insourcing
Outsourcing and Workable SLA - The Digital Fuel
White Paper This paper has concentrated on SLA for outsourcing but similar discussions are required for SLA between internal IT (insourcing) and the business, as well as related concepts such as OLA, KPI and UPC. [02 Mar 2009]
Expanded Benefits of Co-Sourcing Managed Security Services
White Paper Lucent's Managed Security Services Co-Sourcing program mitigates the disadvantages of both insourcing and outsourcing solutions while giving the advantages of both. Network security is a growing challenge and essential... [02 Mar 2009]
Insourcing the E-mail Service
White Paper In the fast-paced, competitive world of information technology, a company's existence is highly dependent on the speed and reliability of its communication. Along with mobile phones and the Internet, there comes an ever increasing demand... [13 Feb 2009]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment Outsourcing vs insourcing? Insourcing offers fine grain management control over quality, shared time zones, resistance to infrastructural failure, data protection and the opportunity for face to face... [08 May 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News There have been numerous recent examples of companies insourcing previously outsourced activities simply to save cost. Outsourcing rarely achieves the attractive cost savings promised at the start of a deal and in many... [31 Jan 2008]
All Saints goes in-house with accounting
News Clothing retailer All Saints is insourcing an accounts department, built around financials software from Coda. The retailer operates 30 stores across the country, in the Republic of Ireland and Spain, plus 50 concessions... [23 Jan 2008]
How to resolve outsourcing feuds
Comment The cost and inconvenience of changing supplier or 'insourcing' the business process or IT system means it is highly preferable to do as much as possible to make these relationships work. You're wedded to an outsourcing... [12 Feb 2007]
CIO Jury: In-sourcing - the new outsourcing?
News Insourcing will continue to emerge as a new trend this year as businesses seek to reverse bad outsourcing decisions and regain more control over their IT costs and operations, according to UK CIOs. One IT chief who has... [02 Feb 2006]
Opinion: Insourcing - when the honeymoon is over
Comment What are the legal considerations for bringing an outsourcing deal back in-house - aka 'insourcing'? Problems occur with outsourcing for various reasons, from client dissatisfaction to loss of control and know-how, so it... [31 Jan 2006]
High-profile outsourcing failures predicted in 2005
News We will see some clients insourcing and we are starting to see that already. High-profile outsourcing failures are expected to be a feature of 2005 with rushed cost-cutting deals of the last few years coming back to bite... [16 Dec 2004]
Insourcing Case Study
White Paper The client offers retail foreign exchange and provides a wide range of foreign currency and payment services. Due to a growing dependency on technology and automated systems in recent years, the client's employees were growing frustrated... [18 Nov 2004]
US tech jobs rising or declining?
News A report out on Tuesday from a business group concluded that 'insourcing' - when foreign-based companies invest in the United States - is creating a growing number of US jobs, including technology positions. [20 Oct 2004]
GM claims it is not ditching EDS from $3bn IT contract
News Eiras described it as "out-insourcing" and said EDS at the time was just one third the size of GM's internal IT department until those staff transferred across as part of the deal. General Motors claims it is not aiming... [27 Apr 2004]
Reducing the Costs of IS Through Insourcing
White Paper We discovered many myths about total outsourcing, the practice of turning over the entire IS department to a vendor for a period of 7 to 10 years. In particular, the economies of scale stated by vendors were largely oversold. [25 Feb 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Microsoft's shrewd vision, outsourcing lessons and the mouse
Comment IBM attempted to counter the termination with a managed services insourcing deal but HBOS stood firm as it gave 12 months notice. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer provided the keynote speech at the Detroit Economic Club... [09 Sep 2002]