SHARE
Facebook X Pinterest WhatsApp

IT Outsourcing Services Spending to Top $250 Billion in 2012: Gartner

eWeek: According to research firm Gartner, the worldwide market for IT outsourcing will likely climb 2.1 percent this year to reach $251.7 billion. Much of that increase will come from growth in cloud computing, where spending is likely to rise 48.7 percent to $5 billion. “Change is afoot in the AO [application outsourcing] market. The […]

Aug 8, 2012
Datamation content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More

eWeek: According to research firm Gartner, the worldwide market for IT outsourcing will likely climb 2.1 percent this year to reach $251.7 billion. Much of that increase will come from growth in cloud computing, where spending is likely to rise 48.7 percent to $5 billion.

“Change is afoot in the AO [application outsourcing] market. The burdens of managing the legacy portfolio, along with the limitations of IT budgets, have shifted the enterprise buyers to be cautious and favor a more evolutionary approach to other application services, such as software as a service (SaaS),” said Gartner’s Bryan Britz. “New applications will largely be packaged and/or SaaS-deployed in order to extend and modernize the portfolio in an incremental manner. While custom applications will remain ‘core’ for many organizations, the trend in the next few years to SaaS enablement in the cloud will reflect in the growth of the AO outlook.”

In contrast, Gartner predicted that data center outsourcing will decline 1 percent this year.

  SEE ALL
ARTICLES
 

Recommended for you...

What Is Sentiment Analysis? Essential Guide
11 Top Data Collection Trends Emerging In 2024
Kaye Timonera
Feb 8, 2024
6 Top Data Classification Trends
Avya Chaudhary
Oct 13, 2023
7 Data Management Trends: The Future of Data Management
Mary Shacklett
Aug 2, 2023
Datamation Logo

Datamation is the leading industry resource for B2B data professionals and technology buyers. Datamation's focus is on providing insight into the latest trends and innovation in AI, data security, big data, and more, along with in-depth product recommendations and comparisons. More than 1.7M users gain insight and guidance from Datamation every year.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2025 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.