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Economist: Offshore IT Outsourcing Should Boost U.S. Economy
Deloitte Consulting’s Carl Steidtmann says shipping IT work overseas will ultimately lead to more higher-paying jobs in the United States.
Politicians and labor leaders looking to block the export of IT jobs to low-wage countries such as India are “the last surviving members of the flat earth society,” says […]
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- elKore: The problem is - most companies underestimate the cost of outsourced IT development, thinking that $...
read more - AV: Every large culture has sub-cultures and it breaks down to the level of family culture. It is useles...
read more - Mr. Customer: This is complete crap! Ever try to talk to some Hodgi in India? They freakin' can't speak English an...
read more - Ian Ippolito: I've noticed this trend on a micro-basis on the Rent a Coder site...but it's been happening a while....
read more - Ian Ippolito: One prominent cultural clash I've seen is when a buyer in the U.S. asks a coder in India, "how is it...
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Friday, August 29th, 2003, Permalink
Friday, August 29th, 2003, Permalink
Why offshore IT outsourcing can’t be stopped
I have many friends who have lost high IT industry paychecks and are struggling financially because their jobs are now being done in lower-cost countries. But none of the legal remedies currently proposed are going to stop this problem — assuming it really is a problem in the long […]
Thursday, August 28th, 2003, Permalink
Financial Services Call Centers: Less than 10% of Banks Profit From Call Centers
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Despite the financial services
industry’s innovation in implementing cross-selling and up-selling strategies,
less than 10% of banks claim they turn a profit in their call centers,
according to a new report from business intelligence firm Cutting Edge
Information.
[…]
Thursday, August 28th, 2003, Permalink
R&D the Latest Target of Silicon Valley Outsourcing
The next wave of outsourcing will be research and development (R&D) functions, according to the latest Santa Clara University Business Index released Thursday.
The monthly business indicator tracks business conditions and jobs by polling executives and managers in a wide range of companies. While R&D hasn’t been moving […]
Wednesday, August 27th, 2003, Permalink
WASHINGTON: The number of workers in India performing computer jobs for U.S. companies will increase seven-fold from 177,000 in 2002 to 1.2 million in 2008, says a new study.
A typical casualty of this growing trend of outsourcing jobs to India is the northeastern state of Connecticut - part of the Tri-State area - where […]
Tuesday, August 26th, 2003, Permalink
Offshore outsourcing for start-ups
A lot of ink, some of it quite emotive, has been spilt on the subject of offshore outsourcing. We will leave the political discussions to others and big companies can take care of themselves. Our focus is what software start-ups can do in this environment.
Work will shift offshore unless the work […]
Monday, August 25th, 2003, Permalink
Offshore Service Providers Say It’s Business As Usual Despite Mumbai Blasts
Many major U.S.-based IT services companies that have operations in Mumbai say they weren’t affected, but some Indian-based service providers took a beating in the Indian stock market following the blast.
Major providers of offshore IT services with facilities in and around Mumbai say operations were […]