(71 PAGES, CD Format) The global marketplace is growing increasingly competitive, corporations are being required to streamline operations and cut costs in order to preserve profitability. Advisors lead their clients through the complex steps from the decision to outsource through governing the vendor relationship and renegotiations. Clearly, the leaders in the outsourcing advisory space in 2008 have demonstrated the expertise of market focus and customer centricity. The marketplace results of this comprehensive research study, are used by  Current managed services clients to compare other users experiences with similar and competitive outsourcing advisors.  Prospective outsourcing clients to long list advisors in the RFI stages, or contrast final cut consultants in selection stages or subset in the outsourcing process  Investors, venture capital firm, analysts, M&A experts and bankers in making financing decisions;  Media and press to recognize industry outsourcing trends as collected from client ballots particularly relating to advisors and consultants in the industry;  Most vendors seeking to establish corporate relationships and channel marketing with best practice advisors; and  Advisor groups and consultants to inform their go-to-market strategies, assess their perceived strengths and weaknesses, educate their staffs, communicate to a wider market, and fine-tune their improvement and marketing position programs;  To assist in accreditation and validate quality improvement efforts of the advisor group; and  Benchmarking the consultants services and outcomes in quantitative scores.

2008 Top Outsourcing Advisors

New Drivers Influencing Vendor Selections

Predicted High Growth Verticals

Overview of Outsourcing Leaders

2008 Advisor Summary