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As your dependence on e-commerce, intranets, and extranets increases, so do the demands on your already overworked and understaffed IT department. Look to management service providers to transfer the burden of IT support.
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Outsourcing will continue to be the catalyst for growth in the IT sector as it's popularity continues with companies of all sizes, said US research analysis firm Gartner.
Aussie smartcard vendor ERG has decided to outsource to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and you can't help but think of the Qantas example.
Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?
Satyam Computer Services has taken a big step towards dispelling fears that foreigners will eventually takeover Australia's IT industry.
Australian Federal Police (AFP) boss Mick Keelty is the latest to voice concern about India becoming an outsourcing no-go zone, but how real is the risk?
If there's one jurisdiction that can claim to have learned from harsh experience in outsourcing, it's South Australia. Here's hoping others are paying close attention to how it applies those lessons.
Outsourcing customer relationship management -- generally seen as part of the business process outsourcing trend -- is a complex undertaking. And it's about a lot more than "shipping jobs overseas" ....
Once a system has been outsourced, what is there left to do internally? Plenty of strategy according to Faye Powell, whose appointment eight months ago ushered in a new era in terms of the way government departments relate to their IT service providers.
NAB may send around 400 jobs overseas in a bid to improve operational efficiencies.
Charges that misguidedness, short-sightedness or even evil business leaders is behind the latest outsourcing trend is not true. And the solution to stop the practice is even less true.
Approximately 98 percent of respondents strongly welcome anti-outsourcing legislation, an IT Manager Australia survey revealed.
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