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Report: Half of Outsourced IT Projects Will Fail

   From Today's E-Commerce Minute: ----- 25-Mar-03 Puru Subedi
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Puru Subedi Posted on 25-Mar-03 11:32 AM

From Today's E-Commerce Minute:

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Report: Half of Outsourced IT Projects Will Fail
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In 2003, half of all information technology projects involving third- party consulting will be considered unsuccessful by executives who oversee them, according to a new report from Gartner, because they fail to deliver expected return on investment or operational value...

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DWI Posted on 25-Mar-03 11:52 AM

Interesting article.

40 percent of large enterprises eventually will turn to a single source to manage or take over all of their outsourced technology work.

Having previously worked on outsource projects that was a surprise to me. But if a company is of medium size, then the only best solution is outsourcing with a company that you can establish a day-to-day contact. Because of outsourcing to overseas, 24hrs a day, 7 days a week goal is easier to achieve and cost is considerably down.