Outsourcing recovery is fragile, says EquaTerra
Businesses are stepping up their spending on outsourcing as they begin to replace outdated infrastructure, a major survey of UK IT service providers reveals.
But the growth in demand for outsourcing is still precarious, and could be held back if the economy falters, EquaTerra’s UK pulse survey reveals.
“We are seeing more infrastructure projects – datacentre, desktop services, network services. They are being looked at now because the underlying asset is at the end of its life,” said Lee Ayling, managing director for IT outsourcing UK at the company.
The majority (71%) of the IT service providers surveyed predict that demand for outsourcing will grow over the next six months, up from only 26% in the second half of 2009.
