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July 31, 2007

Strategic Outlook

  1. Measure the Impossible in the IT Department
  2. Make Consolidation Your Green Project
  3. Take Back IT Chargebacks
  4. Guidelines to Assess the Viability of Private Vendors
  5. ITIL Brings Cost Savings to the Service Desk

Trends And Predictions

  1. Trends in Application Development and Maintenance Offshoring

Industry Insights

  1. Visibility Systems Track Patient Throughput, Improve Performance
  2. Estimating the Cost of Help Desk Support in Manufacturing
  3. Loss Prevention Software Trims Internal Theft

Analyst's Angle

  1. Alignment is No Longer Good Enough

In-Depth Report

How to Excel at Governing the Business Process LifecycleHow to Excel at Governing the Business Process Lifecycle

Every business activity and task relies on at least one business process. This In-Depth Report will explore the key elements of Business Process Management (BPM) and how best to address each element of BPM lifecycle management from both business and IT perspectives.

Trends in Application Development and Maintenance Offshoring

McLean Report: Research Note

Published: July 31, 2007

Over 490 respondents recently provided detailed information on application development and maintenance outsourcing. Of this group, 14% provided detailed information on offshore implementations. The Info-Tech survey findings and trends are summarized below.

Offshore Application Development and Maintenance

Application development and maintenance offshoring (ADMO) is the outsourcing of the design, installation, customization, deployment, and operations of an application to a non-domestic third party. Depending on the country being outsourced to, enterprises can expect approximately 20%-30% in cost savings over domestic outsourcing alternatives.

Few Enterprises Offshore

Despite growing popularity and the potential for significant cost savings, few enterprises offshore their application development and maintenance (see Figure 1).

 

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