Role of tools in Infrastructure Outsourcing: Industry Report

Role of tools in Infrastructure Outsourcing

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Everest Research Institute
Published: September 2007
Product Code: R3492-57

Description

"The Market Update titled Role of Tools in infrastructure outsourcing focuses on the role of software tools in infrastructure management outsourcing.

Historically, initiatives to deploy new tools have not reconciled existing tools and resulted in a diverse and complex tool set. As Remote Infrastructure Management Outsourcing (RIMO), a new model of IT infrastructure outsourcing emerged, the tools became an important success factor for RIMO suppliers.

IT infrastructure outsourcing requires both the supplier and buyer to address challenges like fragmented tool environments across organizations, remotely delivered management of infrastructure and the governance of the outsourcing relationship. This report discusses types of tools available today and the tool-driven strategies adopted by RIMO suppliers."

Table of Contents

Background and scope
Summary of key messages
Overview of Infrastructure tools: Timeline of emerging tools; Tools and investment categories; Factors driving investment in tools
Role of Governance tools in infrastructure outsourcing: Governance in IT outsourcing; Functional landscape of outsourcing; Governance tools landscape; Buyer experience on existing tools; Significance of integration with infrastructure management module
Role of infrastructure management tools in infrastructure outsourcing: Overview of infrastructure management tools market; Functional landscape of infrastructure management tools; Structural analysis framework; Requirement of integration among tools; CMDB: bringing technology and toolsets together
Supplier investment in proprietary tools: Challenges of heterogeneous environment; Themes in supplier investment; Supplier proprietary investment case studies; Challenges and incentives for buyers; Sources and impact of infrastructure tool investment
Implications for buyers and suppliers
Appendix: Glossary of terms; References

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