Alsbridge, Inc. Named to the List of World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors, Fifth Consecutive Year

Award winning benchmarking, sourcing and transformation advisory firm, Alsbridge, Inc., today announced that it was named to the list of World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors by IAOP, for the fifth consecutive year.

The 2013 Global Outsourcing 100 and The World's Best Outsourcing Advisors by The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) recognizes the world’s best outsourcing service providers and advisors. “Being named to The Global Outsourcing 100 and The World's Best Outsourcing Advisors is a great achievement, particularly given the strong competition, and we are proud to recognize Alsbridge for their excellence” said Jagdish Dalal, Managing Director of Thought Leadership, IAOP and chairman of the judges' panel.

“We are pleased to be recognized by the judges again this year for our leadership in the outsourcing consulting space. Our ability to provide our clients with the most comprehensive set of benchmarking, outsourcing consulting and network advisory services available today, drives Alsbridge to the top of this list year after year,” said Alsbridge Chairman and CEO, Ben Trowbridge. “Our top ranking for the fifth consecutive year is a testament  to our commitment to grow our service capabilities (evidenced by our recent acquisition of Telwares) making Alsbridge the world’s largest supplier-neutral network procurement, outsourcing and transformation advisory firm and giving us unprecedented capabilities to help organizations drive substantial cost savings and create measurable competitive advantages.”

These rankings are based on applications received and evaluated by an independent judging panel organized by IAOP on four critical characteristics: size and growth; customer references; organizational competencies; and management capabilities. The 2013 panel led by Jagdish Dalal who is also COP and president of J Dalal Associates, LLC included:

• Gregory Dawson, Ph.D., COP, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
• Teresa Harris, COP, Global Supplier Relationship Manager, GE
• William Hefley, Ph.D., CDP, COP, Clinical Associate Professor, Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh, and Director, ITSqc, LLC
• Sean Heston, COP, Partnership Development, Sprint
• Cheryl Seely, COP, Manager, Thomson Reuters
• Paul Quaglia, COP, Vice President, WMS Gaming

For more information about The 2013 Global Outsourcing 100 and World's Best Outsourcing Advisors visit http://www.iaop.org/Content/19/165/1793/Default.aspx

About Alsbridge

Alsbridge provides world class sourcing advisory and benchmarking services for the CIO, CFO and CPO.  We’ve helped hundreds of companies reduce costs and get more value from their vendors.  Our experienced consultants leverage proprietary tools and information databases to identify and engage the optimal vendors for your situation, negotiate best practice terms at fair market prices, and improve the way you work with your vendors.  Alsbridge clients utilize the most cost effective and value added sources globally for IT infrastructure services, hardware and maintenance, network services, software and maintenance, application support and development, business processes and cloud services. Alsbridge was ranked the #1 outsourcing advisor in the world by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) based on the value delivered to clients.  This commitment to delivering value to our clients has made Alsbridge a distinguished member of the 2010 Inc. 500 fastest growing privately held companies in America.

About IAOP

The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. With more than 110,000 members and affiliates worldwide, IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses.