September 15, 2012
The IT outsourcing market in the United States, which includes but is not limited to managed services, is growing rapidly. And MSPs are the number one choice when it comes to providing hosted services in the areas of disaster recovery and IT security. Findings from a recent survey of CIOs and other IT decision-makers conducted by global consulting firm Bluewolf indicate a shift away from traditional IT department staffing toward what Bluewolf terms an “elastic workforce.” This means top IT executives are looking to source their staff from multiple sources. Interestingly, Bluewolf data shows that agility and speed, rather than price, are the top motivating factors for the shift toward multisourced IT departments.
