Strategies and Trends for Information Technology Leaders
There’s no end in sight for the jobless recovery in business functions such as corporate finance and IT, in large part due to the accelerated movement of work to India and other offshore locations, according to new research from The Hackett Group. The dramatic job losses seen by U.S. and European companies in 2008 and…
Offshoring appeared to make sense in pre-recession days when customers were viewed as commodities and local job preservation as little more than a quaint notion. Then along came a global recession that made cost-savings a grim necessity and offshoring neatly fit the bill. Post recession, consumer behaviors and opinions are shifting radically and offshoring is…
First of all, let’s be clear: India will remain part of your outsourcing strategy and that is despite increasing complaints about rising costs and diminishing work quality, said Stephanie Moore, former Forrester Outsourcing analyst and chief strategist for UST Global, a global IT outsourcer. The reason? No other nation has the massive skilled labor availability…
According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2009 was the year of the ox. Those born last year, the calendar says, are endowed with qualities of stability, endurance, perseverance and tenacity. This year, however, is the tiger’s year, a year of courage, fearlessness and fighting spirit. The tiger, the ancient Chinese say, wards off the most common…
Lower costs, better results. There’s the four word outsourcers’ mantra and, inevitably, what this means in tough times is companies are on the prowl for more, for less money, from their outsourcing partners. And that just may mean new geographies emerging as prime locations. One reality: India remains the hub for most U.S. outsourcing initiatives,…