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by Janet Attard
Outsourcing offers many benefits to small businesses. Perhaps the most important one is that it lets the small businesses focus on their core capabilities and get other tasks done on an as-needed basis without adding permanent fixed expenses. But like so many other “solutions” to small business problems, the results of outsourcing don’t always meet small business owners’ expectations. Missed deadlines, service providers that stop answering phones, work or finished products that don’t meet expectations are just a few of the problems small business owners can encounter when they outsource work to independent contractors or other small companies.
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February 21st, 2012
By Bindi Bhullar
Outsourcing has changed from a pure client and supplier relationship to a much deeper partnership. I believe that European companies can save billions by outsourcing
IT, with businesses forced to reduce overhead and boost productivity for minimal cost.
It is one thing for a company to get services provided from a cheaper country, but it is another thing entirely to realise that a company’s ability to execute
internal strategy depends on its outsourcer. This is largely because the business has to rely not just on the supplier’s ability to deliver, but also on its ability
to adapt strategically and make changes according to customer needs.
It is this flexibility that defines the move from a contract to a partnership, creating a whole new world of possibilities. But trust is fundamental here. Strictly
defined contracts can only go part of the way towards ensuring that things run smoothly. (more…)
February 21st, 2012
About 53% of organisations in Europe will increase their outsourcing budgets in 2010, according to a survey from Gartner.
Of the 206 European organisations surveyed, 40% said they are planning to raise their external IT services spend. While 14% of those with IT budgets of less than €1m expressed an interest in outsourcing, compared with only 6% in 2009, it found.
SaaS and infrastructure utility implementations were up 6% and 5%, respectively.
However, Claudio Da Rold, vice-president at Gartner, said organisations will expect providers to deliver further cost reductions.
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September 8th, 2010
Companies who choose to outsource their IT operations can gain a number of benefits by doing so, it has been claimed.
Chief technology officer and executive vice-president of Presidio Dave Hart has been extolling the virtues of the option in a Bloomberg BusinessWeek article that looked at the differences between outsourcing and out-tasking.
The industry expert explained that the former is a method by which the management or execution of the entire IT function of a firm is transferred to an external provider.
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May 31st, 2010
A business software expert has highlighted the value of software as a service as a way for businesses to move forward.
In a post for ITworld, Mark Patterson explains how businesses have long been outsourcing other tasks and services to lawyers, accountant, plumbers and electricians.
He then points out that the same can be done with software and applications, through SaaS, providing a cost-effective solution and doing away with the need for expensive hardware.
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May 31st, 2010
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