Social platforms are becoming a catalyst for the worldwide collaborative applications market, it has been claimed, which could affect how companies use IT outsourcing in London.

A report published by IDC has predicted that improved methods of communications have resulted from the growth in these technologies.

Michael Fauscette, group vice president for software business solutions at the analyst, highlighted the fact that these changes will impact on different businesses in various ways.

He said: “In a hyper-connected global business environment, competition is more unpredictable and the impetus for innovation is stronger as well. Not only are market factors and dynamics different, but the people are also different.”

Mr Fauscette suggested that the key steps companies should now take include identifying the market factors that generate the need for change, recognising the social goals and establishing what outputs will be measured to support these objectives.

IT outsourcing in London providers could have a key step in this process and in the phase suggested by the report, determining which platforms and applications are needed to achieve the goals.

A recent report by Gartner suggested that social media could have a key role to play in helping people to make their IT buying decisions.

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Educating company employees on the benefits of IT outsourcing is the key to making cost-cutting measures work with minimum disruption, an expert has said.

According to industry professional Alastair Kitching, there is an increasing demand for critical IT systems that is driving businesses towards managed services.

He noted a mood of “extreme caution” when it comes to recruitment, with a recent survey showing only three per cent of UK businesses plan to replace IT staff to fill the skills gap, while 61 per cent said they would invest in outsourcing.

“Businesses are putting IT at the heart of their recovery plans because it can provide better cost savings and efficiency than more staff,” Mr Kitching said. “Analysts predict a clear move towards managed services to make up the IT skills shortfall.”

Gartner recently forecast that worldwide cloud services will grow to around $46 billion (£30 billion) this year.

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A growing number of companies are going to look at developing context-aware computing projects that are focused on user experience in the next three years, which could lead to a rise in the number of firms using IT support in London.

Figures published by Gartner have shown that 40 per cent of Global 2000 enterprises are expected to establish this type of project by this point, with context becoming as crucial to mobile services and relationships as it is on the web.

William Clark, research vice president at Gartner, claimed that it will take approximately three to seven years for a mature strategy of this type to be created.

He said: “The CIO’s role will evolve as the organisation’s use of context evolves from introducing the concept to the business, to finding early wins, to making the transition to large-scale deployments and, finally, to maturity.”

Earlier this month, IT spending estimates published by Forrester were downgraded due to the economic troubles affecting many European Union countries.

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