"A huge percentage of the federal IT workforce is reaching retirement age within the next five years giving federal agencies little choice but to pursue outsourcing to meet the technology needs of initiatives like e-government and information sharing in defense of the homeland," said Lauren Jones Shu, Senior Analyst of Federal Market Analysis at INPUT.
A recent example the report cites is the Transportation Security Administration outsourcing their entire IT infrastructure needs to Unisys in a deal potentially valued at over $1 billion.
Quelle: Web Host Industry Review