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COMPANIES moving work offshore to cut-rate coding centres such as Bangalore have angered local technology workers, pleased bean-counters and fired up one of the hottest IT debates in years.
Hi-tech workers in danger of losing their jobs have hit the streets to raise awareness of their plight, as witnessed at a recent rally in Melbourne.
The protesters […]
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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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Tuesday, September 30th, 2003, Permalink
Tuesday, September 30th, 2003, Permalink
The business case for offshore outsourcing continues to become stronger. Many companies are already benefiting from cost savings and are accelerating plans to push work offshore.
Following successful early trials, some companies are now moving hundreds of employee functions per quarter. As more executives consider this option, the IT organisation (ITO) is expected to support […]
Tuesday, September 30th, 2003, Permalink
U.S. Senate candidate Charles Crystle today challenged U.S. Reps. Joseph M. Hoeffel (D-PA) and Patrick Toomey (R-PA) and U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) - fellow candidates from
Pennsylvania for U.S. Senate - to address the job loss caused by corporate abuse of L-1 and H-1B visas. Attention to this issue is mounting as members of […]
Tuesday, September 30th, 2003, Permalink
In the wake of global job shifts and industry consolidations, IT directors need to expand their skill sets to stay relevant.
The writing is on the wall: to stay relevant in their organisations, IT leaders have to upgrade their skills and evolve as business leaders, not just technology specialists.
In the current economic downturn, the […]
Monday, September 29th, 2003, Permalink
Chinese IT services firm Digital China Holdings Ltd has formed a three-way venture to target application outsourcing and management opportunities in the Japanese market.
Hong Kong-based Digital China will take a 55% stake in the new venture, which it is forming with GE Mauritius Equity Investment, a division of General Electric, and Japanese systems integrator TIS […]
Monday, September 29th, 2003, Permalink
TriVision Partners and HyperTech Solutions have established a partnership in the growing offshore outsourcing arena.
Concentrating on India-based Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing, the two companies plan to combine their complimentary skill sets for small to medium sized businesses seeking to lower their technology development and back-office processing costs while simultaneously increasing quality and […]
Sunday, September 28th, 2003, Permalink
When Jagdish Dalal first got the idea to hire computer programmers in India back in 1983, most people thought he was taking too big a risk.
Sure, the engineers there were smart, and cheap compared with Americans. But as the Indian-born head of management-information systems for a data-storage company in Massachusetts, he had to haul punch […]