State of Washington Selects TPI as IT Advisor
October 15 2009 - 12:26PM
PR Newswire (US)
Leading sourcing data and advisory firm to identify opportunities
to improve delivery of IT services, reduce costs to taxpayers
HOUSTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- TPI, the largest sourcing data and
advisory firm in the world and a unit of Information Services
Group, Inc. (ISG) (NASDAQ:IIINASDAQ:IIIUNASDAQ:IIIW), an
industry-leading information-based services company, today
announced that it has been engaged to advise the State of
Washington on improving delivery of information technology (IT)
services while reducing the costs to taxpayers. TPI will assess the
State's current IT infrastructure, identify opportunities to apply
best practices from the public, private and non-profit sectors and
make recommendations for simplifying and improving processes and
implementing alternative financing approaches such as consolidated
or shared services. "We picked TPI because its advisors have
extensive experience helping states uncover opportunities to
operate more efficiently," said Larisa Benson, Deputy for
Performance Review, State Auditor's Office. "Its proven set of
tools and processes for comparing internal services and costs
against public and private sector performance data will help us
identify ways to give taxpayers the best possible service at the
lowest possible cost." The announcement marks TPI's second major
Public Sector contract in the last three weeks. It was recently
selected by the City of Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city,
to perform an IT infrastructure assessment and make recommendations
for achieving key objectives such as server and data center
consolidation and disaster recovery capability improvement. Other
TPI clients in the Public Sector include the State of Indiana and
the State of Georgia and the national governments of Australia,
Sweden and Singapore. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has asked
State Auditor Brian Sonntag to conduct an independent analysis of
the potential cost savings and service impacts of a shared services
approach. Gov. Gregoire has called for sharing administrative
functions, including IT, to allow state agencies to focus on their
core missions. State Auditor Sonntag is conducting a statewide
performance review to find new ways to streamline government
programs, improve service to customers and save taxpayers' money as
part of her government reform package. "The State of Washington has
committed itself to achieving better, more cost-effective service
delivery across all of its agencies," said Don Flores, Partner and
Director, State and Local Government Services, TPI. "We are excited
to have the opportunity to help it reach that goal through smarter
deployment of IT infrastructure." 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, our 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, ; Rhena Wallace, Cohn & Wolfe for
TPI, +1-212-537-8014, Web Site: http://www.tpi.net/
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