A subsidiary of Swisscom, dominates the market for sourcing decisions Swiss bank with a market share of 59%, and this either with major (40% market share) than smaller institutions (64% share market).

This is one of the results of the analysis “Handout Swiss Banking 2010″ conducted by Active Sourcing.

The competition is not necessarily inactive. Through the agreement with RTC Real Time Center, which operates the Ibis platform, HP has positioned itself strongly on the market.

For its part, Econ is present with banks Säntis she rescued from Swisscom IT Services.

The outsourcing of information technology plays an important role in banks: over two thirds of respondents in the survey have already experienced.

With the acquisition of 45 banks formerly RBA users Ibis Finnova has increased its market share to 32%. Its competitors Avaloq and Apsys follow with respectively 17% and 15% market share.

If we consider not the number of banks but the number of employees who use these platforms is Avaloq dominates with 41% of market solutions to bank owners (16%) and Finnova (13%). However, with the same criterion, is a leader in Finnova banks with less than 500 employees.

In total, 21 of the 24 cantonal banks rely on outsourcing for their computer. Twelve of them use two providers (dual strategy) and eight use only one. The growing success of dual strategies explained by their greater flexibility and less dependence on suppliers.

The distribution of knowledge between multiple partners and the clear separation between the data center service and application management are other advantages of this formula.

Source:http://www.ictjournal.ch/news/003219-handout-swiss-banking-2010-letat-de-loutsourcing-it-bancaire

UK outsourcing firms may be affected if the government chooses to renegotiate its major IT contracts, the National Computing Centre (NCC) has said.

A total of 35 major government IT outsourcing contracts are potentially at risk of renegotiation in the coming years, technology analyst Ovum claimed last week.

The company issued the warning after the Con-Lib coalition imposed a £100 million cap on public IT contracts, seeking to cut spending and reduce the budget deficit.

Michael Dean, head of marketing at information technology membership and research organisation the NCC, said the impacts of the spending cuts “could be significant”.

“If the government take a hardline approach through either non-renewal or renegotiation, outsourcers will be forced to find alternative revenue streams,” he stated.

He suggested this could be difficult in a market reported to be in decline.

According to data and advisory firm TPI, the global outsourcing market is not yet bouncing back, as economic uncertainty continues to weigh on corporations around the world.

The total worth of commercial outsourcing contracts valued at £16 million or more was £11.7 billion in the second quarter of 2010, down by 13 per cent both sequentially and year-over-year.

TPI reported that the Europe, Middle East and Africa market has been particularly affected, as has the normally strong Asia/Pacific region.

“While a lot of outsourcing goes overseas, the UK industry will still be affected,” Mr Dean stated.

“However, outsourcing agreements are a two-way street based on contracts and outsourcers will resort to legal defences if they are not happy with ‘renegotiation’. This may result in delay or penalties due to outsourcers.”

Source:http://www.ashdowngroup.com/news/ncc-warning-over-govt-it-contract-renegotiation-news-800007880

The IT services provider, Logica, was chosen by the international group of insurance and financial services Skandia to provide solutions for infrastructure management (IM) based on Cloud Computing for their systems and mission critical financial applications.

Valued at € 15 million, the outsourcing contract is valid for three years, extendable for two more.

The company Skandia will help to adapt and scale their IT systems to better meet their business demands.

The solution of outsourcing infrastructure management to the Logic European multinational, is the provision of services that include data centers and maintenance of 950 clustered servers, 24×7 remote management.

The technology will improve operational efficiency and business and help the Skandia to position itself as an environmentally correct, with the use of Green IT.

“Much of the contract consists of mission-critical functions. Therefore, the ability to provide reliable service and high level of security was a key criterion in the choice of supplier.

Logica has shown understanding of our needs, including the service of having an economical, flexible and secure, “says the CEO of Skandia Informationsteknologi, Pierre Strandelin.

Source:http://www.cotidianodigital.com.br/menu_05/noticia.asp?id=681