Below is a great article dealing with the need of IT organizations to use outsourcing to deliver the reduction in costs the C level is forcing upon them. I know from my own clients that the need to reduce expenses is one of the main drivers to enter into an outsourcing relationships. Software outsourcing is very viable for a lot of organizations since cost savings often times exceed 50 %.


http://www.cio.com/article/3044267/outsourcing/it-outsourcing-customers-cling-to-cost-savings-mindset.html