OUTSOURCE DESTINATION

A 2011 IDG Enterprise Outsourcing and Service Providers survey of 1,176 IT executives illustrated that a number of U.S. companies using outsourced services have brought those same functions back in-house... For business continuity and disaster recovery-21% outsource, 13% plan to and 18% bring it back in house... Corporations are typically more content outsourcing neatly compartmentalized functions like Web hosting and email, but clearly companies servicing all of these categories have room for improvement. Outsourcing opinion are quite mixed at more of a strategic level as well. When asked, "How effective is your company's outsourcing strategy as a tool for enabling your company's key business goals?" 18% said extremely effective, 59% said somewhat effective and 22% said not effective.