IDC's Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals of 2007

Publication Date	August 2008
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	50
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC05772

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Summary

This IDC study provides an in-depth analysis of the 100 largest outsourcing deals signed in, or covering, Western Europe during 2007. It ranks these contracts in terms of total contract value, and analysis is conducted on a range of variables including lead vendor, vertical market, aggregate contract value, run rate, and country of signing.

This study is the perfect source for readers keen to understand how the European outsourcing market developed during 2007 and where it is going in 2008 - particularly IT professionals, outsourcers and other service providers, large end users, and the investor community.

The total aggregate value of the top 100 European outsourcing deals in 2007 reached the highest level ever recorded by IDC in six years, reaching $41.6 billion, a decrease of 8% compared to 2006, but a 3% increase on 2005.

The composition of Europe's largest outsourcing deals continues to change in 2007. Winning Europe's largest deals in the future will be all about positioning and collaborating. Vendors must decide where they want play, and where their key strengths lie, and then create strong partnership ecosystems to bring together the right mix of capabilities to meet individual client needs.

Continental Europe is becoming the outsourcing opportunity hotbed for 2008 and 2009. Financial services, government, and manufacturing dominated the top 100 in terms of aggregate contract values.

"The total aggregate value of the top 100 European outsourcing deals in 2007 reached $41.6 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 8% over 2006," said Jennifer Thomson, research manager, IDC European Services and Software. "This decline can in part be explained by that fact that outsourcing is increasingly viewed as business as usual in many companies, and European organizations now readily evaluate different sourcing strategies. In addition the market faces new realities, the shift to multisourcing and increased competition and commoditization. Winning Europe's largest deals requires a collaborative attitude, and partnerships count. Clients take a more holistic view of service providers and of these providers' relationships to each other, as well as assessing vendors by traditional metrics. This will favor those vendors good at partnering."

Content

IDC Opinion
In This Study
- Methodology
- Executive Summary
  - Values of the 100 Largest Outsourcing Contracts
  - Outsourcing Service Types
  - Outsourcing Contract Lengths
  - Outsourcing by Time of Year
  - Outsourcing by Geography
  - Outsourcing by Industry
Situation Overview
- Largest Outsourcing Contracts
- Figure: Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals in 2007 by Value Range
- Figure: Comparison of Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Value Range, 2001-2007
- Figure: Comparison of Aggregate Contract Value of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Value Range, 2001-2007
- Outsourcing Service Types
- Figure: Comparison of Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Types of Services, 2001-2007
- Figure: Comparison of Aggregate Contract Value of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Type of Service, 2001-2007
- Outsourcing Contract Lengths
- Figure: Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals in 2007 by Contract Length
- Figure: Comparison of Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Contract Length, 2001-2007
- Figure: Aggregate Contract Value of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals in 2007 by Duration
- Figure: Comparison of Aggregate Contract Value of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Duration, 2002-2005
- Outsourcing Annualized Booking Values
- Table: Comparison of the Annual Booking Value (per Contract) of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Type of Service, 2002-2007 ($M)
- Outsourcing by Time of Year
- Figure: Comparison of Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Quarter of Signing, 2003-2007
- Figure: Comparison of Aggregate Value of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Quarter of Signing, 2003-2008
- Outsourcing by Geography
- Figure: European Country Markets Ranked by Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals Signed in 2007
- Figure: Comparison of Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Country of Signing, 2002-2007
- Figure: European Country Markets Ranked by Aggregate Contract Value of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals Signed in 2007
- Outsourcing by Industry
- Figure: Vertical Markets Ranked by Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals Signed in 2007
- Figure: Comparison of Number of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Vertical Market, 2002-2007
- Figure: Vertical Markets Ranked by Aggregate Contract Value of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals Signed, 2007
- Figure: Comparison of Aggregate Contract Value of Top 100 European Outsourcing Deals by Vertical Market, 2003-2007
Future Outlook
- What's Next in the World of Outsourcing?
  - Maturity of the Market Requires a Change in Mindset - To Win and Grow Business
  - Multisourcing and Selective Sourcing Gains Traction - Building a Midtier Strategy and Partnership Mentality is Critical
  - Onshore-Offshore Blended Delivery With a Focus on the Cost-Quality Equation
Essential Guidance
- Appendix A - IDC's Outsourcing Definitions
  - IS Outsourcing (ISO)
  - Network and Desktop Outsourcing (NDOS)
  - Application Management (AM)
  - Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
- Appendix B - Top 100 Outsourcing Contracts, by Contract Value
- Table: Top 100 European Outsourcing Contracts of 2007, Listed by Contract Value
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- Related Research
- Synopsis