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African companies should not just go for outsourcing because it is a stop gap arrangement or for economies of scale, but because they are paying a premium for this service and it offers access to an ecosystem of talent and support, says Craig Allen at qwerti.

More than $460 billion. That is the combined revenue of IT outsourcing across the key segments of administration, application, web hosting, SaaS and adjacent services in 2023. This vast, sprawling market designed to lift and shift the burdens from organisational shoulders has grown considerably over the past year. On a par with the trends of artificial intelligence, blockchain and cloud computing, IT outsourcing has slipped into the cracks and fixed the gaps for IT teams and organisations.

Companies can tap into a…

Meet Bectran’s Experts at Booth 610 to Explore Credit, Collections and Accounts Receivable Solutions

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bectran, Inc., the leader in credit, collections and accounts receivable, announces sponsorship of the 2024 Shared Services & Outsourcing Week Conference. The event takes place in Orlando, Florida from March 25^th to 28^th. Stop by booth 610 to gain unparalleled insights into the world of autonomous finance from our expert team. Discover firsthand what strategies Fortune 500 CFOs are employing to stay ahead in today’s dynamic financial landscape.

Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) is the largest and most established community of shared services, global business services and outsourcing professionals in the world. The conference brings…

Big companies are 66% more likely to outsource projects than small businesses

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May 11, 2023

While outsourcing has become a norm for organizations of all sizes and across all industries, larger companies are 66% more likely to outsource projects than small businesses, as shared by Capital Counselor. In fact, 92% of the top 2000 global companies use IT outsourcing, as per ISG research.

DesignRush, a B2B marketplace connecting businesses with agencies, shares the top benefits of web development outsourcing:

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  Cost efficiency
• Global talent pool
• Time efficiency
• Fresh…

On August 29, Microsoft went public with promised cloud outsourcing and hosting changes which officials first outlined earlier this year. These changes, which will take effect on October 1, 2022, still don’t address some of the core customer and partner complaints which led to Microsoft revising its policies in these areas.

Microsoft introduced outsourcing restriction in 2019 that resulted in customers paying more to run Microsoft software in non-Microsoft cloud environments. Customers who had been using AWS and Google Cloud as dedicated hosts for running Windows Server and clients were affected directly, but some of them didn’t realize the extent of the impact until their contracts with Microsoft were up for renewal this year. Microsoft’s changes around its…