India remains the most popular destination for outsourcing IT services according to a survey, with all the respondents who have outsourced IT services saying they use some services based in India.
Swedish IT and medical-technology firm Sectra has signed an agreement with BT to provide Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs) products and services to the majority of London's public hospitals.
In a research note on IT management and globalisation, analyst firm Gartner defines governance as, "The organisational style and process for making decisions about business technology and resources." A busy IT manager might think Gartner is being extremely vague, and wonder why the research group is paid so much money.
Many businesses still have immature IT sourcing and governance structures that are not in line with business objectives, according to Gartner which predicted the global outsourcing market to grow 8.1% this year.
IT directors are set to head to exotic outsourcing destinations such as Morocco, Mauritius and Venezuela to make the most of low labour costs and specialist skills.
A new independent authority on outsourcing – the Outsourcing Foundation – has been formed by the London School of Economics. It’s a place where thinking and brainstorming can be done before critical decisions are made.
An increasingly mobile workforce, new requirements for access to services and environmental concerns will be among the key factors impacting enterprise outsourcing decisions in 2008