Numerous commentators have commented how the outsourcing industry is set to benefit from the downturn. However, one of the issues that concerns me, is that given the significant capital investments and transition costs involved in undertaking an large scale IT outsourcing programme for the first time, will organisations, especially given the credit crunch, seek longer [...]

As I’ve not been able to get to Nasscom’s conference in Mumbai this year (no-one invited me, sob!) it’s been interesting following the events through this blog and I’ve probably got more of a feel for the mood out there than through the traditional news media outlets. One thing that caught my attention was a [...]

Given the current economic environment, there are mixed feelings about whether more organisations will embrace outsourcing and whether the traditional rationale and business models for outsourcing are changing.
In a world where we have continuing overcapacity, increasing globalisation, the commoditisation of some services, the emergence of new technologies and what appears to be a prolonged depressing [...]

At Op2i, We have just finished analysing some commissioned market research into the present state of the outsourcing market. To those in the industry it should not be surprising that the majority of respondents believe the economic downturn will increase interest in outsourcing (IBM just posted strong profits through its outsourcing division) and there appears [...]