Industry Perspectives & Insights

How to Avoid Hidden Costs of Offshore Hourly Rates

How to Avoid Hidden Costs of Offshore Hourly Rates

Many Global Insourcing Center RFPs ask for hourly rates as a selection criterion to support cost control or optimization. Hourly rates themselves are easy to compare but do not accurately reflect the actual costs to deliver services or projects.  Fixed bids make an attempt at solving this issue, but are often laced with caveats and take a significant effort to understand the scope.  

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A Different Way to Think About the Game

A Different Way to Think About the Game

Why are companies still sourcing talent from a bench?  In the race for talent, there seems to be a huge frustration to find team members that even vaguely meet the requirements.  That doesn’t even begin to consider company culture, soft skills, and retention.   

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Corporate Social Responsibility Spotlight: Ecolab

Corporate Social Responsibility Spotlight: Ecolab

Last month, Ecolab Digital Center and SMC Squared joined together to raise funds to support our community in India. On April 25, the country crossed the 350,000 mark of new single-day Covid-19 cases, the highest number of daily cases in the world since the beginning of the pandemic.  As a result of the significant increase of daily cases, India is experiencing a shortage of equipment to help Covid-19 patients breathe. 

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Congratulations to Our MAC Award Winners

Congratulations to Our MAC Award Winners

We’re proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural Marcella A Connolly Scholarship Award or “MAC” Scholarship, for the 2020-2021 academic school year. Each year, the MAC Scholarship Award, established by SMC Squared and the Connolly family, will recognize remarkable young women who are working to achieve an education in a STEM-related program.

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How to Accelerate Digital Capability Despite IT Talent Scarcity in the US

How to Accelerate Digital Capability Despite IT Talent Scarcity in the US

Whether the focus is to build smart applications or update mobile apps for end-users, to increase intelligence using advanced algorithms, or to look at opportunities to automate internal operations to drive high-value outcomes, IT leaders are actively evaluating their digital strategy and seeking ways to rapidly transform.

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How to Emerge with Higher Performing Tech Teams

How to Emerge with Higher Performing Tech Teams

As more businesses are looking offshore to increase their digital capabilities, the question of how to guarantee success and a strong return on investment ensues.  Will CIO efforts drive the innovation and change their customers are seeking or will their efforts fizzle as they race against their competitors?

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Recognizing Passion and Perseverance

Recognizing Passion and Perseverance

As remote work environments become the new norm, CIOs in the Minneapolis community discussed how to leverage new technologies to streamline a remote work environment, leveraging IT’s newfound influence for deeper business engagement and how to help each other adapt and overcome new business challenges.

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