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DEFINITION: Also see nearshore outsourcing, onshore outsourcing, and offshore outsourcing.

Outsourcing is an arrangement in which one company provides services for another company that could also be or usually have been provided in-house. Outsourcing is a trend that is becoming  … 
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Disaster Recovery Outsourcing and Services
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER: This document is based on an i365/TechTarget Webcast entitled "Disaster Recovery Outsourcing and Services."
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 25 Nov 2008
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The Enterprise Network Partner - Management and Transformation
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses the benefits of working with a managed service provider with the right experience to handle the management and transformation of enterprise voice and data networks and bring powerful strategic advantages to today's businesses.
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 | Published: 17 Nov 2008
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The Future Carrier Network: Adopting New Outsourcing Business Models
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER: This paper is meant to help operators embrace a new strategy for differentiating and competing successfully in a market characterized by flux.
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 | Published: 17 Nov 2008
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Managing the Information That Drives the Enterprise STORAGE
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
EZINE: This magazine issue covers several topics, including industry salary trends, information about backups, storage consolidation tips, and data migration tips.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 14 Nov 2008
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Federated Identity and Software as a Service (SaaS): Single Sign-on to the Cloud
sponsored by Ping Identity Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to get an overview of the market forces that have created a need for rapid deployment of Internet Single Sign-on for SaaS deployments and how your organization can address those needs today.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Combat Your IT Challenges with XenApp 5.0
sponsored by Citrix
PODCAST: Address the top challenges facing your organization today - how to reduce application management costs, support telecommuters and outsourcers and ensure business continuity. Explore the requirements and best practices that XenApp 5 brings.
Posted: 08 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 10 Nov 2008
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The IT Guidebook to Evaluating Hosted Exchange Providers
sponsored by 123Together
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides you with the information you will need when speaking with hosted Exchange providers to ensure that you select a provider who is reputable and will recommend a solution that will help increase your corporate profitability and success.
Posted: 07 Nov 2008 | Published: 10 Jun 2008
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Raging Wire & Critical Power Competency Center
sponsored by Square D Critical Power Competency Center
CASE STUDY: Raging Wire Enterprises, a 200,000 sq/ft Tier IV data center discusses how its strategic partnership with Square D CPCC contributes to its reliability, uptime and an ultimate success.
Posted: 05 Nov 2008 | Published: 05 Nov 2008
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Making the Most of Your IT Budget with "Commando" Applications
sponsored by Nagarro Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Learn how to use small, made-to-fit custom applications to extend your existing IT investments. See how companies identify opportunities for these applications, and then design and deploy them to solve complex problems and ensure fast payback.
Posted: 21 Oct 2008 | Published: 21 Oct 2008
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White Paper: Ten Steps to Safeguard Business Data
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER: What should you do to protect your data if your resources are limited? This paper describes ten steps to safeguard business data.
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 | Published: 16 Oct 2008
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Retail and Online Commerce Infrastructure: Understanding Total Cost of Ownership
sponsored by Akamai Technologies
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a comprehensive view of numerous legacy costs as part of a total cost of ownership (TCO) assessment of a retailer's in-house support of its online channel infrastructure.
Posted: 15 Oct 2008 | Published: 15 Oct 2008
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Ping: Interview: Chris Nickerson of TruTV's 'Tiger Team'
sponsored by Information Security Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Chris Nickerson is your worst nightmare. He's the guy you never see coming, the one who can slip into your data center, install malware on any server he chooses and ease out without so much as a shadow on your security cameras.
Posted: 14 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2008
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Driving down Costs While Increasing Efficiency of Fax Communications
sponsored by Premiere Global Services
WHITE PAPER: This document illustrates how outsourcing fax communications allows you to decrease operational costs, scale capacity up and down, meet compliance and security requirements, and reduce vendors.
Posted: 10 Oct 2008 | Published: 10 Oct 2008
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IT Briefing: Selling the CIO on Business Services
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER: This document is based on an Alcatel-Lucent/TechTarget webcast entitled "Selling the CIO on Business Services."
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2008
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Anti-spam tricks for the midmarket toolbox
sponsored by McAfee, Inc.
PODCAST: Listen in as Stephen Cobb, adjunct professor of Information Assurance at Norwich University, Vermont, and president of Cobb Associates, discusses the spam challenges that are facing CIOs in the midmarket.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 01 Oct 2008
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eGuide: The CIO's Guide to Offshoring in 2008
sponsored by ProSource Development
WHITE PAPER: The outsourcing and offshoring landscape has changed considerably in the last few years. Read this guide to understand the emerging trends in outsourcing for 2008.
Posted: 17 Sep 2008 | Published: 17 Sep 2008
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Outsourcing Your Business Community Management
sponsored by Inovis
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the supply-chain problems now confronting manufacturers, the benefits of managing supply-chain performance more effectively and the risks presented by some efforts to achieve those benefits.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 04 Sep 2008
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E-Guide: Network Management and Applications Performance Services
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: This E-Guide examines how telecom providers can exploit the growing desire for managed services by delivering the right network management and application performance services.
Posted: 13 Aug 2008 | Published: 13 Aug 2008
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Taming Transactional Email: Tips to Gain Control and Determine If Outsourcing Makes Sense
sponsored by Silverpop Systems Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews the key steps necessary to implement a transactional email marketing campaign. It also recommends methods to ease the pain of implementation while improving the results.
Posted: 08 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Best Practices or Best Effort? IDG Research Reveals Gaps between Information Management Best Efforts and Best Practices
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
WHITE PAPER: This IDG study provides four decisive actions that respondents are taking to better manage and protect their data, but at the same time, it uncovers several critical areas where enterprises may be falling short.
Posted: 15 Jul 2008 | Published: 14 Jul 2008
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Back Office Outsourcing and Investment Reporting - A Guide for Investment Advisors
sponsored by Advent Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER: In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. This whitepaper will serve as as a guide for Investment Advisors.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006
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2007 Asset Management Operations and Compensation Survey
sponsored by Advent Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER: This Asset Management Operations and Compensation Survey conducted by Advent Users Group and Advent Software was taken by over one hundred investment firms. Technology, operations and compensation were the three key areas covered in the survey.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Overcoming Web 2.0 Challenges Through Load Testing
sponsored by Keynote Systems
VIDEO: Keynote LoadPro is an outsourced Web load testing service. Expert consultants test your site with real-world Internet traffic and uncover performance problems long before they impact your business.
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Premiered: 09 Jul 2008
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Enable Project-Centric Manufacturing with Business Software
sponsored by IFS
WHITE PAPER: Project-centric manufacturing business models that involve outsourcing and short product lifecycles expose manufacturers to a number of risks they were not vulnerable to previously.
Posted: 01 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Dimensions Is Fast! How Fast? Try 60 Times Faster! (Dimensions CM versus Subversion)
sponsored by SERENA Software, Inc.
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Not only is Serena Dimensions CM the industry's "most capable software change and configuration management tool", it is also the fastest. That's because it's built for speed, delivering the superior performance that teams need to accomplish their goals.
Posted: 05 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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OUTSOURCING DEFINITION (continued): …  more common in information technology and other industries for services that have usually been regarded as intrinsic to managing a business. In some cases, the entire information management of a company is outsourced, including planning and business analysis as well as the installation, management, and servicing of the network and workstations. Outsourcing can range from the large contract in which a company like IBM manages IT services for a company like Xerox to the practice of hiring contractors … 
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