Part 3: IT Services Marketplace Moves Toward Industrialization

ATV
Jennifer Beck  15 April 2002

The industrialization of the services marketplace and the acceptance of IT utilities will position new hybrid providers as the new owners and operators of the technology grids powering the e-economy.
Letter From the Editor
Part 1: IT Services Sourcing Goes Strategic
Part 2: The Services Value Chain Provides Framework for Joint Ventures
Part 3: IT Services Marketplace Moves Toward Industrialization
Lessons Web Services Companies Must Learn From ASPs
8 April 2002
Ben Pring   Christopher Ambrose

The problems that created the "wave" of application service providers still exist. Web services companies must focus on articulating their own unique solutions to these generic industrywide problems.

Service Process Optimization Provides Efficient Management and Delivery of IT Professional Services
15 April 2002
Ted Kempf

SPO is a new suite of software specifically designed to make the management and delivery of IT services more efficient.

How Enterprises Select E-Learning Training Providers
10 April 2002
Bob Igou

The key findings of an end-user survey focused on the use of external training providers for IT training. The results show important trends in e-learning use and vendor selection criteria.

A New Generation of Product Companies Poised for IT Services
12 April 2002
Suresh Gunasekaran

IBM has emerged as the top IT services company over the past decade of the IT services revolution. How likely are other product-oriented vendors to become top-tier professional services companies?

Support Executives Predict Future of Support Services Industry
15 April 2002
Eric Rocco   Bob Igou   Tony Adams   Ron Silliman

Key findings of a survey of 26 top IT support industry executives reveal the future of the support services industry.