Outsourcing Industry: May 2005

Monday, May 30, 2005

Setting the stage for China's tech future | CNET News.com

"It's not that China or India is cheaper. We need to be positioned there because we want to have ideas bubbling up from different places.'"

Thursday, May 26, 2005

Outsourcing: The 'O' Word Reconsidered

Reality Of Other Side: As CIOs become more willing to talk about outsourcing, it still remains a difficult topic because of the lives it touches. "You can have all the right business explanations and intellectual underpinnings for why offshoring makes sense, but if you're the guy who isn't going to have a job tomorrow, that doesn't feel so good," Rice says.

Eye on Offshoring: Aligning IT Strategy With the Business Strategy - Computerworld

: "'Our labor force is not better trained, harder working or more innovative than our foreign competitors. The argument that we will create jobs in highly paying fields is simply not true. We have no comparative advantage or superiority in innovation. To assume that we are inherently more creative than our foreign competitors is both arrogant and naive. We are currently empowering our competition with the resources to innovate equally as well as we.'"

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

IBM moves to promote offshoring - vnunet.com

IBM: - On its way to complete offshoring??

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

E-Commerce News: Global: How To Outsource

Are you considering outsourcing Latest News about Outsourcing a customer support or software development project? Here are some practical tips, oriented towards South Asian facilities but relevant to North American outsourcing providers.

Friday, May 06, 2005

Entrepreneurs Pitch "Code Boat" For Near-Shore IT Outsourcing

Not so, say Cook and Green, who say they plan to pay engineers and software developers well. The believe they can skirt H-1B visa regulations by categorizing their specialists as "seamen" and who would therefore be able to visit the U.S. mainland on shore passes.

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

IT Labor Shortage Not Just A U.S. Problem

Bill Gates isn’t the only leader of a high-tech firm having problems recruiting talent. It’s a worldwide problem.