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The current financial climate is an area of concern for business leaders. While many cost saving strategies have been pursued already, there are still opportunities in this area for applications. The top tactics for cutting costs are zero-based...

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The current financial climate is an area of concern for business leaders. While many cost saving strategies have been pursued already, there are still opportunities in this area for applications. Focus on zero-based budgeting and eliminating...

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Outsourcing can be a viable option for enterprises looking to control costs and add value to an area where they might not have in-house expertise.

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This video introduces some of Info-Tech's new research on controlling application related costs in IT. Applications typically account for about 40% of the enterprise IT budget, therefore it faces a lot of scrutiny from senior management.

Solution Set

Make an apples-to-apples comparison of European co-location providers to select the most appropriate option for the organization's current and future needs.

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Identify leading candidates in the European Co-location/Managed Services market using the Info-Tech European Co-location/Managed Services Vendor Shortlist Tool to generate a customized shortlist of vendors based on your key priorities.

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Info-Tech evaluated nine competitors in the European co-location/managed services market. Create a shortlist of vendors that suit the organization's need using Info-Tech's European co-location/managed services Vendor Landscape.

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Identify leading candidates in the US Co-location/Managed Services market using Info-Tech's Vendor Shortlist Tool to generate a customized shortlist of vendors based on your key priorities.

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The US co-location/managed services market has over 430 vendors providing similar offerings. Create a shortlist of vendors that suit the organization's need using Info-Tech's vendor landscape.

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This vendor landscape looks at the US co-location/managed services market in order to provide recommendations on which vendors are most suitable for your organization's needs.

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This vendor landscape looks at the Canadian co-location market in order to provide recommendations on which vendors are most suitable for their organization.

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Enterprise use cases provide valuable insight for the vendor selection process. In the Canadian co-location/managed services market, attention should be paid to the vendor's offerings in terms of cost, the organization's present and future...

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This tool allows enterprises to profile their Canadian Co-location Providers' requirements and generate a rank ordered vendor shortlist from a fixed list of vendors.

Solution Set

Business and IT leaders have come under increasing pressure to cut costs, in part due to hype surrounding the cost-cutting potential of outsourcing.

Organizations that assign significant ongoing IT responsibilities to external suppliers for long periods must perfect their vendor management processes and expertise to ensure continued delivery quality.

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Constraints on budgets, hiring, and facilities are driving more and more businesses to consider outsourcing their Help Desks. While outsourcing is hardly a new idea, many IT leaders are still starting the process without the proper reality check...

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Use this tool to estimate SharePoint development/customization TCO, whether you are outsourcing development, doing all the work in-house, or taking a hybrid approach.

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Organizations are increasingly dependent on external vendors and suppliers to enable the effective delivery of IT services. Manage the vendor portfolio to improve the relationship between your organization and its IT vendors, maximize their...

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Improve IT excellence by improving the performance of your vendors.

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Organizations are dependent on vendors yet spend little effort managing their performance, resulting in less than optimal results.

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Application development outsourcing offers organizations potential cost benefits, an expansion of IT skills, and a higher level of flexibility with IT resourcing. However, outsourcing projects commonly run over budget, fall off-schedule, or...

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Many organizations enter into outsourcing arrangements without understanding the inherent risks and the internal changes they will need to make to their own staffing, infrastructure, and policies to support the outsourced projects and keep them...

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Application development outsourcing initiative success depends greatly on a thorough contract. While it does not have to be overly complex and laboriously constructed to be sound, the contract must systematically cover all aspects of a project...

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Out of sight should not mean out of mind when it comes to application development outsourcing projects. The work may be performed offsite, but the organization's IT department must regularly record and review the progress. That way, when...

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Finding the right outsourcer is essential to a successful outsourced application development project. When organizations are navigating the outsourcing vendor landscape, they must know what type of outsourcing arrangement they need (offshore,...

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Application development outsourcing can be a risky process if organizations approach it unprepared. Examine organizational needs and the details of the outsourcing initiative to determine potential successes and challenges. Then decide if the...

How can you consistently increase company performance year after year, without any benefit to your company's stock value? This has got to be the question that is driving Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer crazy.

Driven by cost pressures and a desire for increased business agility, offshoring of IT services has seen consistent growth since the 90s that paused briefly during the global recession but is now rebounding. Both large and small organizations...

IT professionals who are interested in outsourcing application development, maintenance, or helpdesk services offshore have a myriad of geographic locations to choose from. China offers a large labor pool, strong infrastructure, and low cost....

IT professionals who are interested in outsourcing application development, maintenance, or helpdesk services offshore have many geographic locations to choose from. The Philippines offers a large labor pool, strong infrastructure, and low cost....