Speaking at Gartner’s annual outsourcing summit in London, Gartner analyst Helen Huntley stated 10 things that would shake up IT and outsourcing.
Weak global economies, a new generation of workers, globalisation and cloud computing are a few of the trends that will have a lasting effect on IT and outsourcing.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/09/29/248026/Ten-developments-that-will-transform-IT-outsourcing.htm
Business revenue of China’s software industry surges 30.5 percent year on year to 1.112 trillion yuan in the first eight months of 2011 and the growth is 0.7 percentage points higher than that for the same period of 2010, according to a report released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
The MIIT report shows that the industry’s monthly business revenue in August alone reaches 153.2 billion yuan, up 36.3 percent year on year.
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http://www.mobilitytechzone.com/news/2011/09/27/5807251.htm
Amazon’s billionaire Chief Executive Jeff Bezos unveiled the new Kindle Fire tablet computer on Wednesday at a lower-than-expected price of $ 199 which is raising widespread and fierce questions about Amazon.com Inc’s ability to keep up with demand and the device’s effect on the company’s already razor-thin profit margins.
Amazon expects it can rival with Ipad with much lower price, convenient appearance, etc. However, some industry participants express that the short supply of some specialized components and the holiday may limit how many Kindle Fire’s can be made out quickly. Besides, other analysts concern about the profit margins at Amazon, too. They express that Amazon always competes completely on price, sucking up losses when it enters new market.
source：http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/30/us-amazon-supply-idUSTRE78T04220110930
While Facebook flip-flops over whether or not its track-after-logout cookies were or were not benign, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is reportedly taking a look at whether or not the cookies breached privacy laws.
The OAIC is the renamed Australian Privacy Commissioner, whose wet-slap punishments inspire fear and fits of giggling among data collectors worldwide. Readers with long memories will remember the terrifying barrage the office unleashed on Google over its WiFi data collection, which include apologizing to users and providing “privacy impact statements” on any new data collection activities. The Australian is now reporting that the office is investigating Facebook’s use of cookies.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/28/facebook_now_killing_cookies/
Gartner, Inc. is an information technology reaserch and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States and providing technology related insight. According to the analyst firm, we’ll talk about the ten things or “game changers” in IT outsourcing.
1. The economy
In recent years the economy has been so bad that outsourcing has seen major changes, including suppliers sharing some of the pain that their customers are suffering and new delivery models emerged to help customers cut costs.
2. Generation Y
People who were born between 1982 and 2000 were known as generation Y. Now they are a significant portion of the workforce businesses and need to be equipped with the right kind of technology in place.
3. Globalisation
There are more choices of where to buy IT services but there are also new risks for CIOs to consider.
4. Sustainability/Green IT
Businesses are expected to lower their carbon footprints. Less paper is being used, less fuel on the aircraft because less weight is on the aircraft and it is much easier to use.
5. Cloud Computing
A quite simple is that Huntley said that “if you have not got a cloud strategy now get one immediately.”
6. Industrialised services
Within the next five years enterprise spending on industrialised services like software as a service and infrastructure as a service will reach $122bn.
7. Asset lift
The more that businesses buy IT as a service the less the need for internal assets.
8. Consumerisation
Consumerisation of IT will not only change the technology used in offices around the world but the way businesses interact and serve customers.
9. Unpredictability and risk
With the use of more and more suppliers and new relationships businesses must dedicate resources to asses the risks associated with working with suppliers.
10. Externalisation
It will be increasingly a case of how the IT department get other companies to do things for you rather than how do you do it yourself.
Source: http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/inside-outsourcing/2011/09/ten-it-outsourcing-game-changers-from-gartner.html
For small and medium-size business owner, unpredictable economic conditions may be challenging and tough, though, many entrepreneurs have discovered new opportunities over the last few years. While outsourcing parts of their business outside their domain of expertise, companies are taking many paths to focus on their core strengths. Moreover, SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) has been around for at least ten years but has taken off in huge way over the last few years.
A company offering SaaS, specializes in these very functions and can take care of this for you at a fraction of the cost. Hence, you don’t have to purchase expensive software either, all you have to do is hire them for a fee. Over the last few years, Sales and Marketing SaaS solutions have taken off in a big way especially in small businesses.
Source: http://www.business2community.com/b2b-perspective/how-saas-can-help-small-businesses-flourish-062549
Software acquisition costs are a fraction of their implementation expense. Offshore outsourcing rates can make the price tag of a long project not look so bad, however, offshore brings communication and cultural barriers. Moreover, a study, which was by Global Services, ranks Halifax, Nova Scotia second among emerging information technology destinations in North America. Director of financial services and nearshore solutions for NSBI, J.P. Robicheau, said that one of their goals is to establish Nova Scotia as a global center for financial services middle and back office opeartions by leveraging our technology talent with our insurance expertise. Assistant vice president and chief regulatory counsel for Manulife, Chris Donnelly agreed and said they’ve continued to grow our resource commitment in Halifax largely due to the quality of staff there, and through their relationship with CGI, which is competitive with offshore rates with Keane’s Halifax.
Source: http://www.propertycasualty360.com/2011/09/22/nearshore-outsourcing-options-available-for-insure?t=tech-management
IBA, one of the largest IT service providers in Eastern Europe performing software development, migration, maintenance, support, and IT consulting services with more than 2,500 IT and business professionals, will present new services at the GITEX Technology Week to be held from October 9 to October 13, 2011 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Moreover, IBA Group will showcase its diverse portfolio of services that help customers solve their IT challenges at the GITEX Technology Week.
Today, IBA has become an important partner of global giants like IBM, SAP, Goodyear, Rochwell Automation, and Fujitsu Technology Solutions. Vice President of IBA Group and the head of the IBA’s delegation at GITEX, Dr. Valentin Kazan, indicates that their customers need to keep up with the pace of technological change without the high fixed costs of internal IT systems. Furthermore, they give the customers unsurpassed services, plus a depth of engineering talent they would be hard-prdssed to find elsewhere.
Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/iba-group-to-present-new-software-services-in-dubai-2011-09-21
Today there is a huge demand for mobile applications across the world, because of the popularity of mobile or handheld communication devices. Many countries are well poised to take advantage of this trend, so is Philippines.
Ramon Pastor, the resource speaker at the sidelines of a Power Mac Center mobile app development seminar, said that talented Filipino developers can very soon catch up with other countries and provide here and abroad a robust supply of apps for mobile platforms. He added that the world’s demand is higher than the supply, so Philippines can well be on the world map for mobile apps. Moreover, Philippines has a huge pool of software and application developers who have been supplying the requirements of the country’s global IT outsourcing industry mainly in the fields of web and enterprise solutions. And what they have to do is to shift focus from enterprise solutions to mobile apps, said Pastor.
Source: http://www.malaya.com.ph/sep21/info3.html
As we know, your IT and communication systems have a direct influence on the production levels of your team. So it is very important to ensure the IT and communication systems within your premises are working efficiently. Here we will provide professional and efficient services to reduce the disruptions caused to your business and your costomers.
In order to fill positions internally and readying yourselves for the reliance on IT and communication systems to increase, you need to prepare accordingly while expanding your business. IT outsourcing proves popular with businesses of all sizes. Compared to employing permanent techicians, many small business owners appreciate the flexible, low costs of outsourcd IT support.
Source: http://www.ihotdesk.com/article/600000009/How-do-IT-Outsourcing-companies-work