Strategic sourcing of information systems : perspectives and practices

For companies that use computers, the decision whether to outsource or insource IT is one which eventually has to be made.

This volume documents the strategies used in IT sourcing strategies by covering actual company experiences with various sourcing options comprising outsourcing, insourcing, selective sourcing and trading agents.

Lessons are included on how organizations can implement strategies on their own, and IT sourcing frameworks for determining how best to have IT services delivered, internally or externally, are presented.