Survey: IT Managers Prefer Multi-Vendor Outsourcing

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In polling the CIO and business leader base of Indian outsourcing provider Patni Computer Systems, the survey found that 45 percent of the respondents favor using multiple vendors to competitively distribute specific project requirements. Just 17 percent favor using a single provider for global assignments.

The Indian outsourcing firm's survey also determined that 94 percent of respondents are increasing their outsourcing budgets with 65 percent indicating their increases range from 5 percent all the way up to 35 percent.

"Although cost savings is still an important factor in selecting an outsourcing partner," read the Patni announcement, "33 percent of the respondents indicated that quality of services was the primary concern."