Europe Archive
What’s Driving The Growth Of Third-Party Services In Eastern Europe & Local U.S. Delivery Centers?
On March 19, 2018 In Thought Leadership
As the third-party services industry pivots away from the factory model of labor arbitrage-based work toward digital work, having local delivery centers becomes increasingly important to service providers. Firms such as EPAM and Luxoft are investing in Eastern European operations (Bratislava, Krakow, Prague and Sofia, for instance). And Wipro has invested in a delivery
The Industry-Wide Significance of Accenture’s PureApps Acquisition
On June 17, 2014 In Thought Leadership
Accenture recently announced its acquisition of PureApps, a UK-based Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) provider. Our understanding is that it’s a full-service provider for all Oracle Hyperion EPM and BA solutions. Nevertheless, PureApps is a small firm and the revenue won’t make a noticeable difference to Accenture. So why is Accenture buying PureApps? My opinion:
Wipro’s Winning Numbers
On January 8, 2014 In Thought Leadership
Everest Group’s ongoing analysis of global service providers’ performance revealed some notable market shifts in the most recently reported quarter. We note especially that Wipro seems to be righting its ship. Although its growth previously had lagged its peers and the industry, the last quarter evidenced higher growth. As the chart below displays, Wipro