Outsourcing

While there are many types of outsourcing, in general it refers to contracting a business process or function previously performed in-house to an outside entity. Research coverage includes application outsourcing, data center outsourcing, and hosting and managed services.

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  • Andrew Bartels

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    Report:US Tech Market Outlook For 2013 And 2014: Better Times Ahead

    We Forecast 6% ICT Spending Growth For Both Years

    Andrew BartelsApril 25, 2013

    US CIOs remain torn between their need to invest in new mobile, cloud, and smart technologies and their fear of encountering economic doldrums (or worse). Over the past two and a half years, these...

    • Downloads: 322

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Segmenting The US Tech Market

    SMBs' Tech Buying Outpaces That Of Enterprises Or Consumers, But The Situation Will Reverse In 2013

    Andrew BartelsDecember 13, 2012

    For CIOs, understanding trends in the broader tech market is useful, but even more useful is information on trends for companies of their size and in their industry. With IT consumerization or...

    • Downloads: 450

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:US Tech Market Outlook Dims For 2012 To 2013

    US Tech Spending Growth Will Maintain A Mediocre 4% To 5% Pace

    Andrew BartelsSeptember 28, 2012

    This report details Forrester's projections of tech market growth in the US. We have reduced our forecast for 2012 growth in the US tech market from our April projections of 7.5% for total US...

    • Downloads: 569

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:The Canadian Tech Market 2012 To 2013

    Economic Worries Lead Canadian CIOs To Cut Back ICT Purchases

    Andrew BartelsAugust 2, 2012

    Canada's CIOs and tech buyers are behaving as if Canada is heading for a recession — and it's not. Indeed, while the Canadian economy is growing at about the same 4% rate (at current prices) as...

    • Downloads: 287

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:European Information And Communications Technology Market 2012 To 2013

    Spending Growth Comes To A Halt As Europe Slides Into Recession

    Andrew BartelsJune 21, 2012

    Overview of the European ICT Market

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  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:US Tech Market Outlook For 2012 To 2013

    Improving Economic Prospects Create Upside Potential

    Andrew BartelsApril 4, 2012

    CIOs care about tech market trends for three reasons: 1) to understand how much other firms are spending on information and communications technologies (and where); 2) to determine where they ought...

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  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Information And Communications Technology Industry Opportunities In Professional Services

    Vendors Should Target This Large And Growing Industry

    Andrew BartelsFebruary 17, 2012

    The professional services industry presents both opportunities and challenges for tech vendors. The opportunities? Professional services is one of the largest industries in terms of tech purchases,...

    • Downloads: 495
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  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:US Tech Market Outlook For 2012

    Slower Than Expected 2011 Spending Portends 6.6% Growth In 2012

    Andrew BartelsDecember 20, 2011

    The US tech market posted weaker growth in 2011 than we expected; the outlook for 2012 is for more of the same, with business and government purchases of IT goods and services growing by 6.8% to 6.6%...

    • Downloads: 1155

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:What CEOs Of Small Software Companies Need To Do In 2011

    How To Find The Best Opportunities In A High-Growth Market

    Andrew BartelsJuly 7, 2011

    The software market is poised to enjoy its best growth in a decade, and small software companies face great growth opportunities as their larger competitors struggle to adapt to a new world of cloud...

    • Downloads: 797

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:The Canadian Tech Market 2011 To 2012

    Canada Is Like The US In Growth, But Different In Mix Of Purchases

    Andrew BartelsJune 8, 2011

    Canada is like the US, only different. This bit of doggerel applies as much to the Canadian information and communications technology (ICT) market as it does to Canada's economy or culture. Because...

    • Downloads: 430

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Smart Computing Drives The New Era Of IT Growth

    A New Tech Investment Cycle Holds Seismic Promise — And Challenges

    Andrew BartelsDecember 4, 2009

    The technology industry has entered a new cycle of tech innovation and growth, which we are calling "Smart Computing." Like prior cycles of mainframe computing, personal computing, and network...

    • Downloads: 2112

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:The State Of SMB IT Budgets: 2009

    Business Data Services North America And Europe

    Heidi Shey, Andrew BartelsAugust 7, 2009

    This document provides SMB highlights of an extensive data set collected via Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Global IT Budgets And Spending Survey, Q2 2009. Overall, the global recession has made CIOs...

    • Downloads: 801

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:US Enterprise Versus SMB IT Budgets In 2009

    Enterprises Will Not Do As Badly As SMBs In Many Verticals In 2009 Downturn

    Andrew BartelsMay 7, 2009

    US IT budgetary spending will fall in 2009 by 2% as the recession takes its toll on US businesses and governments. Contrary to past experience, small and medium-size business (SMB) IT spending will...

    • Downloads: 1123
 
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