When a company makes the sometimes difficult decision to hire an outside firm to manage its computer systems, this is known as “IT outsourcing.” Boston is just one of the many regions in which companies, in trying to realize their goals of internalizing maximum profitability while externalizing operation costs, are increasingly turning to information technology outsourcing. Boston companies are also seeing a greater degree of positive cash flow as a result.
There is a great deal of controversy in many places over the practice of IT outsourcing, Boston community being only one place in which this is occurring.
As the practice of information technology outsourcing often raises strong feelings on both sides of the issues, it should also come as no surprise that there is some degree of misunderstanding over exactly what it is and why any company should consider it.
The fact is
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