A handy pocket guide to service integration and management (SIAM)
IT outsourcing is the use of third-party resources to provide facilities and perform functions/services historically performed by internal IT personnel.
Historically, IT organisations have outsourced their service provision to a single managed service provider.
In today's competitive marketplace, however, many are focusing on their core activities and relying on the support of a multi-sourcing model.
SIAM/MSI – An introduction to Service Integration and Management/Multi-sourcing Integration for IT Service Management explores the various characteristics of this IT operating model.
Product overview
In order for multi-sourcing to be successful, organisations must be capable of integrating their service providers into a single, cohesive unit.
SIAM/MSI – An introduction to Service Integration and Management/Multi-sourcing Integration for IT Service Management explains:
- the merits of a multi-sourced approach to outsourcing service towers
- the benefits of multi-sourcing contracts with service providers for specified towers
- how to align multi-sourced services
- the challenges of using a multi-sourced model
- how to determine the IT operating model (with reference to the international standards ISO 38500, ISO 38501 and ISO 38502)
- the different types of service integration models (ISI, ESI and ETSI), and the benefits and challenges of each
- aggregating service-level performance
- a multi-sourcing RFP approach, taking into account structural, operational and governance requirements.
If you're thinking of moving from a single-source to a multi-source outsourcing model, SIAM/MSI – An introduction to Service Integration and Management/Multi-sourcing Integration for IT Service Management provides the answers to all of your questions.
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About the author
David Clifford is a director of Pace Harmon, an international advisory firm headquartered in the USA. He has contributed to a number of publications about IT service management, writing about ITIL®, service agreements and international standards. He also initiated, and contributed to the development and assisted with the promotion of EXIN's IT Service Management qualification program based on ISO/IEC 20000. He is currently Chair of the BSi committee on IT governance (ISO/IEC 38500) and contributes to the development of the IT service management standard ISO/IEC 20000 and BPO for IT enabled services (ISO/IEC 30105).