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Outsourcing always seems to be on the verge of becoming the next big thing. Time and again, we hold our breath and wait for the opportunities to surge forth, only to be left merely breathless.
The latest Forrester Research report on the state of Enterprise Software Adoption asserts that enterprises in North America are scaling up outsourcing of their software activities.
According to AMR, the 7 categories tested for outsourcing showed a 1% to 3% increase in how much more of the function will likely be outsourced in 2007 by manufacturers and distributors.
Without outsourcing some American companies would likely be put out of business by foreign companies that could do what they do better and faster.
As Merger and Acquisition activity is picking up speed again, analysts at IDC report that enterprises are likely going to focus on reducing overall network costs whilst adapting their systems to become more flexible.
Software as a Service (SaaS) is an idea whose time has come. Technical and market obstacles that once held back hosted software are resolved and venture capital is available.
There are numbers of critics, who condemned Offshore IT Outsourcing and Software Development as everything from shortsighted to non-American, but it might well wind up rescuing the American Software Development industry.
Maintaining that global outsourcing is an efficient way to "import" labour without cutting the job opportunities for Americans, the head of the US Chamber of Commerce said that no nation has prospered by shutting itself off.
Outsourcing Software Development to offshore nations and service vendors was seen as a cost-cutting approach used by a few big American organizations to offload mainframe maintenance, Information Technology grunt work and Y2K work.
For many companies, outsourcing IT support is an accepted and vital part of business. Allowing a firm to concentrate on its core task rather than be embroiled in sub-departments is vital to many chief executives.