| | | | | with business goals, identify gaps in IT capabilities, |
| The key to a successful outsourcing relationship is | | | | understand the capabilities available in the market and |
| identifying a partner who can provide cost-effective | | | | determine how in-house and supplier responsibilities can |
| solutions with the relevant resources and the ability to | | | | best be shared. |
| adjust services as business changes over time. | | | | Cybernet-SlashSupport is a leading provider of |
| Outsourcing decisions should be made by examining | | | | technology support services for enterprises and |
| whether an organization is effective and efficient in | | | | technology service providers. As a diverse end-to-end |
| providing a function that is strategic to the business. IT | | | | IT solutions provider, CSS provides flexible, customized |
| operations and support organizations are often viewed | | | | solutions tailor-made to meet specific requirements. |
| as an overhead that provides a commodity function | | | | CSS provides a complete portfolio of infrastructure |
| that can be easily and safely outsourced. However, IT | | | | management solutions and support services for |
| operations and support functions may be core | | | | geographically distributed network resources, 24x7. |
| capabilities because flexible, stable and reliable | | | | Our infrastructure management solutions are based on |
| operations are the foundation for enterprise | | | | an architecture that is open and scalable thus enabling |
| applications and business processes. IT operations | | | | easy integration of vendor or customer-supplied tools. |
| outsourcing proposals are often evaluated and | | | | CSS provides infrastructure management solutions for |
| executed with inadequate information about services | | | | a broad spectrum of servers, storage, networks, |
| and costs. The result may be an agreement that does | | | | security, databases, desktops, and applications. By |
| not define the full set of services required, does not | | | | automating corrective actions, IT organizations |
| result in expected cost savings, and requires retaining | | | | decrease problem resolution time and improve system |
| a significant number of internal staff to close service | | | | availability and reduce downtime. |
| gaps and monitor the outsourcer. Good business | | | | At CSS Corp, our processes and systems are |
| decisions are based on understanding services and | | | | exclusively tuned to support the client’s operations, |
| costs, the impact of change, and the risk associated | | | | with extensive simulation labs and resolution focused |
| with IT services that do not meet business | | | | environment. Our Centers of Excellence (CoEs) are |
| requirements. | | | | dedicated to provide superior support services |
| What Should Be Outsourced? | | | | required to succeed in today's competitive |
| Data center outsourcing services are one of the most | | | | marketplace. Our global delivery model provides |
| mature IT service categories available in the market. In | | | | flexibility, and ensures high quality service, cost savings, |
| a mature market, one should expect external service | | | | localization and reduced risk. We help enterprises drive |
| providers (ESPs’) to understand market dynamics | | | | software and IT process improvements by aligning |
| — as well as client’s wants and needs — and | | | | their internal practices to industry best practices and |
| invest in making their services better, faster and less | | | | frameworks such as CMM/CMMi, ITIL, RUP, ISO, SAS |
| expensive. No “one size fits all” exists for | | | | 70, COPC and BS 7799. |
| outsourcing. The build-or-buy decision will be based on | | | | CSS supports and manages technology infrastructure |
| different criteria for different organizations. | | | | platforms and applications for Fortune 2000 |
| Sourcing decisions may also be influenced to a great | | | | companies, and provides support solutions for products |
| extent by factors such as politics and culture and | | | | and applications from ISVs and consumer technology |
| economic stability. Therefore a long-term decision — | | | | providers. |
| typically, five to 10 years requires an ability to align IT | | | | |