Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Information Services Group Announces TPI Named Top Full Service Outsourcing/Offshoring Advisor

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Well Known Black Book of Outsourcing Makes Selection 30,000 Outsourcing Decision Makers Surveyed TPI Also Named # 1 ITO and HRO Advisor

Information Services Group, Inc. an industry-leading, information-based services company, today announced that TPI, the largest sourcing data and advisory firm in the world and a unit of ISG, has been named the top full service outsourcing and offshoring advisor by The Black Book of Outsourcing's 2008 "Top Outsourcing Advisors" list.

TPI, founded in 1989, established the sourcing advisory industry. It was also named number one in two of the full service advisory categories: Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) and Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO). In addition the firm received high rankings for its work in two other categories: Finance and Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).

The Black Book surveys nearly 30,000 outsourcing decision makers, users and C-level officers to gain a buy-side decision maker perspective on the global services industry.

"We are extremely pleased to be recognized by our clients and the broader industry as the number one offshoring and outsourcing advisor," said Michael P. Connors, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ISG and TPI. "We remain focused on providing real-time market information and expert advice on sourcing strategy, assessments of our clients market position, transaction management and governance services to help our clients become more competitive in their markets."

The fifth annual Black Book survey was distributed electronically to clients, buyers, contractors and users world-wide, and is available at www.theblackbookofoutsourcing.com. The research mission of the survey was to offer balanced, objective and unbiased results to help organizations maximize significance, increase speed-to-results, and mitigate risk in outsourcing/sourcing initiatives. It is designed to give users the ability to achieve and sustain significant improvements in their outsourcing decisions by aligning client experience research and strategies.