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Optimizing Process and Technology Volume 1 Issue 4 |
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Laura Pettit Rusick Outsourcing is a great way to create flexibility while meeting current demands in the organization, particularly in small and mid-sized businesses. (Throughout the remainder of the article I’ll refer to small and mid-sized organizations as SMBs). In trying to solve current issues, companies may create new issues by turning over their IT department to an outsourcer without oversight, or negotiating outsourcing agreements solely to cut costs. Costs escalate because normal updates or company growth wasn’t included in the contract. Perhaps the IT strategy no longer supports the business strategy. Part-time contract programmer. Interim CIO. Off-shoring. There are many variations and implementations of outsourcing. Efficient organizations use outsourcing to:
Read More >>> Part III - Software as a Service Benefits and Risks The biggest benefit of SaaS is the lack of up front capital investment. In addition, implementation timeframes are often shorter because servers do not have to be ordered and set up. Because the software is located at the vendor site, bug fixes can get applied immediately once completed. On the risk side, investigate Read More >>> Copyright © 2009 by Laura Pettit Rusick. |
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