The world of IT services is witnessing a move towards cost optimization. In the wake of such a scenario, questions about the extent of a slowdown in IT services spending that might be experienced in 2008 are currently dominating the thinking of IT service industry.
This whitepaper aims to investigate the likely fallouts in ITO of buyer decisions under certain economic conditions during 2008 with focus on the effect of upcoming cost optimization efforts on IT services spending, which will vary dramatically, based on a few factors such as the mode of service delivery and cost-cutting lever the supplier utilizes.