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Offshore Trumps Onshore, But "On-Demand," Utility Computing Trumps BothPublished by: IDC Published: Nov. 4, 2004 - 15 Pages Table of ContentsTable of Contents IDC Opinion In This Study Situation Overview Figure: Customer Options: Offshore Versus Utility Computing Key Characteristics of New Delivery Models Table: Relative Characteristics of IT and Business Services Delivery Models Future Outlook Market Opportunity Implications Figure: Onshore IT and Business Services Market Evolution The Impact of Moving to Utility Computing on Traditional Services and Geographic Options Figure: Moving to Utility Computing: Geographic Options Direct: Stepping "Around" Traditional Services Indirect: Leveraging Traditional Services Sun-Setting Opportunities and Player Impact Figure: Player Impact: Service Provider Transformational Period Post-Transformation: Potential Disintermediation of Players and Markets Potential Disintermediation Figure: Player Evolution: Utility Provider Evolution Figure: Player Impact: Post-Transformational Provider Period Investment Implications New Investment Model Figure: Utility Computing Investment Requirements Matrix Impact on Business Model Figure: Utility Computing's Go-to-Market Impact Essential Guidance Learn More Related Research Definitions IT Utility IT Utility Segmentation Figure: The IT Utility ? A Segmented View of Utility Options Synopsis AbstractThis IDC study offers IDC's counterview to the platform (discussed in an earlier IDC study) that utility computing and offshore can be considered complementary types of service that could support offshore regions in transforming even countries to be more competitive. This counterview highlights how offshore and utility computing should also be considered as competitive options for customers, particularly in the long term, in achieving common goals such as lower-cost services, improved service quality, access to a broader set of service options, and improved flexibility and agility to support rapid changes in the market. The alternative view will show how services companies need to make strategic investments to support a shift to utility computing while "sun setting" their older traditional services model, a model that increasing is leveraging offshore. "While customers appear to be leveraging utility computing and offshore for common goals, providers looking to compete using these same delivery models must develop strategic plans that incorporate the use of both models while preparing for what could be a shift away from one, offshore, to what is considered a much cheaper and more reliable delivery model, utility computing," said David Tapper, director of IDC's IT Outsourcing, Utility, and Offshore Services research. "Managing this shift will require understanding where to make key investments and where to be positioned as the delivery model shifts to utility computing and away from traditional IT services, a model for which offshore increasingly is being used to support." Get Full Details About This Report >> |
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