If you are an IT Consultant in the Boston Area you would be interested to hear what’s being said by our friends across the pond. An article in Computer Weekly had a nice take on this subject.
The top three items expected to shake up IT and outsourcing are: The economy, Generation Y (whatever happened to Gen X) and Globalization, according to Gartner analyst Helen Huntley, speaking at Gartner’s annual outsourcing summit in London. It’s that third one that’s very interesting. The internet has allowed technology to be delivered from anywhere to anywhere. Choice of IT consultants don’t have to be in your business location anymore. As you already know, locations such as India have matured into strategic partners for businesses, there is now a breadth of choice. There are service providers in regions such as Asia, Eastern Europe, North Africa and Latin America providing critical services to large corporates in the UK and the US.
The economy has been so bad in recent years that outsourcing has seen major changes. These include suppliers sharing some of the pain that their customers are suffering and new delivery models emerging to help customers cut costs. “IT would not be where it is today, with the application of new business models, without the tough economic environment,” said Huntley.
The uncertain economic situation of late has driven the adoption of new technologies such as cloud computing, as well as new models for paying for services, such as pay-as-you-go.
Cloud-computing shows up on the list at number 5. You will probably find the list interesting and it should actually cause some thought as to where you are now and where you might be in the next few years. Now is certainly the time to consider IT outsourcing if you haven’t already. Do you agree?
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