>Changing Landscape of IT - ITES Outsourcing (KPMG)

■ Acceptance of Outsourcing as a mainstream option: Organizations have explored new ways of doing business; implemented emergency measures to improve cash flow; overcome negative growth and slipping margins in order to survive. KPMG International’s 2009 study “Nearshore
Attraction: Latin America Beckons as a Global Outsourcing Destination” reveal that businesses are looking at outsourcing to play a leading role in the coming months to aid economic recovery.With an increase in the number of firms outsourcing, the strategy has gained greater acceptance as a means of freeing up working capital, converting fixed costs to variable and gaining access to global best practices.

■ Leveraging global business needs

■ Mitigating risk and uncertainty

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