The wholesale outsourcing of a company’s data infrastructure has not always been an option or considered a risk worth taking. For many companies, insourcing – or an in-house model – was the preferred or
...Read MoreThe wholesale outsourcing of a company’s data infrastructure has not always been an option or considered a risk worth taking. For many companies, insourcing – or an in-house model – was the preferred or default IT option for managing the company’s most precious assets – corporate and customer data. That thinking is rapidly shifting as a result of cloud computing, SaaS adoption and other key outsourcing trends.
Enterprises today are increasingly facing a sluggish economy, rapidly changing and increasingly more complex systems and networks, and intense cost constraints. In response, outsourcing has become a clear option for those who want to mitigate risk, utilize key expertise, and convert their IT systems from cost center to competitive advantage. Advances in security, virtualization and cloud computing have all modified how private networks manage their data and the expectations for what can be outsourced.