It’s Getting Cloudy in Asia Pac – and That’s Good for (Its) Business

Stan Lepeak, Director, Global Sourcing Advisory Research KPMG recently released a comprehensive global market study on cloud computing adoption and usage.  On November 15th, I will be leading a webcast discussion related to the study.  An initial analysis of the results identifies some interesting findings.  One of them is the disparity of cloud services adoption [...]

Intellectual Property and Data Privacy in China: Done Deal or Adopter’s Delusion?

Stan Lepeak, Managing Director, Global Research, Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory KPMG’s Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory (SSOA) practice’s global leadership team recently completed a tour of Asia Pacific during which it examined sourcing trends into and out of that market.  This is the second in a series of blogs that will share these findings [...]

Sourcing in China for China’s Sake

Stan Lepeak, Director of Global Research, Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory KPMG’s Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory (SSOA) practice’s global leadership team recently completed a tour of Asia Pacific during which it examined sourcing trends into and out of that market.  This is the first in series of blogs that will share these findings and [...]

Trip Report: China Grows as Delivery Center for ITO and BPO Services

In September, EquaTerra advisors to spent time with six service providers in Shanghai and Guangzhou China, to understand their current operations as well as their future strategies for this region of the world. They also experienced the broader business climate in China in two of its primary outsourcing services cities. They share what they learned in this “trip report.”