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Offshore outsourcers likely to beef up security following Bangalore blasts

Offshore outsourcers likely to beef up security following Bangalore blastsSome tech union......somewhere in the U.S. is probably cheering. While I hope noone was hurt, nor condone illegal and harmful tactics, I certainly lift a glass in support of retaining American tech jobs here in the U.S.RE: Offshore outsourcers likely...

Tags: Outsourcing, Offshore outsourcer, outsourcing company, security

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Offshore outsourcers turn cautious

Offshore outsourcers turn cautiousCautious? Or gone?I lost my job in a Wipro outsourcing...Fortunately I had five other offers from other organizations who were happy to have me. My previous employer is struggling with issues and helpdesk tickets behind schedule as well. Make sure your contracts and SLAs...

Tags: outsourcing

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Can offshore outsourcers end reign of Big Six?

Can offshore outsourcers end reign of Big Six?Change the gameit's all politics ;).The service economy?I find it interesting that as each job moves off shore and big CEOs get more rich we are told of a new economy that will be all ours. When factory work went overseas, it...

Tags: Outsourcing, offshore outsourcer, middleman

Discussion threads 2006-01-12

Additional Resources

SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottom line

SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottomCompletely disagree. Outsourcing only works for small projects that can't be done in-house, like wiring jobs, installing generators and the such. Outsourcing entire departments doesn't work. I've seen it before, when the employee is on a contract...

Tags: Managed hosting, Outsourcing/Offshoring, outsourcing, outsource

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Software Offshore Outsourcing Opportunities Expand

From an efficient know-how available for a few outsourcing has turned to an essential technique with a definable methodology. Nowadays outsourcing penetrates almost any industry dealing with manpower and talent, "From payroll processing to facilities management". Many discussions plume the headache question "To be or not to be..." an outsourcer?...

Tags: Software, QArea, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

White papers 2009-01-01

Should your firm offload its offshore operations to an outsourcing provider?

Some interesting debate going on regarding whether firms which have already established offshore service centers (termed as "captives") are better off selling these centers to outsourcing providers.  It would be interesting to hear your views - especially if you work with offshore staff within your own firm - on whether you'd...

Tags: Outsourcing Company, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht

Blog posts 2008-02-16

Outsourcing Predictions for 2008... in a nutshell

Outsourcing Predictions for 2008... in a nutshellMessage has been deleted.Yin and yangBeing one of the people companies outsource support to doesn't make me feel any better about it some days. This is a very good analysis, although there are some technology trends that could alter the current landscape very...

Tags: outsourcing, Outsourcing Predictions, nutshell, outsource, job

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

SOA reduces outsourcing: wishful thinking?

Another voice is heard in the SOA-reduces-outsourcing debate. In a ComputerWorld Q&A, LogicLibrary CEO Greg Coticchia says the potential cost savings from reuse -- the cornerstone of SOA -- may help enterprises avoid application-development outsourcing. "Despite the hourly cost-rate differential...

Tags: outsourcing, SOA

Blog posts 2006-05-03

Gartner: Stop outsourcing now

Gartner analyst Linda Cohen started off her presentation at Symposium ITxpo with a command for the audience of 6,000 attendees: "You have to stop outsourcing now." She said that the chaos created by compulsive outsourcing is making it harder to produce results. Her point is that too many companies have...

Tags: outsourcing

Blog posts 2005-10-17

Never mind the software, measure the results

Who does SAP fear the most? According to long-term SAP watcher Bruce Richardson, interviewed by BusinessWeek in May, it's not Oracle, Microsoft, or even salesforce.com. "When you talk to the SAP execs and you ask, 'Who are you worried about?' their answer...

Tags: software, Aegis, SAP AG, on-demand

Blog posts 2005-09-08

Offshore outsourcing satisfaction drops

Offshore outsourcing satisfaction dropsSo basically......the IT executives are increasingly dissatisfied with IT outsourcing, but the heads of the companies like it just fine. It did sound like the article was saying though that despite dissatisfaction, maybe it just meant they were using the wrong outsourcer, and that a different...

Tags: Strategy, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, GUESS IT, IT administration, information technology, job, offshore outsourcing

Discussion threads 2005-06-07

Foes of outsourcing get good news

Foes of outsourcing get good newsUm, any ethical society wouldn't kill its own for the sake of greed.Acquiring wealth is one thing.Acquiring it by exploitation, cheating, stealing, killing, and ruining others' lives is despicable and far from civilized. It makes us no better than a pack of wild wolves....

Tags: outsourcing

Discussion threads 2005-05-16

Study: Outsourcing falls from favor

Study: Outsourcing falls from favorWithin a half hour....we're going to get a ZDNet article with a title kinda like "IT managers feel positive about outsourcing, looking to outsource more jobs"....and a half hour from then we'll get an article like "IT workers upbeat about salary/job prospects"....and a half hour from...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, outsourcing, job, outsource

Discussion threads 2005-04-22

30% of companies plan to offshore their IT

Over 30% of companies are planning to offshore their IT infrastructure within the next 12 months, and the same number are looking into the idea, according to research released this week. Interest in business process offshoring is also gaining more ground with 34% of the respondents planning to offshore some...

Tags: offshore, offshore outsourcing

Blog posts 2004-09-13

IBM fund retrains to fight U.S. job drain

IBM fund retrains to fight U.S. job drainThe problem isn't a lack of skillsThis is a public relations manuever. The problem in U.S. is that the U.S. worker is unskilled and can't compete because of the that. It's because U.S. workers with a college degree won't work for...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Outsourcing, tax, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-03-01

HP: Protectionism won't save Europe's jobs

HP: Protectionism won't save Europe's jobsHP is becoming a scum bag![That's the view of Kasper Rorsted, Hewlett-Packard's managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, who believes it inevitable that many existing jobs in Europe's IT sector will move overseas to lower-cost countries.]This dude has no shame "enlighting" others how...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Development tools, Hewlett-Packard Co., importation, job, Kasper Rorsted, software

Discussion threads 2004-01-23

More and more tech jobs head overseas

More and more tech jobs head overseasPerhaps......the backlash isn't going to come in the form that the big corporates had hoped for. Ya know, whiny ex-employees wailing and moaning in the streets with picket signs doing a whole lotta nothing. I really believe that if the pace of this country...

Tags: sales figure, outsourcing, Microsoft Corp., tech job

Discussion threads 2003-12-24

IT must make choices--or lose jobs

IT must make choices--or lose jobsUnfortunately this will get worse..With the unbridled power of .NET, people can be productive anywhere, anytime. Somehow, we need to model .NET as a way to keep jobs in the US, although its sheer power and elegance just scream for trans-continental consumption.Protectionist MeasuresWhat the US...

Tags: Sales strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Free trade, outsourcing, job, information technology, sales, outsource, programmer

Discussion threads 2003-11-13