I was not surprised by any of the findings form a new study on IT outsourcing conducted by Savvis, Inc. More than 300 IT decision makers from the United States, United Kingdom and Singapore shared their perspectives on the economy and their plans to manage their costs more effectively by outsourcing infrastructure and incorporating virtualization. As you can see from the chart below, a significant portion of the IT executives around the world agree cloud computing will play an important future role in helping companies gain efficiencies and reduce costs.
These findings are consistent with the conversations we are having with IT professionals and business leaders around the country. We are finding genuine interest in outsourcing infrastructure as a way to manage capital costs and staffing levels. This interest is coming from both established organizations looking to upgrade their systems, such as Marian University and relatively new software firms, hoping to expand rapidly.
The study also discovered an interesting correlation between companies which defined themselves as succeeding in the downturn and those who outsourced more of their IT infrastructure. What are you seeing in your market place? Are companies which are specializing, and outsourcing going to be more successful in the long run?
These findings are consistent with the conversations we are having with IT professionals and business leaders around the country. We are finding genuine interest in outsourcing infrastructure as a way to manage capital costs and staffing levels. This interest is coming from both established organizations looking to upgrade their systems, such as Marian University and relatively new software firms, hoping to expand rapidly.
The study also discovered an interesting correlation between companies which defined themselves as succeeding in the downturn and those who outsourced more of their IT infrastructure. What are you seeing in your market place? Are companies which are specializing, and outsourcing going to be more successful in the long run?
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