The majority of companies that have outsourced IT operations would have saved more money had they kept the services in-house, acc-ord-ing to a study of contracts worth more than £3bn. The outsourcing industry is facing a mid-life crisis with some “high-profile outsourcing deals being taken back in-house” and employers starting to question the value of long-term savings, research by Compass Management Consulting found. www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c314d2dc-f136-11db-838b-000b5df10621.html