Posts Tagged ‘Outsourcing’
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Tags: Agile, agiledevelopment, Outsourcing, Software development, Ukraine Posted in Application development, Industry news, Offshore, Organization, Outsourcing, Project management, Ukraine, Usability | No Comments »
Monday, July 25th, 2011
 world's IT outsourcing in Q2
According to TPI, outsourcing marked contracted by 18% to US US$16.4 billion in the second quarter, which is 21% lower than in Q1. The main reason – decreased demand in the Americas and drop in the number of large contracts. However, current contract pipelines suggest an improvement in global TCV (total contract value) for the remainder of the year.
At the same time there was growth by 13% in Europe and by 55% in Asia Pacific. Besides, restructirings (contacts that are renewed, restructures or renegotiated) brought 30% growth compared to the same quarter one year ago.
What’s interesting, is that TCV has lost 20% compared to last year, but the total amount of contracts showed only 1% decrease. Our vision is that general number of world’s outsourcing contracts is only growing, but those contracts migrate from expensive destinations (like Canada, UK and USA) to cheaper ones (Asia, Africa nad Estern Europe). The decrease in large contracts can be explained by diversified strategy of the big players, who want to mitigate risks of contracting with unstable Third World countries and split big contracts to smaller parts to spread within various destinations. (more…)
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Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing Posted in Application development, Industry news, Nearshore, Offshore, Outsourcing, Software outsourcing | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
As the latest technologies are incorporated into the business process, organizations will naturally become more comfortable when working with third-party technology vendors. This means the ability to identify, select, and manage the right technology vendor can make the difference between the success and failure of a new business initiative. But, while many sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals are starting to play an increasingly important role in this emerging technology evaluation process, many of Forrester’s sourcing clients explain that their involvement is not always clearly defined, resulting in a more reactive and makeshift role than they would like.
Why? In part, it’s due to the historical nature of the challenges SVM professionals face. For example, emerging technologies are not traditionally considered the responsibility of sourcing professionals, making them a less likely player for key insight. Additionally, the high standards sourcing applies to larger contracts often raises red flags, which does not translate very easily to new technologies. The unintended consequence? SVM professionals often slow the adoption process and are viewed as barriers to innovation, rather than supporters and enablers.
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Tags: business analytics, business process, Emerging Technology, emerging technology process, IT Sourcing, Outsourcing, SaaS, software, sourcing and vendor management, SVM, SVM professionals, technologies Posted in Application development, Organization, Outsourcing, SaaS, Software development, Software outsourcing | No Comments »
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