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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Offshoring shrinks number of IT jobs, study says A research firm estimates the number of jobs in decline specific to 4,700 companies with annual revenue of US$1 billion or more in the U.S. and Europe
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Offshoring increases need to protect live test data: Report U.S.-based vendor Compuware finds that organizations using real customer data for testing risk breaching the Data Protection Act. This risks involved
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Displaced IT workers stand to lose federal help Expansion of Trade Adjustment Assistance program to include service workers expires Feb. 12
Monday, December 06, 2010
Offshoring not helping IT's jobless recovery TechServe says only 600 IT jobs were created in the U.S. in November; consultant says back office IT jobs in U.S., Europe will be cut in half by 2014. Why offshoring is good for businesses but not for employees
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
How the 'tech worker visa' is remaking IT Twenty years after U.S. Congress created the H1B visa, ComputerWorld looks at its effect on the industry
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Obama softens his tone on offshoring The U.S. president strikes a conciliatory note about outsourcing's role in the international economy, but that's not the tone of the rhetoric back home
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Can the U.S. exploit offshore wind energy? Large offshore wind objects could harness about more than 4,000 GW of electricity according to a massive report on wind energy from the U.S. Department of Energy
Friday, January 22, 2010
Canadian outsourcing will grow in 2010, says IDC IDC Canada, CORE and Prima Management Consulting re-assess how the recession impacted outsourcing practices in Canada and forecast upcoming outsourcing trends for 2010
Monday, December 14, 2009
What’s the cost of falling outsourcing prices in 2010? Outsourcing prices are likely to fall in 2010, but beware the domino effect
Friday, October 16, 2009
Tata profits up but outsourcing market still tight India’s largest outsourcer reports a growth in profit, but Tata Consultancy Service says a full bounce back in revenue growth rates for outsourcing is still some time away...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Obama wants to keep tech jobs in the U.S. Sen. Barack Obama attacked offshore outsourcing in his Democratic presidential nomination acceptance speech
Monday, January 01, 2007
Offshore market set to fragment The meteoric ascent of offshore outsourcing amongst Western-based businesses throughout the past decade has been nothing short of impressive. With dramatically improved communication capabilities brought about by such technologies as broadband networks, IP telephony and reliable videoconferencing offerings, distances have essentially been eliminated as a barrier to conducting international business.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
India’s outsourcing to grow at fast clip India’s IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) services industry could be bringing in US$60 billion by the year 2010, growing at over 25 per cent a year, according to a recently released report. However, the industry could face a shortage of half a million workers unless remedial measures in public education and corporate training are taken quickly, the report said.
Thursday, February 02, 2006
GM awards US$7 billion in IT outsourcing contracts General Motors Corp. Thursday awarded IT contracts worth approximately US$7 billion over five years to six vendors, including Electronic Data Systems Corp., which is now responsible for most of GM's IT operations, as well as IBM Corp. and Indian offshore firm Wipro Ltd.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
A Russian revolution Think IT offshoring and India probably comes to mind. However, with its skilled workforce, and with many companies looking to diversify their offshore outsourcing, Russia is emerging as an alternative for Canadian firms. 
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Australian banks look to India to cut costs Offshore outsourcing is emerging as a new battleground in the financial services industry as Australia's largest banks review a range of IT cost-cutting measures. 
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Outsourcing, on-demand top focuses at TechXNY CW The TechXNY business technology solutions trade show kicked off in New York in mid-October with a variety of sessions and exhibitors, including some with a heavy emphasis on outsourcing and on-demand computing. 
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Study: Indian diaspora helped outsourcing movement Indian professionals, venture capitalists (VCs) and entrepreneurs of Indian origin helped promote India as an outsourcing destination, according to a study conducted for the World Bank Institute in Washington, D.C., by Evalueserve Inc., a business intelligence and research firm. 
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Aussie banks in offshoring cover-up To remain competitive in the financial services industry Australia's largest banks are being forced to offshore their contact centre operations to India. 
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Linux wins another European government contract The French Ministry of Equipment is to migrate 1,500 aging Windows NT servers to a specially developed version of MandrakeSoft SA's Mandrake Linux Corporate Server, amid growing evidence that large European organizations are treating open-source software as a serious alternative to proprietary offerings. 
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Australian labor movement backs US offshoring plan Australian unions and the opposition Labor party have signalled their support for U.S.-style legislation that penalizes companies that engage in offshore outsourcing. 
Monday, January 19, 2004
The next president's IT agenda As most CIOs know, government policies have a major impact on corporate IT. Yet in presidential politics, the connection between policy and IT has gone largely unacknowledged.
Monday, August 04, 2003
How to compete Can you compete against outsourcing? Sure you can. Are you competing against outsourcing? Probably not. Why not? Probably because you think the decision to outsource or not to outsource is one that's outside your control. You figure no one will ask you whether your IT shop's work should be shipped to India or Canada or Ireland or China or even just to some army of cube slaves on the other side of town.
Thursday, March 13, 2003
Outsourcing angst Vivek Paul is worried, and he has reason to be. He figures the clock is ticking on the software engineers who work for him today. Paul told a reporter last week that in as little as two years, it may be possible for much of that programming to be done in another country for a lot less money. In other words, Paul is facing the same offshore outsourcing threat as many U.S. programmers.
Thursday, February 21, 2002
Offshore development can save money Outsourcing has long been the salvage of many an overworked IT department and companies looking to concentrate on their core competencies.
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