Outsourcing: Peter Harrison, CEO Of GlobalLogic (Part 6)

By guest author Tony Scott The Challenge of Finding Strong Middle Management Tony: Are you finding it more difficult to attract and retain the kind of people you need? The services GlobalLogic provides clearly require the high end of the skill set compared to outsourced call center services, for example.

Outsourcing: Peter Harrison, CEO Of GlobalLogic (Part 4)

By guest author Tony Scott On Course for a Collision? The Future of Product and Services Companies Tony: In that environment [where it’s more about solving business problems than technology problems], much of the technology becomes totally contextual and therefore less important and of much less value. Outsourcing services companies that are only focusing on

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Outsourcing: Peter Harrison, CEO Of GlobalLogic (Part 3)

By guest author Tony Scott Tony: It would it would seem to me that there’s a huge value proposition in someone being able to say: “We’ve got this kind of talent and we could apply it when you need it. And then when you don’t need the world’s most brilliant expert on RF antenna design,

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Outsourcing: Peter Harrison, CEO Of GlobalLogic (Part 2)

By guest author Tony Scott The Nature of R&D and Innovation Tony: So, your focus, the heart of the service provided by GlobalLogic, is to manage the R&D process for your clients? Peter: Correct, we call on the CTO. IT services always calls on the CIO. Tony: Tell me a little bit about how you

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Outsourcing: Peter Harrison, CEO Of GlobalLogic (Part 1)

By guest author Tony Scott Introduction and Background to GlobalLogic I recently had a conversation with Peter Harrison, the CEO of GlobalLogic.  GlobalLogic provides research and development (R&D) services for software products through their team of over 3,000 software engineers based in the U.S., India, China, Ukraine, and Argentina. Their value proposition is to work as

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Outsourcing: Jean Cholka, President and CEO Of Freeborders (Part 7)

By guest author Tony Scott China versus India in the Outsourcing World Tony: You have worked with Indian outsourcers and now in China. Are there any differences in what people are doing in China? Jean: There are some differences in the markets. Indian companies grew around Y2K, mostly, and the model was different. There was

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Outsourcing: Jean Cholka, President and CEO Of Freeborders (Part 6)

By guest author Tony Scott Managing across Cultures Tony: Do you see a cultural gap between your people in China compared to the U.S. and Western Europe? If so, how do you manage that? Jean: I have a fundamental belief that in the end we are all human beings, so it doesn’t matter what country

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Outsourcing: Jean Cholka, President and CEO Of Freeborders (Part 5)

By guest author Tony Scott An International Workforce in China Tony: Since you were a product company at one point in the past, have you thought about marrying the trading product technology you have created along with the expertise you have developed from providing consulting and outsourced services to create a unique offering?