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In and Outsourcing: Benefits and Risks

Session Details

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
3:50 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
Room W209C

Session Type: Point/Counterpoint Session
Intended Audience: Campus administrators, Chief information/technology officers, IT directors and managers

Speaker(s)

  • Lev S. Gonick, Vice President for Information Technology Services/CIO, Case Western Reserve University
  • David E. Trevvett, Senior Director, NSIT/Administrative Systems, University of Chicago
  • Session convener: Cynthia M. Hadden, Deputy CIO and Executive Director, UIS, Louisiana State University

Abstract

Can sourcing certain IT services to outside vendors be beneficial to the institution? If so, which ones, and how many? What about insourcing? How do institutions select which services to provide in-house versus outside, and what factors should be considered? Hear the pros and cons of outsourcing versus insourcing IT services to help you decide whether to change or keep your system.

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