CIOs are doing more outsourcing, according to research recently concluded for CIO’s 2008 “State of the CIO” issue.
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The numbers show that 46 percent of IT leaders say that they outsource or otherwise contract out between 1 and 10 percent of the IT function, up from 41 percent last year. The number of IT executives who outsource nothing decreased to 9 percent this year from 15 percent last year.
IT Outsourcing on the Rise
CIOs are doing more outsourcing this year.
| What percent of your total IT labor is provided by outsourcers or contract service providers? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Percent of IT labor outsourced | 2008 | 2007 |
| 0 | 9% | 15% |
| 1 to 10 | 46% | 41% |
| 11 to 20 | 18% | 18% |
| 21 to 30 | 10% | 11% |
| 31 to 40 | 6% | 4% |
| 41 to 50 | 2% | 3% |
| 51 to 60 | 2% | 4% |
| 61 to 70 | 2 | 1% |
| 71 to 80 | 2% | 1% |
| 81 to 90 | 1% | 1% |
| 91 to 100 | 1% | 1% |
| Don’t Know | 1% | 0% |
Source: 2008 State of the CIO survey of 558 heads of IT. The full results of the State of the CIO will be published Dec. 15.
