Market & Sourcing

Design, Procure, Manage

IT sourcing is successful when the strategy is professionally managed from the fundamental questions to the practical implementation and optimisation. The central components: sourcing strategy, sourcing design, IT procurement and sourcing management. From the basement to the cloud.

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ISG's former EMEA Sourcing Lead Dr Thomas Barnekow joins Metrics Group on 1 June 2023. He is a global thought leader in IT Sourcing and the architect of ISG's standard contract framework RFX One.

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You don't have to look to India first: IT salaries also differ significantly in European countries. We compared two regions in the south of Germany as well as cities and countryside in Bavaria.

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Managed Capacity is a flexible procurement method in IT sourcing: It comes close to the on-demand idea, is very flexible and also suitable for commissioning agile teams.

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Our contribution as Crown Commercial Service Supplier to the “Government Business” magazine: Best value and best price of IT services in the public sector on page 18/19.

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In 2023, IT budgets suffer somewhat from uncertainty, and because of inflationary pressures, IT costs also come back into focus. Otherwise, IT remains on track in all strategic topics.

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Sourcing expert Markus von Grünigen has taken up the position of Principal Consultant at Metrics Switzerland AG on 1 January 2023. He will support our clients in all phases of the sourcing lifecycle.

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The demand for IT consultants is high, the supply is limited. As a result, prices for consultants in infrastructure and application development are rising rapidly. The retreat of the pandemic is not easing the market either.

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As part of the IT Sourcing Study 2022, the research company Lünendonk spoke with Dr Jakob Rehaeuser from Metrics about the current trends in IT sourcing - from future-oriented sourcing strategies to cloud.

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We welcome Peter Bertschin, who will take over the management of Metrics Switzerland AG as of 1 August 2022! He comes from the Swiss country organisation of the consulting firm ISG.

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One of the key success factors in outsourcing is an adequate pricing model. Especially in Managed Services, Tier Pricing is being used more and more frequently. What are the advantages?

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Contract negotiations between IT buyers and service providers are often determined by cognitive biases. Those who do not prepare themselves will have to pay the price in the long run.

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IT budgets are aiming upwards in 2022, at least according to companies' plans towards the end of the previous year. No wonder that the self-confidence of many IT managers is very high.