Of late, distributing outsourcing contracts to multiple vendors have become a trend. And rightly so, clients believe that parts of contracts should be handled by different specialized companies and not a giant fat big organization. In fact, only the other month we have seen an IT outsourcing deal worth $2.2-billion from ABN-Amro. In parts, the contract was awarded to five companies, IBM, Accenture Infosys, TCS and Patni. 
Media and market information provider from Netherlands, The Nielsen Company, however, undermining the multi-vendor theory has awarded $1.2 billion contract to TCS. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest software company will will deliver full range of IT services like application management plus infrastructure services, maintenance, consulting, business and knowledge process outsourcing and enterprise services.
What is it that Nielsen management decides against multi-vendor outsourcing? Because it is difficult to manage and evaluate and measure multiple vendors?
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