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- Government Outsourcing: Making the Decision
- Information technology outsourcing has been an important part of the commercial market for more than a decade, and governments at all levels are beginning to adopt the practice to meet their own needs. The decision to outsource, however, is not a simple one. This is especially true in the public...
- Tags: Computer Sciences Corp., Information Technology Outsourcing, Government, Outsourcing, Vertical Industries, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2005-01-18
Additional Resources
- Outsourcing Information Technology
- This White Paper is one of a series of papers that focus on key issues and important topics in the acquisition and management of Information Technology IT. It outlines the general processes involved in outsourcing. It also studies the problems involved in implementing outsourcing as well as securing the positive...
- Tags: itmWEB, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 1998-02-01
- The IT Outsourcing Dilemma
- This white paper provides executives critical considerations when examining the outsourcing of information technology. It explores the primary business benefits of outsourcing value and provides key criteria for vendor selection. Finally, it demonstrates that Verizon Information Technologies, Inc. possesses not only the experience and expertise, but also the best service...
- Tags: Information Technology, Verizon Communications Inc., IT Outsourcing, Outsourcing, It Services, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
- White papers 2003-06-20
- Managing an IT-Outsourcing Partnership in Asia Case Study: The Relationship Between a Global Outsourcing Company and its Global IT Services Supplier
- This paper describes a case study of an Asian Information Technology IT outsourcing partnership in the discrete manufacturing industry. Interviews with business and IT executives of both the outsourcing company and the IT supplier provided the necessary insights. This article aims to provide a...
- Tags: Information Technology, Outsourcing Company, IT Outsourcing, Tilburg University, Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2002-09-01
- Beyond Technology: Maximizing Return on IT Outsourcing Investments
- This paper will explore what HP has learned from hundreds of global outsourcing engagements with clients who have used outsourcing to drive IT transformation, IT agility, and increased business value from their IT. It will focus on critical success factors that often lie outside of the outsourcing contract, but should...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Investment, IT Outsourcing, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2005-10-01
- The ROI of Outsourcing: Cost-effectively managing your applications and infrastructure (in a world where every dollar counts)
- This paper explores outsourcing trends, including who is outsourcing and why they are outsourcing. The paper discusses the merits of outsourcing and how organizations can leverage a select group of qualified outsourcing providers, such as NaviSite, to address their own compliance requirements. Finally, the paper offers practical advice on...
- Tags: NaviSite Inc., ROI, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers
- The outsourcing decision for a globally integrated enterprise: from commodity outsourcing to value creation.
- Globalization and advances in technology have changed the way business gets done. Today, outsourcing helps make the globally integrated enterprise possible. And the decision-making process for outsourcing is changing -- with CIOs playing a more strategic role. To learn how IBM helps turn outsourcing into opportunity, download this whitepaper.
- Tags: Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2008-01-01
- The Outsourcer's Guide to Success: Nine Factors for Great Governance
- Organizations undertaking information technology and business process outsourcing understandably focus on "Doing the deal." This involves everything from finding and assessing service providers to selecting geographies to determining which services should be sourced, developing contracts and defining final service levels. But the hardest part of outsourcing occurs after the deal...
- Tags: EquaTerra, Outsourcing Governance, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2007-08-01
- Risk-Driven Conceptual Modeling of Outsourcing Decisions
- In the current networked world, outsourcing of information technology or even of entire business processes is often a prominent design alternative. In the general case, outsourcing is the distribution of economically viable activities over a collection of networked organizations. To evaluate outsourcing decision alternatives, the authors need to make a...
- Tags: Modeling, University Of Twente, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2004-11-08
- Why "IT" Does Matter in BPO: Information Technology's Key Role in the Success of Business Process Outsourcing
- Large organizations moving to outsource any of their business processes have scores of issues and questions they must confront before taking that step. Two considerations that are too often underemphasized are the role of the Information Technology IT department and the role of IT itself in the business process outsourcing...
