This Advisor is intended primarily for customer and service provider relationship managers who are responsible for managing an outsourcing relationship. Of course, this information is also important for their senior management and their relationship management teams.

This Advisor is intended primarily for customer and service provider relationship managers who are responsible for managing an outsourcing relationship. Of course, this information is also important for their senior management and their relationship management teams.

While it is true that, to some extent, outsourcing reduces the expectation of job security among today's IT practitioners, there is also a bright side. Outsourcing can allow a workforce to reach out from a regional to a national to a global environment and build an extended enterprise that efficiently utilizes people, processes, and technology.

While it is true that, to some extent, outsourcing reduces the expectation of job security among today's IT practitioners, there is also a bright side. Outsourcing can allow a workforce to reach out from a regional to a national to a global environment and build an extended enterprise that efficiently utilizes people, processes, and technology.

Ever since computers entered corporations, the IT organization has undergone numerous waves of transformation. The current wave, however, is more akin to a sea change that is redefining the very nature and character of the IT function in businesses.

Ever since computers entered corporations, the IT organization has undergone numerous waves of transformation. The current wave, however, is more akin to a sea change that is redefining the very nature and character of the IT function in businesses.