04.01.2011 - 28th of March 2012, Zurich: Outsourcing Experts’ Forum

The Outsourcing Experts’ Forum is an exclusive platform of the outsourcing community. The number of participants is limited to 250 people. The host Active Sourcing sees for a well-balanced ratio between the participants on the part of the user, resp. the providers, and allows a constructive dialog among experts. ... (more)

13.12.2011 - Mobiliar changes its provider

The insurance company now cooperates with IBM to get mainframe-as-a-service, the contract with T-Systems is not going to be renewed. There were no reasons mentioned for this provider change. As far as IBM informs there won’t be any changes or reductions regarding the personnel. ... (more)

13.12.2011 - Syngenta renews its HP contract

The agrochemical company signed a renewal with its provider HP: for the upcoming seven years Syngenta will receive cloud computing services from HP’s data centre and workplace services for its 26’000 employees worldwide. ... (more)

06.12.2011 - Hannover Rück: a five years contract for desktop services

The insurance company entrusts Computacenter with its 3’000 workstations worldwide. The whole desktop infrastructure is going to be renewed and, furthermore, the contract includes three managed workplace solutions. ... (more)

01.12.2011 - IT Outsourcing in the Swiss banking industry

In preparation of the «Finance Forum 2011» Active Sourcing conducted an extensive survey about IT outsourcing in the Swiss financial industry: a total of 100 banks were asked about their outsourcing behaviour. ... (more)

01.12.2011 - Active Sourcing: Sourcing Monitor Q3/11

The current market review of Active Sourcing shows as many IT outsourcing contracts as have never before been registered since the beginning of 2010. Also, the SMB sector is busy again. ... (more)

01.12.2011 - Active Sourcing: Handout Swiss Banking Premium 2011

In the current annual industries’ report about IT outsourcing in the financial industry Active Sourcing analyses the market. The handout serves as a precious instrument for the financial institutes’ search for the right provider. ... (more)

01.12.2011 - February 9th – 10th 2012, Hamburg: IT Strategy Days

The «Hamburger Strategietage» in Germany celebrate their ten-year anniversary in 2012: since the beginning in 2001 they have evolved into being the biggest and most significant IT management event in the German speaking region. ... (more)

30.11.2011 - Overview outsourcing market Switzerland

In an extensive market analysis Computerworld notes a recovery for the Swiss IT outsourcing market. In addition, it offers an overview of the market activities. Besides a study of the ZHAW, Computerworld quotes the market observations of the Zurich consulting company Active Sourcing. ... (more)

22.11.2011 - BAE Systems: a renewal with CSC

The world’s second largest defence company sings a five years prolongation with CSC. This means a continuation of the already 17 years of cooperation. The provider informs, furthermore, that the annual contract volume is 160 m $. ... (more)

01.11.2011 - Outsourcing Experts Forum 2012

A new kind of outsourcing event with a focus on the Swiss Top 500 companies, arranged by the consultancy Active Sourcing according to an elaborated concept of participation. ... (more)

01.11.2011 - Outsourcing in the insurance industry

In the Swiss insurance industry, outsourcing is established, while scale effects and individual specifics stand out. Active Sourcing’s consultants write about coming challenges and notable points regarding insurances’ outsourcing. ... (more)