33% of IT companies will increase outsourcing in 2006

33% of IT companies plan to increase outsourcing in 2006. 6% said they are planning to decrease it, according to Evans Data. 45% of respondents to the Evans survey said they outsource less than 25% of their development operations, with only 7% reporting that they farm out better than 50% of that sort of work. 28% of the companies participating in the survey said that saving money was their primary goal in adopting outsourcing pacts, while only 19% listed a demand for specialized expertise as their objective.