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US-based IT companies were hit hard by a strong dollar last year, with sales totalling $216bn less than in 2014. In its latest forecast, Gartner predicts IT spending will grow by just 0.6% to $3.54tn in 2016, compared with $3.52tn in 2015. The analyst’s projections put spending on datacentre systems at $75bn in 2016, a [...]
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Companies should demand more from their outsourced IT providers who should act like business partners and product developers – as with fast-growing Ukraine-based provider N-iX. Outsourcing is developing in both the size of the sector and the scope of services that it offers, but too many companies still regard it purely as a tactical solution. [...]
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Since the mid-1980s, when information-technology outsourcing began to take off, companies have been pursuing it as a means of cutting costs, reducing capital budgets and increasing efficiency. A broad range of IT services were frequently outsourced, from data-center operations to application development to user support. IT outsourcing still drives about 60% of the entire [...]
Continue reading Demand for datacentre co-location services rises, as enterprise outsources more IT
August 28, 2015 No Comment
Demand for co-location services is rising, with enterprises preparing to pay more to outsource their IT, 451 Research reveals. The amount of datacentre space occupied by co-location providers is up by 11% on 2014, and is forecast to maintain that level of growth through to 2018 as enterprises look to outsource more of their IT. [...]
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It’s no secret that more organizations are turning to managed IT services. A recent report from Frost & Sullivan uncovers one reason why managed security services, specifically, are taking off like wildfire: a shortage of security professionals. According to the report, businesses are feeling the strain of that shortfall already. Configuration mistakes and oversights, for [...]
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DDoS attacks could expose 40% of businesses to losses of £100,000 or more an hour at peak times, a survey shows. Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks could expose 40% of businesses to losses of £100,000 or more an hour at peak times, a survey by communications and analysis firm Neustar has revealed. Some 12% estimated potential [...]
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The total value of IT outsourcing contracts agreed in the UK last year rose 15% on 2013 figures, according to new research. IT outsourcing (ITO) contracts agreed in 2014 totalled £3.44 billion in value, with nearly a third of that value accounted for by deals struck in the energy and utilities sector. Those deals were [...]
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IT outsourcing experts tell CIO.com what to expect in the year ahead. If they’re correct, 2015 could bring better business outcomes, billions in renegotiation, the end of the RFP, and — wait for it — cloud robots. This year brought the IT outsourcing industry an increase in hybrid offshoring, a greater focus on in-house service [...]
Continue reading More Organisations Are Adopting An Intelligent Approach To It Sourcing, Though Cost-Cutting Remains The Biggest Driver
February 15, 2013 No Comment
According to a survey by HfS Research, 43% of IT buyers described their decision to outsource IT and business processes for cost-cutting reasons as “mission critical”, whilst a further 44% said cost-cutting was an “important, but not critical” reason behind the move. Buyers rated other operational and strategic drivers behind their IT outsourcing decisions as [...]
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Europe’s economic problems cast a long shadow as the credit crunch and Euro crisis leave businesses in the UK and continental Europe with a lot of challenges, but what will this mean to the IT outsourcing sector in the continent? Computer Weekly asked the experts for their opinions of what 2013 holds for IT outsourcing. [...]
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