Modern innovations in networking technology, virtualization, Big Data processing, storage, and analysis, along with cloud computing, are giving new shape to the information technology realm of today and the future.
Organizations have, for many years, effectively sourced a number of non-core business functions to outside service providers.
Marketing, accounting, customer service, sales and administrative staffing are just a few examples of such outsourcing; today, organizations can also get computing services on demand in virtually any location, and tailor those services to their specific needs. Such “micro outsourcing” can apply to functions such as processing, storage, software, security, and support.