A Review of the IT Outsourcing Literature: Insights for Practice

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Determinant Factors of Cloud-Sourcing Decisions: Reflecting on the IT Outsourcing Literature in the Era of Cloud Computing

“…Backward search (14 relevant articles) and forward search (14 relevant articles) were conducted subsequently. Additionally, we conducted a backward search on selected CC and ITO literature reviews (Lacity et al, 2009;Martens and Teuteberg, 2009;Lacity et al, 2010Lacity et al, , 2011Venters and Whitley, 2012;Yang and Tate, 2012) and identified 12 additional relevant articles. Thus, the total set of articles considered in this literature review includes 88 articles that have been published before April 2014…”

Strategic innovation through outsourcing: The role of relational and contractual governance

“…8 We attempted additional controls including industry, country and size of the company, but none of them had a significant effect on the outcomes; in order to avoid over-saturating the regression model we do not include them in further analysis. 9 In line with IS outsourcing literature, we have distinguished between IT and business process outsourcing (Lacity et al 2011, Lacity et al 2009Mani et al 2010). IT outsourcing (ITO) is defined as the sourcing of Information Technology services through an external third party (Lacity et al 2011).…”

Power Usage Effectiveness Metrics to Measure Efficiency and Performance of Data Centers

“…Technology is approaching the stage of creation and outsourcing of sustainable IT businesses based on the principles of green economics. Unparalleled progress in the demand for IT facilities and outsourcing has led to the expansion of large, complex, resource-exhaustive infrastructure called server farms to support business needs [4].The data center industry has emerged as a significant corporate asset, playing a vital role in business management by serving as nerve cells of any information society and IT business [5]. These facilities assimilate and store large amounts of information and process all activities and services that require Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment, cooling and power delivery equipment, servers and storage devices to store, process, and exchange digital information [6].…”

“…Globally, the total electrical power consumption by data centers, servers, and computers is steadily increasing [4]. This increase leads to the emission of greenhouse gases that exacerbate global warming and pose risks to environmental health.…”