Unisys predicts key factors driving enterprise outsourcing in 2008
ConvergenceAsia staff
10/01/2008

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, according to Joe Hogan, vice president, Strategic Outsourcing Programs, Unisys. Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company.

Hogan predicts the following key developments for the coming year:

1. Consumerisation of information technology will continue to have profound implications for enterprises’ IT services strategies;

2. The outsourced utility model of IT infrastructure management will become more of a necessity;

3. Environmentally conscious data centres based on “green” technology will proliferate across all industries;

4. Access to intellectual capital and services expertise will intensify as an outsourcing requirement; and

5. Modernisation of legacy applications will accelerate as pressures for both flexibility and cost containment increase.

“Cost savings, formerly the key factor in outsourcing decisions, will now be a given and not the sole driver, or in many cases even a primary one,” Hogan said. “A profound transformation in how people work and do business is driving a new set of service requirements and imperatives. Accommodating these new user demands will be the main challenge for outsourcing providers in the coming year and beyond.”

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