还记得以前几乎所有的私有房主都拥有割草机并自已照管草坪吗?你有没有注意到如今许多人都没有时间自己割草,而是越来越多地把照管草坪的工作外包了吗?随着信息包技术专业人员工作繁忙且供应短缺,而网络复杂性却日益增加,IT事务的外包趋势正在出现。是购买管理服务还是“自己使用割草机”是企业的一项重要决策。越来越多的与网络有关的功能外包方案可供企业选择,企业完全可以将所有事务——或者只是使他们感到烦恼的事务移交出去。系统集成商渴望“管理全部事务”直至桌面;而大多数电话运营商和Internet服务提供商(ISP)在公司局域网(LAN)范围内管理网络;Web和应用托管商则在集中式数据中心管理服务器;老牌厂商趋于提供全面的服务;而新加盟者在明确定义的领域赤手空拳打天下。目前具有精品店式特性的特色管理网络服务提供商不断涌现,但是企业的信息技术部门在考虑问题时能够多快决定与管理网络服务提供商签约,并且愿意将哪些业务放心地交到公司防火墙之外呢?总而言之,控制权,可靠性和安会性是企业决定外包之前最为关注的。 Gorman Richardson Architects是一家位于麻省,拥 Remember that in the past almost all private homeowners owned lawn mowers and took care of the lawns themselves? Have you noticed that many people today do not have time to mow their own mow and are increasingly outsourcing the care of the lawn? As packet technology professionals are busy and in short supply, with increasing network complexity, the outsourcing trend of IT services is emerging. Whether buying management services or “using your own mower” is an important business decision. With more and more web-enabled feature outsourcing options available to businesses, businesses can simply roll out all their business-or just annoy their business. System integrators are eager to “manage everything” up to the desktop; while most phone operators and Internet service providers (ISPs) manage the network over the corporate LAN; Web and application hosts manage the data in a centralized data center management server ; Veteran manufacturers tend to provide a full range of services; and new franchisees in the clearly defined areas unarmed. Currently there are emerging specialty web services providers with boutiques, but business IT departments can quickly decide how to sign up with management ISPs, and what businesses are willing to hand over to corporate firewalls All in all, control, reliability, and security are the issues of most concern before companies decide to outsource. Gorman Richardson Architects is a Massachusetts-based company