Some companies feel uncomfortable implementing a full business process outsourcing strategy. Partial IT outsourcing, or IT co-sourcing, may offer a solution, temporary or final. It can provide a first step to a full IT outsourcing service, but first keep the full business process in-house, and delegate some tasks to outsourcing service providers. Whether technical IT outsourcing or IT management outsourcing, a flexible partnership with an external outsourcing firm has proven to be a very efficient and cost effective strategy.

IT co-sourcing is a good formula. A well-balanced equilibrium keeps in-house an important feeling of being in control, but provides many of the advantages offered by the integration of IT outsourcing and consulting solutions.