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Category: Support and managed services

IT outsourcing is set to be embraced by an increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to one expert.

In an article for Computer Weekly, Karl Flinders noted Bharat Vagadia - the SME director for the National Outsourcing Association - believes support and managed services will become more attractive to firms of this scale over the next year-and-a-half.

The specialist remarked: "The underlying drivers are all in place to make outsourcing a success in the sector and more and more suppliers are beginning to target SMEs."

He explained it is "obvious" there is an opportunity for such growth in this area.

Elevated interest from suppliers would result in a higher level of education for end-users, Mr Vagadia added, describing this as the breakthrough outsourcing needs in the segment.

Kathleen Hall recently observed in Computer Weekly that many computing decision-makers believe IT outsourcing will become an inevitable practice for companies to follow in the coming years.

Posted by Lara Ward