City of Houston Selects TPI as IT Advisor
29 Septembre 2009 - 11:44PM
PR Newswire (US)
Leading sourcing data and advisory firm to help nation's
fourth-largest city reduce costs, improve service, use technology
more efficiently HOUSTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- TPI, the largest
sourcing data and advisory firm in the world and a unit of
Information Services Group, Inc. (ISG)
(NASDAQ:IIINASDAQ:IIIIUNASDAQ:IIIIW), an industry-leading
information-based services company, announced today that it has
been selected to help the nation's fourth-largest city manage its
IT infrastructure more efficiently and cost-effectively. The City
of Houston, which spends more than $125 million per year on
technology, has engaged TPI to help it assess alternatives for
reducing operating costs and improving service delivery, including
outsourcing, in-sourcing and hybrid sourcing strategies. Leveraging
its proven tools and processes and Public Sector expertise, TPI
will make recommendations for achieving key IT objectives such as
server and data center consolidation and disaster recovery
capability improvement. "In this time of severe budget constraints,
municipalities owe it to taxpayers to identify opportunities to
operate with more efficiency and agility," said Don Flores, Partner
and Director, State and Local Government Services for TPI. "By
undertaking this IT infrastructure assessment right now, the City
of Houston is demonstrating that it wants to be a leader and an
innovator in the drive for more customer-centric government
services." As the founder of the sourcing advisory industry, TPI
has a long track record of helping organizations in the Public
Sector achieve higher performance and lower costs in their
technology operations. Recent engagements include assisting the
State of Texas and the State of Georgia and the national
governments of Australia, Sweden and Singapore. Said Richard Lewis,
Chief Information Officer, City of Houston: "We selected TPI
because of its reputation in the sourcing industry, wide experience
in the Public Sector and proven approach to helping enterprises
identify sustainable programs for optimizing their IT
infrastructure services." About TPI TPI, a unit of Information
Services Group, Inc. (ISG) (NASDAQ:IIINASDAQ:IIIIUNASDAQ: IIIIW),
is the founder and innovator of the sourcing advisory industry and
the largest sourcing data and advisory firm in the world. We are
expert at a broad range of business support functions and related
research methodologies. Utilizing deep functional domain expertise
and extensive practical experience, TPI's accomplished industry
experts collaborate with organizations to help them advance their
business operations through the best combination of business
process improvement, shared services, outsourcing and offshoring.
In addition, TPI Momentum, a business unit of TPI, provides
information and insights to outsourcing and offshoring service
providers to help them provide enhanced services to their sourcing
clients. In 2009, TPI is celebrating its 20th anniversary. For
additional information, visit http://www.tpi.net/. About
Information Services Group, Inc. Information Services Group, Inc.
(ISG) (NASDAQ:IIINASDAQ:IIIIUNASDAQ:IIIIW) was founded in 2006 to
build an industry-leading, high-growth, information-based services
company by acquiring and growing businesses in advisory, data,
business and media information services. In November 2007, the
company acquired TPI, the largest independent sourcing advisory
firm in the world. Based in Stamford, Conn., ISG has a proven
leadership team with global experience in information-based
services and a track record of creating significant value for
shareowners, clients and employees. For more, visit
http://www.informationsg.com/. DATASOURCE: TPI CONTACT: Todd
Miller, TPI, +1-480-235-7018, ; or Rhena Wallace, Cohn & Wolfe
for TPI, +1-212-537-8014, Web Site: http://www.tpi.net/
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