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US auto executives picked India over China as the most popular business process outsourcing destination, said a survey released here yesterday by global management firm AT Kearney.
The Chicago-headquartered firm said almost a quarter of 500 US auto executives polled for the survey conducted over the last three months opted for India followed by China with […]
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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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Sunday, September 28th, 2003, Permalink
Sunday, September 28th, 2003, Permalink
Multinational pharmaceutical companies can save as much as 200 million dollars in costs on development of a new drug by outsourcing work to India, according to a report.
”In the last decade new drug development costs have skyrocketed. India provides an opportunity for western pharma companies as a catalyst in addressing productivity challenge. The overall […]
Saturday, September 27th, 2003, Permalink
Technology workers mull the impact of offshore outsourcing and struggle to find a unified voice
Last Tuesday morning in Burlingame, Calif., unemployed hardware engineer Cary Snyder was taking lessons from the pros on the finer points of picketing: Chants get you heard, big signs get you seen, and a permit prevents the police from asking you […]
Saturday, September 27th, 2003, Permalink
Phil Friedman, president of Computer Generated Solutions, says companies are neglecting a moral responsibility to employees and could leave the United States without the skills needed to support its infrastructure.
How gloomy is the current IT job market? Computer Generated Solutions, a privately held technology services firm in New York, recently placed an ad to fill […]
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003, Permalink
For the second time in three years, Mascon Global Ltd., a Schaumburg-based provider of outsourced, offshore software services, has been named the fastest growing tech company in the Chicago area over the last five years in the Fast 50 competition from Deloitte & Touche.
Mascon, which topped the list in 2001, had a five-year increase in […]
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003, Permalink
St. Paul-based Lawson Software said Monday that it will cut 82 jobs or 5 percent of its work force next month and plans to transfer some work to India, where U.S. software firms increasingly are heading for cheaper labor.
The job cuts, effective Oct. 3, affect some general administrative employees and field sales people. But most […]
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003, Permalink
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 either requires a […]