The outsourcing can be defined as “the strategic use of the outside resources for developing some activities that usually are carried out/made by inside people and resources”. In fact, outsourcing is a strategy through which a company gives the major functionalities to some outside providers who are specialized in some services and that way they become “valued business partners”.
   In the present, the majority of TI managers think that outsourcing is the most convenient solution for a company that is interested to become more efficient through decries of prices and access to the new technologies, without spending significant amounts for researching and development. More than that outsourcing is the mostly easy way to solve the problem of west Europe countries: missing specialists.
Outsourcing is not a new concept. The companies always hired the outside services for all kind of different inside operations, precisely to face some charges which could not be completed independently, no matter if it is about buildings, technology, people or other resources. However the difference between the simple “subcontract” of some resources and outsourcing is about that outsourcing includes more efficient reorganization of some business activities, using outside partnerships with companies who have the necessary ability.
   e-Outsourcing means hiring of some products and TI services – from one or more internet sources - which can be adjusted to internal needs of the company. For example a company can choose a hosting web supplier for building and maintaining web site, an application provider for special front office application (CRM) and back-office (ERP) or a security company for installation and administration of a firewall or a virtual private network (VPN). In fact, these companies are like an inside TI department for company and are in charge of main problems. The mentioned services we can buy as package given by a single seller, who takes over all these services offered by other sellers.