The UK Perspective | Article
As Richard Lister, head of the IT Outsourcing Group at the London-based Berwin Leighton law firm, looks at the U.K., he sees a maturing outsourcing market which he expects to be driven by three major trends in 1999.
As Richard Lister, head of the IT Outsourcing Group at the London-based Berwin Leighton law firm, looks at the U.K., he sees a maturing outsourcing market which he expects to be driven by three major trends in 1999.
Although he sees few mega-deals on the outsourcing horizon for 1999, Robert E. Zahler, a partner in the law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge, does predict a streamlining of outsourcing relationships.
As the outsourcing industry heads into 1999, Richard Raysman, an attorney with the New York firm of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder and Steiner LLP, expects to see not only larger transactions, but an expansion of the services being outsourced.
Both customers and vendors will be taking a close look at their outsourcing activities in 1999, according to Michael Palma, research analyst for Dataquest…
The outsourcing industry will continue to grow at a rate of 25 percent annually, reaching $100 billion in annual revenues by the year 2000…
While it isn’t accurate to make global generalizations, the outlook for outsourcing growth during the coming year in regions around the world seems to be very positive, according to management at Michael F. Corbett and Associates.
The view for the coming year is bright, with growth forecast at more than 20 percent, according to managers at COMPASS America, Inc.
For Unisys Corp., outsourcing is a business embedded in a product company.
The outsourcing industry, having matured significantly during the past ten years, faces changes in 1999 that will not only alter the focus of the outsourcing industry itself, but will also transform the companies entering into such transactions.
In 1999, the outsourcing industry will change directions. That’s the view from Compaq Computer Corp.
The outsourcing industry is heading into a ‘somewhat turbulent’ year, driven by the center stage positioning of Y2K issues, realizations that will arise from that work, and an unpredictable economy. That is the opinion of Doug Mellinger, CEO, PRT Group.
Whether your crystal ball suggests a bear or a bull market for 1999, the view for business process outsourcing (BPO) is unambiguously rosy. According to Richard Smith, partner, European outsourcing for PricewaterhouseCoopers…
While overall growth will continue throughout the outsourcing industry, functional outsourcing will play an even more dynamic role in reshaping the global marketplace, according to Scott Anderson, senior operating executive, Commercial Sector, MCI Systemhouse.
As the outsourcing industry heads into the final year of the century, growth will be driven by a blending of the traditional and newer segments of the industry, according to Donna Crane, vice president, marketing, Systems and Computer Technology Corp. (SCT).