Cloud Sourcing the Corporation – An Independent Review of 100 Leading Cloud Service Providers by Alsbridge

Alsbridge, the industry leader in providing cloud sourcing advisory and benchmarking services to the buyers of cloud services, today announced the release of “Cloud Sourcing the Corporation” by Ben Trowbridge, founder and CEO of Alsbridge, Inc.  Included in the book is the Alsbridge Cloud Sourcing 100, a classification system that allows cloud sourcing buyers to review the cloud solution type, provider type, degree of customer control, and unique features and characteristics of the respective delivery models of the companies included in the Cloud Sourcing 100.

“Industry research indicates that 50-60 percent of organizations will embrace cloud computing over the next five years,” says Trowbridge. “I’ve written ‘Cloud Sourcing the Corporation’ to provide unbiased advice for IT executives on their journey to the cloud.”

The book, which is available in eBook and paperback at leading online retailers, has received positive reviews from both IT executives and leading industry analysts. “The Cloud Sourcing 100 Index is an amazing leap forward. My hat's off to Alsbridge for giving us all a resource to make informed decisions,” stated Andrew Peel, CIO of ACE Overseas Group.

“Trowbridge delivers a no-nonsense guide to enterprise IT executives seeking to understand how to approach Cloud Computing as part of their broader IT sourcing strategies.  From describing the beginnings of the Cloud revolution through to advice on developing a Cloud roadmap and executing contractual terms, this is a comprehensive guide for IT executives.  This book helps sift through much of the noise that is confusing the IT industry as it arrives at a powerful inflection point,” stated Phil Fersht, founder and CEO of HfS Research.

“Cloud Sourcing the Corporation” can be previewed at http://www.cloudsourcing100.com/, where visitors may also participate in discussion in the cloud sourcing forum, download white papers on the cloud services market and network with other cloud sourcing professionals.

About Alsbridge Inc.

Alsbridge provides world class sourcing advisory and benchmarking services for IT, finance and sourcing executives. With over 150 consultants located globally, 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. Our 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.