Before organizations decide to outsource IT, they need to think about:

• Will lower personnel costs be offset by longer times to resolve IT issues?
• Will higher telecommunications costs offset personnel savings
• Will 24 hour cover be easier to maintain by outsourcing IT?
• Will quality of IT services be equal or better than current services?

• What are risks if this does not work out?
• What is cost of managing IT outsourcing?
• What do we do with staff and equipment that we used before outsourcing IT?
• Who will manage outsourcing of IT?
• What exit clauses should we put into the contract?
• How much do we ask IT outsourcing vendor to pay for our IT equipment?

Maurice Greaver (Washington, DC): author of Strategic Outsourcing, best selling book on Outsourcing on www.amazon.com. Wrote and taught American Management Association (AMA) seminar on Outsourcing. Currently writing second book on Outsourcing. 

Greaver has been actively involved in outsourcing as advisor to organizations who are exploring and/or implementing outsourcing initiatives.

Ken Kipers (Dallas): former Executive VP of Fortune 500 company.  Helps companies with their outsourcing decisions and only gets paid on a percentage of savings that results from outsourcing.  This approach minimizes an organization's risk, but usually ends up with a greater payment to Ken's group. Ken has a Ph.D. 

Call John Antos at 972-980-7407 to find out how better Outsourcing can help you reach your goals and give your peace of mind