An increasing number of companies are likely to reduce the number of IT assets they own, it has been suggested, which may boost the need for IT outsourcing.
IT industry analyst Gartner predicted that businesses are likely to avoid owning hardware and instead rely on third parties to meet their computing needs, with 20 per cent expected to owe no assets by 2012.
“Several interrelated trends are driving the movement toward decreased IT hardware assets, such as virtualisation, cloud-enabled services and employees running personal desktops and notebook systems on corporate networks,” the organisation explained.
In addition, Gartner said that mobile phones will become the most common internet access device, overtaking PCs by 2013, as consumers and firms increase their investment in smartphones and browser-equipped enhanced mobiles.
The group explained that this will lead to a change in how companies design their websites, as they will need to be used on smaller screens and require fewer clicks to navigate.
Recently, Patrick O’Brien, senior analyst at technology market consultancy Ovum, claimed that IT outsourcing providers are becoming more innovative in a bid to attract customers
Source:http://www.ihotdesk.com/article/19563210/Firms-to-avoid-owning-hardware,-Gartner-predicts
