At a time when organisations are facing unprecedented strategic challenges as the pace of technological change forces management to re-evaluate traditional business models, Harvey Nash IT Interim Management has been established to provide hands-on support through highly experienced executives.

The new division provides CIOs, programme managers and senior level executives for fixed periods between six and twelve months, for assignments such as:

Managing restructuring within the IT function and beyond
turning around failing projects
filling a ‘gap’ in key management
delivering business benefits from outsourcing IT
injecting new technology or cutting edge skills.
Unlike longer term employees, interim managers bring many years of specialist expertise and intense focus on delivering an immediate positive impact on the organisation. Typically leading a change programme for a fixed term, without adding to the organisation’s ongoing permanent headcount.

The unique Harvey Nash interim consultancy model provides clients with strategic advisory support and periodic transparent performance reviews to measure the positive return on investment.

James Hallahan, COO of Harvey Nash’s UK recruitment division, said: “A recent Harvey Nash Group survey reported that 87% of executives were experiencing change at unprecedented levels. Capitalising on this change is increasingly becoming a priority for CEOs and CIOs alike and we are delighted to be launching a service specifically that will help our clients at such a strategic level.”

Albert Ellis, CEO Harvey Nash Group, said: “An enormous amount of experience and talent in the market is currently not fully utilised. In my experience senior interim managers fill a widening skills gap and can provide unique value to organisations undergoing change as a result of digital and mobile convergence in their markets.

This new service builds on our existing expertise in general executive management as well as over twenty years of specialist interim business experience through our market leading consultancy, Impact Executives.”

Source:http://bdaily.co.uk/news/business/06-02-2012/unprecedented-change-creates-demand-for-new-practice/