Cost argument for outsourcing running out as market matures
Second and third-tier outsourcers, many of them based in Europe, are gaining on the “Big Six” consulting firms (Accenture, ACS, Computer Sciences, EDS, Hewlett-Packard and IBM), according to a study by TPI, an outsourcing advisory firm. The "Big Six" took between them 63 percent of new contracts last year, but in the first quarter of 2005, they've only managed to capture 27 percent.