Indicium Technologies - IT Outsourcing

What is Information Technology (IT) Outsourcing?

IT outsourcing means turning a firm's computer operations, network operations and other non-strategic IT functions to a vendor for a specific of time - generally, at least a few year to manage. In the age of e-business, many firms are now seriously considering outsourcing their strategic IT function to achieve the advantages on competitions and reduce capital from being tie up in the huge investment outlay for the IT assets.

The major factor that drives the IT Outsourcing is the focus on core business by the firms. In today fast changing economy, the tempo of business has accelerated appreciably resulting in the useful lives of goods and services to be shorter. Therefore, companies do not have as much time to develop new products or services and move them to marketplace in today's fast tempo and highly competitive business environment.

So speed and focus has become of the essence. So firm outsource their Information System (IS) function in the effort to focus on their core competencies and accelerate "time to market" or reduce "product development cycle time".

What is the Advantages of IT Outsourcing?

Improved Financial Planning

It allows a client to know exactly what are the costs of its IS function will be over a period of the contract, as there will be no personnel overhead factors that had hidden the actual costs of IS function. This allow for a better financial planning.

Increased Attention to Core Business

Letting our experts manage a firm's IS function frees executives from managing days to days IS operation to focus on the company's core business - including aligning IT with company visions, developing and marketing new products.

Reduction of Personnel Costs

In-house IS staff salaries and benefits are paid whether or not the IS staff is productive. Our company, on the other hand, spread their fixed and overhead costs over many projects and many clients, thereby decreasing the expense absorbed by any single client.

Increased Access to Highly Qualified Know-How

Outsourcing allows our clients to tap into one of the greatest assets of our company: Experience and Knowledge gained through work with many clients in different environment.

Reduce License & Maintenance Fees

We could leverage the economic of scale on volume purchase for our clients in order to achieve saving on hardware costs and software license fees.

Shorter Implementation Cycles

The implementation cycles of an IS function would be shorter due to the experience and expertise gained in the same area.

Availability of Ongoing Consulting as Part of Standard Support

Outsourcing also allowed our clients to consult us for advice, which would otherwise be unavailable to them or at additional costs.

Increase Security

We have the qualified expertise to implement control on security measures than a client company due to the experience gained in multiple projects and fields.