I definitely agree with Steve on "It depends". You need to have your company's lawyers check out the contract thoroughly looking at all the fine legalese. Then have 1 or 2 people that the company employs to keep an eye on the outsourcer. The company I work for now was outsourced and then brought everything back in-house because they were being burned by the outsourcer. I've heard of other similar experiences. You need to have a well written contract and you need to monitor the outsourcer so as to get the capacity you need at a reasonable price.
Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City > ----- Posted by Paul Mihalec ----- > > I have a question on Out Sourcing. When you sign a contract does that > mean you no longer have to pay for your software product maintenance > licenses? > > ----- Posted by Steve Thompson ----- > > It depends. If your contract says that your equipment, operations, etc. > are managed at the new data center by the outsourcer's people, then you > probably pay the software license fees. > > If your contract says that your system will be migrated into their > environment... Now the licensing of software is based on the > outsourcer's equipment... So your charges will include your "pro-rata" > share. > > I have seen both situations used by the same outsourcing company. > > Regards, > Steve Thompson > ***************************************************************************** If you wish to communicate securely with Commerce Bank and its affiliates, you must log into your account under Online Services at http://www.commercebank.com or use the Commerce Bank Secure Email Message Center at https://securemail.commercebank.com NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any attached files are confidential. The information is exclusively for the use of the individual or entity intended as the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, printing, reviewing, retention, disclosure, distribution or forwarding of the message or any attached file is not authorized and is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic mail message in error, please advise the sender by reply electronic mail immediately and permanently delete the original transmission, any attachments and any copies of this message from your computer system. ***************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
