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offshore outsourcing rates headed higher: Offshore outsourcing rates headed higherHope they are enjoying thieir 'bargain' service...That's what you get when you think short-term.Which means its a good time to stop offshoringWith the cost of offshore outsourcing increasing its a good time to reevaluate that position and correct that mistake by bring the work back in...; Tags: Outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, US/EU; Discussion threads 2007-07-24
offshore outsourcing rates headed higher: India's currency is gaining on the U.S. dollar. Workers at Indian outsourcing firms still garner double-digit raises. And demand shows no sign of slowing. Add it up and it spells price increases for companies outsourcing technology work offshore to India. At this point it's unlikely that demand will diminish, but...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, Outsourcing, General, Offshore outsourcing, Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management; Blog posts 2007-07-24
offshore outsourcing: The latest mileposts: Offshore outsourcing: The latest milepostswatch tech companies push for more H1-B visa's nowTech companies will now push for more H1-B visa. Their goal being to flood the market with programmers creating an over supply and thereby lead to depress wages.Meanwhile tech companies CEO's get multi-million dollar pay packages without getting...; Tags: Outsourcing, Leadership, Benefits, indirect subsidy, Free Market, cheap labor, subsidy, Companies, innovation, offshore outsourcing; Discussion threads 2007-07-12
offshore outsourcing: The latest mileposts: Infosys Technologies reported its fiscal first quarter results on Wednesday and provided a few notable data points on the state of offshore outsourcing. First off, Infosys was dinged a bit by the strength of India's currency, the Rupee vs. the U.S. dollar. This development isn't too surprising since the dollar...; Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Infosys, IT Management, Offshore outsourcing, Outsourcing, Software Infrastructure; Blog posts 2007-07-12
Survey: IT outsourcing to intensify: Information technology is the most outsourced corporate function and more companies are looking to farm out more work. PriceWaterhouseCoopers interviewed 226 customers and 66 outsourcing service providers. The survey focused on outsourcing across industries and functions, but there were some interesting kernels that are likely to apply to technology management.Among...; Tags: Outsourcing, Offshore outsourcing, IT Management; Blog posts 2007-05-21

Podcast: News to know midday: OLPC; Facebook; offshore outsourcing: On today's podcast: Is Intel trying to torpedo the OLPC? Facebook is the prince of social media, says Dan Farber. Steve O'Hear weighs in on Facebook's move to open up its pages. Will the private equity boom mean more offshore outsourcing?Also as a programming note, this podcast is now available on iTunes. All...; Tags: News to know, General; Blog posts 2007-05-21
Does private equity mean a boon for offshore outsourcing?: Patni Computer Systems, an Indian outsourcing company, plans to aim its services at private equity firms in a move that makes a lot of sense given the acquisition barrage in the U.S. To wit: On Monday, TPG and Goldman Sachs bought Alltel for $25 billion. Last week Cerberus Capital Management...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, Outsourcing, Offshore outsourcing, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure; Blog posts 2007-05-21
Virgin America's CIO gets an IT greenfield: Few CIOs get to build a technology infrastructure from scratch. In that regard, Virgin America CIO Bill Maguire is a lucky man. Virgin America is expecting to go "wheels up" at the end of June pending Department of Transportation approval. The airline is looking...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, Outsourcing, Open Source, Offshore outsourcing, Linux, IT Management, Innovation, General, Gartner Symposium; Blog posts 2007-04-24
Is the outlook bright for upcoming IT talent?: Despite concerns about offshore outsourcing upcoming information technology talent may have plenty of opportunities as baby boomer techies retire. That seems to be the consensus coming out of an IT panel held by the Temple University on Tuesday. The event...; Tags: Outsourcing, Offshore outsourcing, General, IT Management; Blog posts 2007-03-01
Infosys: offshore outsourcing healthy, turnover creeps up: Infosys reported fiscal third quarter earnings and gave a barometer of Indian outsourcing health. The prognosis: Budgets are still rising for offshore outsourcing, but Indias leading IT companies still wrestle with turnover and wage increases. By the numbers, Infosys reported third quarter revenue of $821 million and earnings per...; Tags: General, Outsourcing, Offshore outsourcing, Infosys, Infosys Technologies Ltd.; Blog posts 2007-01-11
How to Choose an offshore outsourcing Development Partner: Offshore software development outsourcing offers many benefits, among them faster time to market, lower costs, access to high-level programming talent without hiring hassles, and more time to focus on core competencies. But you'll get those benefits only if you choose the right outsourcing partner--the wrong choice can leave you worse...; Tags: Software, Hiring, Partnership, Outsource, Offshore Outsourcing, Software Development, Business Structures, Outsourcing, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2007-01-01
IT security rides offshore outsourcing wave: IT security rides offshore outsourcing waveCoffin, thy nail is hammered home.Sorry. We could all have Doctorate degrees from Harvard and be the smartest people on this pathetic planet. ((And, quite frankly, many of us are. And the rest of us just can't afford the cost.)) It...; Tags: Outsourcing, IT security, information technology, offshore outsourcing, outsource; Discussion threads 2006-07-13
offshore outsourcing: An Aalpha Technologies Perspective: Offshore outsourcing of IT services when prudently executed drives up productivity gains, delivers attractive efficiencies in scale, cost and time-to-market, and contributes significantly to enterprise agility by freeing up precious intellectual resources in-house to deliver more strategic work. Today, outsourcing of software services has moved into the mainstream, aided largely...; Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2006-03-05
High Paying Jobs From offshore outsourcing - An Oxymoron?: Managing offshore IT projects themselves have become more complex. Companies with IT operations overseas find themselves dealing with a multitude of cultural, language, and legal issues. Managing these issues is starting to evolve as a profession in its own right. If one keeps on reading, one might find that the...; Tags: Job, Outsource, Offshore Outsourcing, IT Professional, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2005-12-01
$50 bln will be spent on offshore outsourcing by 2007: Global offshore outsourcing market is expected to go up to $50 bln by 2007, Gartner said.; Tags: Outsourcing, offshore outsourcing; Blog posts 2005-11-08
19% of US businesses have some offshore outsourcing strategy: 19% of US businesses have some offshore outsourcing strategyMakes sense to me...It seems like the larger, richer companies care the least about the US and it's workers/citizens.Nothing suprising here.; Tags: Outsourcing, offshore outsourcing strategy, offshore outsourcing; Discussion threads 2005-10-03
19% of US businesses have some offshore outsourcing strategy: Only 19% of US businesses have an offshore outsourcing strategy, a study by Ventoro found. However, the percentage skyrockets to 95% if only Fortune 1000 companies are considered.; Tags: offshore outsourcing strategy; Blog posts 2005-10-03
Nearshoring to Atlantic Canada, Is It the Smart Alternative to offshore outsourcing to India?: This paper analyses the growth of offshore outsourcing from the US and the value it delivers to client. It shows how such value received by offshoring in distant lands like India can be easily achieved by nearshoring locations of Atlantic Canada, while mitigating many risks associated with offshoring in far...; Tags: India, Offshore Outsourcing, Offshoring, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2005-07-27
Average cost savings from offshoring operations are about 10%: Ventoro LLC survey found that only 9% of any cost shavings from offshore outsourcing was the result of lower overseas labor costs. The cost savings from offshore outsourcing was not in the 35-40% range that many corporations assumed they would gain went they decided to go overseas. Savings averaged slightly...; Tags: offshore outsourcing; Blog posts 2005-07-15
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