Home > Technology News > SMEs to outsource IT management

SMEs to outsource IT management

Published On 14 February 2007 at 16:43:44

A new report has suggested that small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) are set to increasingly outsource their IT management processes.

The study by Forrester indicates that IT support at SMEs and its integration in to the company will increasingly become the domain of specialist IT outsourcers, reports One Stop Click.

It is thought that the added expertise, as well as improved efficiency and cost saving benefits that these firms can offer, will encourage many SMEs to outsource their IT departments.

Both implementation and ongoing management will be increasingly undertaken by outside providers, the report claims.

The vice president of Forrester, Andrew Parker, said: "We'll see stable operations farmed out to third parties, new IP sourced from open communities and solution brokers, emerging technologies going to market wrapped in process bundles and new software investments based on subscription rather than ownership."

Forrester has warned IT services firms that they will have to be increasingly adaptable to these new changes to working practices over the next five years.

 

Related Technology News:

• Office workers 'waste time emailing'
  8 June 2007 at 08:55:35
  Office workers - including those at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - spend nearly ten years of their working life dealing with emails, a new report suggests.
• 'Spam spikes' target SMEs
  6 June 2007 at 12:37:55
  Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are being targeted in more 'spam spikes', which are harming their operations, a new report claims.
• More SME owners apply to protect their ideas
  4 June 2007 at 14:11:25
  Television programmes like Dragon's Den are encouraging more and more people to try to start their own small business, official figures indicate.
• SMEs 'think customers are more demanding now'
  1 June 2007 at 16:57:13
  The owners of the UK's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) think that it is harder now to run a successful business than it was in the past.
• SMEs 'unhappy with company websites'
  29 May 2007 at 12:23:11
  The majority of the UK's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) do not think that their company website truly reflects their brand, a new survey revealed.
• FSB welcomes EU action on mobile phone charges
  24 May 2007 at 09:20:48
  Small and medium-sized enterprises from the UK that do business in Europe have welcomed the EU's decision to cap the roaming charges levied by mobile phone companies.
• Consumers reveal their top business grumbles
  22 May 2007 at 09:01:29
  The owners of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to make sure their businesses have excellent channels of consumer communication if they hope to be successful, a new study has revealed.