It Outsourcing Contracts

This book provides an overview of IT outsourcing, including advantages and disadvantages and details what needs to be considered when choosing whether or not to outsource IT. It offers typical scenarios that can arise when outsourcing IT and information on typical solutions that have been adopted by other organizations.

Guide book to analysing the major issues that arise in outsourcing agreements. Helps one deal with the basic question of when outsourcing is an appropriate solution to a situation, and what issues must be addressed when contracting with a supplier.

A completely revised update of the First Edition, this book focuses exclusively on outsourcing information technology such as data processing, computer systems, and specialized software programs essentially an intellectual property transaction. It covers, among other topics, licensing and software development agreements, sales of tangible assets, human resources management, and more.

As companies focus on the core specialisms, most will look to the benefits of outsourcing some, if not all, of the IT services required. The benefits include:cost-efficient operations;delivery of IT services at lower cost through economies of scale; improvements in time-to-market of IT solutions; improvements in capability andquality of IT service delivery.This essential guide looks at the procedures needed to achieve all these benefits when contracting an outsourcing partner. It explains the benefits of a well thought-out and practical approach to selecting a partner; a partner, indeed, whose performance may make or break an organization s delivery to market. This book is a key reference guide to anyone procuring IT services and also to those who are responsible for maintaining the contract once signed. By covering all aspects of the Outsourcing contracting process, its guidance will help reduce risks and miscommunication. In addition its approach to the Request for Proposal (also known as Invitation to Tender) shows how clarity at this stage can deliver significant benefits as the services go live in the operational phase.

Information technology is one of the most common management functions to be outsourced. Aimed at both the IT supplier and customer, this book offers a guide to the legal aspects of outsourcing information technology.

This book walks readers through an outsourcing transaction step-by-step: analyzing the benefits, selecting vendor, structuring the deal, managing the relationship. Provides managers with an organized methodical approach to the often intimidating prospect of relinquising absolute control of every aspect of a company's business.

Many corporations are currently restructuring their business processes in order to become more competitive and cost effective. Once the decision has been made to outsource, a corporation must structure the deal. This book will show them how to request proposals and negotiate and close the agreement--creating the outsourcing strategy.