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Business Mentor: Making Strategic Sourcing Work for Your Business
sponsored by CIO Decisions
Posted:  11 May 2005
Published:  01 May 2005
Format:  HTML
Length:  1  Page(s)
Type:  Journal Article

ABSTRACT:

With it staffing costs soaring --they now represent anywhere from 55% to 63% of IT budgets--companies of all sizes are looking hard at sourcing strategies to get the most for their money and meet increasing business demands. This is especially true for fast-growing midsized companies, which rely even more heavily on the skills of outside partners and suppliers.

When I say "'sourcing,"' I don't mean outsourcing in the traditional sense. I'm talking about opportunities to selectively source IT in ways that let you strike the right balance between increasing performance, reducing costs and--most importantly--staying in control of your IT destiny

 
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AUTHOR: 

Jerry McElhatton
CEO of Virtual Resources in Dallas, CIO Decisions
Jerry McElhatton, CEO of Virtual Resources in Dallas, is the former president of Global Technology and Operations at MasterCard International. Write to him at BusinessMentor@ciodecisions.com.


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