- Tags: Business Process, BPO, Information Technology, EquaTerra, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Operational Planning, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2007-01-30
- Outsourcing disaster recovery operations, part 1: Is it right for you?
- Outsourcing data recoveryI have found that outsourcing disaster recovery makes sense especially if you already outsource some technology operations, either to your offsite or to a vendor's offsite. This ensures that the disaster recovery site costs are at least partly recovered by the ongoing technology work and it is easier...
- Tags: Disaster recovery, outsourcing
- Discussion threads 2005-09-07
- Six Finance and Accounting (F&A) Outsourcing Myths Lay to Rest
- "Outsourcing leads to a loss of control and with the advent of Sarbanes Oxley F&A outsourcing simply isn't viable." "Organisation would need to make a number of improvements to internal processes and systems before it could even consider outsourcing." "Outsourcing is something only large corporations consider and anyway isn't it...
- Tags: Accounting, Finance, EquaTerra, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2007-12-11
- Business impact of outsourcing - a fact-based analysis
- This IBM Research study is the first to apply rigorous statistical analysis to measure the impact of an outsourcing agreement on a company. The study concludes that companies engaged in information technology IT outsourcing outperformed their peers on a long-term basis in key business metrics, specifically selling, general and administrative...
- Tags: Analysis, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers
- Privacy and Security Law Issues in Off-shore Outsourcing Transactions
- Outsourcing arrangements often involve the processing of large volumes of personal information about a company's customers or employees. In many cases, this information includes sensitive information, such as financial data, medical data, payroll and benefits information, social security numbers and purchasing histories. This paper outlines the general issues that companies...
- Tags: Security, Privacy, Hunton & William, Outsourcing, Social Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Government
- White papers 2005-02-15
- A Strategic Guide for Local Government on: Outsourcing
- Over the next five years, local governments will face unprecedented pressure to provide better services while maintaining or reducing costs. Outsourcing is one way to address this challenge. Governments outsource when they have decided that the best way to increase efficiency, improve performance and reduce cost is to privatize parts...
- Tags: e.Republic, Government, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2005-01-18
- The Critical Role of Service Level Metrics in an Outsourcing Transaction
- Outsourcing Information Technology IT services is one strategy successful companies employ to maintain their focus on core competencies, while retaining high quality, cost-effective IT services required to meet their business needs. However, to fully realize the benefits of an outsourcing arrangement, the customer must have effective management tools. One of...
- Tags: Outsourcing Arrangement, SLA, Hogan & Hartson, Outsourcing Information Technology Service, Outsourcing, Service Level Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, It service Management
- White papers 2005-04-01
- IT Outsourcing: Making It Work
- Outsourcing is the contracting of a third party to manage a business process more effectively and efficiently than can be done in-house. The purpose of this white paper is to review issues and opportunities offered by IT outsourcing. It identifies common errors made in outsourcing and factors that are critical...
- Tags: Information Technology, IT Outsourcing, Fujitsu Ltd., Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2002-02-26
- The Outsourcing Decision for a Globally Integrated Enterprise: From Commodity Outsourcing to Value Creation
- A new brand of outsourcing is essential for organizations intent on leading in today's global economy. Globalization and rapid advances in technology have shifted the measure of success, driving companies to rethink how they acquire and deliver services. Business leaders are questioning the company's ability to do everything well and...
- Tags: Business Leader, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Metrics and Incentives in Outsourcing: Driving Peak Performance
- Metrics and incentives are an important component of outsourcing relationships, but as executives use outsourcing more strategically, these become more critical than ever. This research study, Accenture found that each type of outsourcing relationship calls for different metrics and incentives to some extent. More importantly, executives also use the same...
- Tags: Incentive, Performance, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2001-09-01
- Working Through Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance and Outsourcing IT Services
- Increasingly, companies are turning to outsourcing in the hopes of reducing the cost and complexity of their operations. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has not diminished interest in outsourcing. Companies can view outsourcing providers as supportive in their compliance efforts. The potential benefits are enabled when a company logically facilitates its compliance...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Hewlett-Packard Co., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2006-01-01
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