Benefits and Challenges of Information System Outsourcing

Running head: INFORMATION SYSTEM OUTSOURCING
INFORMATION SYSTEM OUTSOURCING
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INFORMATION SYSTEM OUTSOURCING1
Abstract
This particular study mainly aims at describing several benefits or rather advantages of
the system of information and also all the several kinds of challenges which are hugely noticed to
be directly associated with the services of outsourcing. It has been observed that several services
of outsourcing of information technology has become very much easy as well as rewarding at the
same time because several vendors who are mostly belonging to the third party are currently seen
to be highly providing with a huge number of services which will be very much requirement
scalable of the enterprise without having any kind of huge infrastructure investments. Several
centers of data are to be taken as example possessing with the capability of providing cloud
computing and a number of technologies of a particular convergence which will be hyper,
database analytics, several kinds of plans of recover from disasters and also all other specific
services which are highly valuable. All of such services are going to be providing the enterprises
involving both the small and the medium sized ones having the ability to compete with different
huge enterprises. All such services belonging to the third party will be providing all the huge
enterprises with a number of resources as well as planning, mainly a strategic one. It is to be
remembered that there are a number of risks which are seen to be associated with the provider of
the third party. All of risks of starting will be making sure regarding the working with an
appropriate company which will be particularly the one providing with different IT services
which the enterprise is seen to be actually needing. All other different concerns includes a lack of
proper control mainly a direct one of IT, location of the center of data even a large range of a
number of activities which any outside vendor will be really offering. This particular study will
be including all the different risks and also all the benefits of the information system of
outsourcing.

INFORMATION SYSTEM OUTSOURCING2
Introduction
Because of the rapid increase in the growth in several technological advancements in
some of last few years, it can be easily noticed that the technology of information if systems are
seen to have become a machine of driving of all the different modern enterprises. It has been
seen that in the last few decades, information system outsourcing is seen to have been becoming
a fully common place [1]. The information system outsourcing is actually a specific practice for
turning over a particular part or even all the functionalities of IS of the enterprise to several
external providers of service. By utilising all the different functions of the outsourcing of
information, a huge number of organizations are being able to directly focus upon several
business strategies and also in increasing the business efficiency as well. It has also been seen
that a huge number of benefits and also a large number of challenges are seen to be directly
associated with the outsourcing of IS.
Benefits of outsourcing
The main benefits of outsourcing services have been discussed below:
 Disaster recovery is one of the most important benefits of outsourcing. A number of data
centers are noticed to be properly equipped in a finer way to directly obtain upward
technology of information and run in real time because they possess a huge number of plans
within a particular place [2]. Data centers are routinely seen to be properly working on
disaster recovery. They are actually doing it for all the huge number of clients. Proper plan
will be including a proper architecture of a specific hardware in an appropriate place and also
few backups as well which will remain full ready of a number of essential items. Outside