Market perception is often that the German FS sector under-spends in terms of outsourcing compared to its European counterparts. As we shall see however, it is far from being as simple as that. While German FS sourcing strategies in terms of technology have been different to several comparable countries, the sector does arguably represent the single largest FS outsourcing market in Europe.

• Analyzes the market according to business performance, IT objectives, attitudes to outsourcing and changes in the outsourcing services industry.
• Gives an overview of key deals over the last few years
• Gives an overview of the market as a vendor opportunity

For a sector of its size, German FSIs are not spending as much as comparable size sectors on infrastructure outsourcing services. A number of recent deals indicate that this era may be coming to an end, with datacenter and telecommunications deals becoming more common.

With regards to transaction processing BPO, the German market is far ahead of most comparable countries with particularly securities processing and payments processing driving the market. The German market has to a high degree seen true industry-led utilities emerge.

While use of offshore markets such as India has fitted well with corporate and cultural parameters in, for example, the UK, it is clear that outside the IT services sphere, similar take-up is unlikely to develop in the German market.

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