"Emerging Trends: On-shore and Off-shore Outsourcing" Research Report Now Available

Survey conducted by the InterUnity Group indicates that market leaders are currently directing 20% of their IT operating budget to outsourcing.

Concord, MA (PRWEB November 11, 2003)-- Outsourcing is undergoing a radical transformation. Transparent geography is one of the many emerging trends. Dramatic benefits such as cost savings and time to market reductions have been reported by its pioneers. This report identifies major outsourcing strategies in use today and is designed to help companies determine the appropriate outsourcing strategy, and how to avoid the potential pitfalls.

Selected Findings

· The InterUnity Group/Computerworld Outsourcing research report ("Emerging Trends: On-shore and Off-shore Outsourcing") demonstrates a clear link between outsourcing and market leadership. Market leaders are currently directing 20% of their IT operating budget to outsourcing. While cost saving is a primary driver of outsourcing, companies benefit in other ways.

The survey demonstrates a clear link between corporate business performance and effective IT outsourcing," says Martin Loughlin, Director of InterUnity Group. Companies that leverage outsourcing well outperform their industry peers in key business metrics including revenue growth, profitability and market share."

The survey found that while cost saving is the primary driver of outsourcing, companies are also benefiting in other ways including freeing up internal resources and accessing world-class skills and capabilities.

Outsourcing Cost Savings Dependent Upon Strategy Used and Related Critical Success Factors

According to the study, there was a dramatic difference in the return from outsourcing. There was a dramatic difference between the actual and expected cost savings depending on the outsourcing strategy chosen," states Dr. Richard Sneider, Managing Director of InterUnity Group. The selection of outsourcing strategy and associated critical success factors supported as much as a 30% variation in savings."

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Methodology

The outsourcing report data was collected during April and May of 2003 utilizing an extensive online survey. More than 250 senior corporate and IT managers from mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies across 21 industries completed the questionnaire. The questionnaire contained 75 data elements covering the following topics:

· Demographic Information covering basic contact and industry information

· Key business performance metrics

· How companies are using outsourcing and what functions are they outsourcing

· Reasons for outsourcing, onshore and off-shore

· Cost savings achieved from outsourcing, onshore and off-shore

· Level of satisfaction with outsourcing

· Barriers to and key concerns about outsourcing

· Outsourcing partner selection and evaluation criteria

· Contingency planning

· IT expense breakdown

· IT Labor allocation.

Available Charts

· 139 Tables, Charts and Figures

Price

· $1995

About InterUnity Group

InterUnity Group (www.interunitygroup.com) provides leading companies with technology intelligence to improve corporate performance. InterUnity has created the InterUnity 600 Knowledgebase which analyzes the IT decisions of over 600 companies across 24 industries to rapidly calibrate IT performance and corporate performance. Competitive benchmarking is used to identify areas of potential over investment and under investment. The average company in the Knowledgebase had 2002 revenues of $10 Billion. InterUnitys clients have achieved higher returns on their Information Technology investments, improved profitability and increased business performance.