Gartner defines the data center outsourcing (DCO) services market as a comprehensive suite of services that support deployment, consolidation, optimization, modernization and managed services. These services primarily cater to data centers, private clouds, edge computing, ERP hosting, mainframes or legacy systems, midrange systems, infrastructure modernization, network and security. Organizations with such environments engage with DCO service providers to enhance efficiency, improve agility, optimize costs, strengthen security — physical, data and cyber — and realize substantial modernization benefits. Data center outsourcing refers to the strategic decision by organizations to delegate data center operations to a third-party service provider. Adopting this approach assists organizations with prioritizing their core business activities while capitalizing on the advanced technologies, operational expertise, best-in-class performance metrics and cost-efficiencies offered by vendors, compared to insourced best efforts.
Gartner defines the managed mobility services (MMS) market as a set of bundled vendor-provided IT services, outsourced business process services, software as a service and managed services commonly aimed at enterprises’ IT and procurement teams. These life cycle services typically include procuring, provisioning, activating, kitting, shipping, managing, securing, supporting and decommissioning mobile devices. A mobile estate here comprises smartphones, tablets and/or ruggedized devices. MMS services can be applied to both corporate-liable and individual-liable (or “bring your own device” [BYOD]) devices. MMS helps ensure operational and commercial effectiveness for an organization and its mobile device users. This includes securing information created/accessed/modified by mobile devices; maximizing device (and consequently user) availability, visibility and control of the mobile estate; inventory and usage optimization; lowering total cost; and improving ROI and the employee experience (EX).
Gartner defines the outsourced digital workplace services market as the services performed by providers to deliver consulting, implementation and support for enhancing the digital employee experience of end users who depend on endpoint virtual and physical devices and applications to conduct business. Services offered by outsourced digital workplace services (ODWS) vendors include integrated digital workplace (DW) services that work to increase employee engagement, enhance employee experience and productivity, and improve digital dexterity in support of the organization’s business strategy.