IT-ROADMAP: ICT development trend and forecast for 2007: Challenges and opportunities for Nigeria

Data centre is often a candidate for outsourcing-20% of this activity is outsourced, with 22% planned for 2007 - but much less frequently for offshoring..
Lean principles also apply to the IT organization most of all, leading to an increased uptake of outsourcing and offshoring. Third-party services and internal head count account for 11% and 24% of the total, respectively. Over a third of respondents plan to increase their spending in both categories next year. For respondents that plan to decrease spending in these areas, 25% said they’d reduce internal head count, while only 19% said they’d reduce the use of third-party services.Even though budgets for 2007 are growing by 3% on average, doing more with less is a fact of life for enterprise IT departments. Save for the 5% increase in the amount of application management that will migrate offshore in 2007. read more