Saugatuck study predicts how cloud IT will impact the Outsourcing market through 2015

                                               



The IT and BPO services market is undergoing a period of deep structural change that is challenging the finely tuned market positions and business models of traditional services providers. Critical business change is occurring across supply chains, vendor / provider relationships, and customer relationships, due in part to the adoption of Cloud IT and Cloud Business models, but also the product of globalization and new sourcing innovations such as Business-Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS), Business Process Utilities (BPU) and Crowdsourcing.

While the traditional systems integration services market will decline in terms of overall market opportunity, in its place new services and channel opportunities are being born as a result of the Cloud. Cloud services providers will flourish as they embrace Cloud IT and Cloud Business, serving both ISVs migrating to the Cloud and enterprises reshaping themselves. In addition, new Cloud Business services from non-traditional technology services providers are driving innovation, increasing competition and providing user firms with more choice.

How will the Services / Outsourcing market evolve in response to the emergence and growth of Cloud IT and Cloud Business strategies? And how will traditional services providers reshape their business models and service delivery? How will they add value across the entire Cloud EcoStackTM? A report released today from Saugatuck Technology Inc., titled “The Cloud and Business Services: Key Trends and Directions Through 2015,” provides the critical answers.

Representative findings from the report include:

Through 2013, Indian providers will be some of the most aggressive innovators in PaaS. The Indian services providers will take advantage of Cloud delivery models and client trust to break their linear headcount-to-revenue business models.

Through 2013, pure-play Cloud consulting companies will continue to enjoy superior market growth. As Cloud business solution providers offer integration APIs, Cloud consultants/integrators will produce a wide range of adapters, services and toolkits to provide added value for clients.

By 2013, “non-traditional” service providers with specific vertical and business IP will aggressively enter the Cloud Business Services market. Saugatuck’s position is that “non-traditional” services providers may be the logical front-runners in the race for extending niche vertical services from the Cloud to clients.

By 2015, 50 percent of new outsourcing deals will be significantly Cloud enabled. Technology platforms (enabled by Cloud IT) have emerged as the newest value lever for services leadership and adoption will continue in 2011at a rapid pace.

By 2015, Business Process Utilities will emerge as the preferred means of consuming horizontal / commoditized BPO offerings such as F&A, Procurement, and HR and select vertical opportunities (e.g., Navitaire in airline reservations).

Through 2015, the primary users of PaaS will be system integrators because of their aggregation of demand, greater resources and expertise, and openness to risk-taking absent in most enterprises.

Source:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/07/06/prweb8621698.DTL

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

                                              


HIV/AIDS eForums
Health & Development Networks (HDN) through its HIV/AIDS eForums seeks to promote a more effective response to HIV/AIDS and other health-and-development-related issues by improving information, communication and the quality of debate. The HIV/AIDS eForums initiative uses electronic networking to increase the number of voices and perspectives in the preparation and follow-up to major HIV/AIDS conferences.

For more details, visit http://www.hdnet.org/

Radio was used to promote Aids awareness
The entire programme was presented by children with their music. The Deputy Provincial Director for Women and Social Affairs was invited as a special guest. He answered questions raised by the young journalists on children’s specific vulnerability, on HIV/AIDS and on orphans. He also briefed the radio audience on the actions and priorities of the provincial authorities to remove the barriers affecting the well-being of children in Mozambique.

For more details, visit http://aidsradio.oneworld.net

Goal 7: Ensure Environmental sustainability

Using audio and video to capture their local problems
To enable members of a community to acknowledge their human capacity and address common mental health problems in order to improve their social, economic, cultural and ecological environment.

The community use audio and video to capture their local problems (on mental health) and feed the outputs back to the community via loudspeakers, radio, cable television.

This case makes interesting use of audio and video technology to empower local communities. While it is not using the latest technology it is proving how ICTs can give a voice to a community and bring a community to a common understanding of their problems.

For more details, visit http://www.sustainableicts.org/ACISAM.htm

Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Jhai Foundation’s Internet Learning Centers in Laos
Jhai Foundation’s Internet Learning Centers are located in schools but are open for for-profit activity after school and on weekends. The Centers aim to be self supporting through fees generated by private training, Internet calls, e-mail and photos, and provision of business services.

For more details, visit http://www.jhai.org/learningcenter.htm
For the interim technical report 

The Urban Poor Consortium in Indonesia
UPC’s mission is to work with marginalised groups to develop strong community organisations and networks.
The UPC, in collaboration with local communities, has recently launched three radio stations with a broadcast range of approximately 10-kilometres. The community centres are used as the station bases, and are usually managed by young people and the unemployed of the community. Programs broadcast have covered religion, health, political (land rights and updates on the community’s on-going court battles), education and entertainment. Future programs plan to address substance abuse and domestic violence.

For more details, visit http://www.urbanpoor.or.id/
Courtesy of the Australian Development Gateway

Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

HIV/AIDS eForums
Health & Development Networks (HDN) through its HIV/AIDS eForums seeks to promote a more effective response to HIV/AIDS and other health-and-development-related issues by improving information, communication and the quality of debate. The HIV/AIDS eForums initiative uses electronic networking to increase the number of voices and perspectives in the preparation and follow-up to major HIV/AIDS conferences.

For more details, visit http://www.hdnet.org/

Radio was used to promote Aids awareness
The entire programme was presented by children with their music. The Deputy Provincial Director for Women and Social Affairs was invited as a special guest. He answered questions raised by the young journalists on children’s specific vulnerability, on HIV/AIDS and on orphans. He also briefed the radio audience on the actions and priorities of the provincial authorities to remove the barriers affecting the well-being of children in Mozambique.

For more details, visit http://aidsradio.oneworld.net

Goal 7: Ensure Environmental sustainability

Using audio and video to capture their local problems
To enable members of a community to acknowledge their human capacity and address common mental health problems in order to improve their social, economic, cultural and ecological environment.

The community use audio and video to capture their local problems (on mental health) and feed the outputs back to the community via loudspeakers, radio, cable television.

This case makes interesting use of audio and video technology to empower local communities. While it is not using the latest technology it is proving how ICTs can give a voice to a community and bring a community to a common understanding of their problems.

For more details, visit http://www.sustainableicts.org/ACISAM.htm

Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Jhai Foundation’s Internet Learning Centers in Laos
Jhai Foundation’s Internet Learning Centers are located in schools but are open for for-profit activity after school and on weekends. The Centers aim to be self supporting through fees generated by private training, Internet calls, e-mail and photos, and provision of business services.

For more details, visit http://www.jhai.org/learningcenter.htm
For the interim technical report 

The Urban Poor Consortium in Indonesia
UPC’s mission is to work with marginalised groups to develop strong community organisations and networks. The UPC, in collaboration with local communities, has recently launched three radio stations with a broadcast range of approximately 10-kilometres. The community centres are used as the station bases, and are usually managed by young people and the unemployed of the community. Programs broadcast have covered religion, health, political (land rights and updates on the community’s on-going court battles), education and entertainment. Future programs plan to address substance abuse and domestic violence.

For more details, visit http://www.urbanpoor.or.id/
Courtesy of the Australian Development Gateway

Source : http://ictfordevelopment.wordpress.com/