offshoring, you generally get exactly what you
When it comes to
offshoring, you generally get exactly what you pay for, and the service levels
may not live up to business needs or expectations. If providers are overseas it
can also prove challenging to support and deal with issues quickly. The
offshoring model may appear cost effective at the outset, but if problems occur
someone will typically have to travel to the offshoring country to resolve
these problems, which results in unnecessary travel expensive and long
downtim
find e, which for certain mission critical IT areas such as the database is
not acceptable and could cripple the business.
“To deliver
appropriate services to local companies, it is typically best to have a local
outsourcing provider who will understand this culture and way of doing business
and thus will deliver better quality of service” Gerrit-Jan Albers, Service Delivery Manager
at RDB Consulting
As a result of these
and other factors, the overseas outsourcing and offshoring trend has started to
reverse,
house and organisations are once again looking for local outsource providers
to deliver, particularly with regard to mission critical IT services such as
database and operating system support. Local providers understand local
condition
business s, needs and ways of doing business, and have a cultural affinity that
makes doing business a far smoother process.
Having a local
provider also ensures that onsite support can take place for faster response
and more effective problem resolution. As much as technology has evolved, a
face-to-face presence makes achieving clarity on problems and issues far
easier, and these onsite resources can also be involved in projects from the
start, from architecture through to support and maintenance, ultimately delivering
superior service levels.
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