Optimize Outsourcing Value by Addressing Risks
IT Consulting firm Deloitte has published a new whitepaper titled, “The Risk Intelligent Approach to Outsourcing and Offshoring” to help companies address today’s significant outsourcing and offshoring risks and maximize the value of their outsourcing and offshoring strategy.
The global information technology and business process outsourcing market is approaching US$600 billion and is growing rapidly, according to Deloitte. In today’s global economy, investments in outsourcing and offshoring initiatives have never been higher, or more critical to organizational success.
Corporations are facing dramatically increasing risks as they rely more than ever on other parties and/or offshore entities for a growing number of business and information technology processes. The paper, the eighth in the Deloitte Risk Intelligence series, identifies several trends that have increased outsourcing and offshoring risks: (more…)
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