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Outsourcing may doom future IT careers
News The rampant outsourcing of IT jobs could sound the death knell for Australia's technology industry, an IT Manager Australia survey has revealed. ITM members were asked if students in Australia would be discouraged from considering IT as a career if...
[July 9, 2003, 10:36]
Outsourcing becoming 'dominant' in IT services - Gartner
News Outsourcing will continue to be the catalyst for growth in the IT sector as its popularity continues with companies of all sizes, said US research analysis firm Gartner. According to Gartner, outsourcing will eventually account for 53 percent of...
[May 18, 2004, 9:30]
Outsourcing fears misplaced, argues IDC
News Services tasks that may be affected by offshore outsourcing include maintenance and support, implementation and operations -- activities that IDC views as requiring low skills and that involve repeatability.
[November 20, 2003, 16:15]
Outsourcing may create Indian talent shortage
News Labour groups and white-collar workers in the US have long protested the offshore outsourcing trend. Like many others in the industry, Pande believes that attitude of US trade unions towards outsourcing is influenced by the general economic climate.
[August 1, 2003, 10:05]
Outsourcing to boom in 2003
News Companies offering information technology outsourcing see lower-cost foreign labour as a key to growth in 2003, market research firm Gartner Dataquest says. Gartner also said the number of IT infrastructure outsourcing "megadeals" -- those worth...
[January 31, 2003, 8:24]
Outsourcing to multiply and shrink - Gartner
News Huge outsourcing deals are on the way out, according to new research from Gartner. On Thursday, the research firm predicted a shift away from full-service, 10-year, multibillion-dollar outsourcing deals for technology service providers.
[February 20, 2004, 9:50]
Outsourcing brings legal woes over software licences
News Companies that provide outsourcing services could face prosecution if they do not ensure that their customers' software licences are outsourcing-friendly and up to date. The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) claims it has seen the first case...
[July 8, 2003, 8:43]
Outsourcing Your Web Infrastructure Management: A Resource-Effective Alternative Offering Substantial Benefits to Your Business
White Papers This paper presents a number of the benefits that businesses can derive by outsourcing their Web infrastructure. As organizations become increasingly more reliant on the Internet and on technology to enable their critical business processes, they...
[March 10, 2006, 0:01]
Outsourcing backlash will fade - Gartner
News The backlash against India caused by outsourcing will fade away in two years, according to analysts from IT market research firm Gartner. A hot topic at the two-day seminar was business process outsourcing (BPO) and offshore IT services.
[July 23, 2003, 7:56]
Outsourcing in the Face of Uncertainty: A Comprehensive Solution to End-User Management
White Papers As a result, outsourcing has become a common solution to the age old problem of, "How can one cut costs while maintaining quality? When selecting an outsourcing approach, some companies choose the selective route - picking and choosing the services...
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
Winning Strategies: Outsourcing at Thames Water
White Papers Excited at the thought of putting itself on the line and managing a total supply chain, even a warehouse operation, Accenture entered into an outsourcing arrangement with Thames Water in 1995. In a radical departure from the norm, the two companies...
[July 5, 2007, 0:27]
Straight Talking - Outsourcing Won't Save You Money
White Papers Although the outsourcing market has matured rapidly in the last couple of years, one still encounters many companies that see outsourcing as a cost-saving exercise. These companies are often the ones who then lay blame at the outsourcing provider's...
[February 21, 2009, 0:24]
Outsourcing 'not something to get excited about' - analyst
News A leading Asia-Pacific tech analyst claims the outsourcing of information technology and business processes offshore is "not something to get overly excited about," despite increasing international controversy over the migration of jobs to lower...
[January 9, 2004, 14:05]
Outsourcing Information Technological Services to Israel: A Country Analysis
White Papers This paper attempts to analyze Israel's main asset, technological services, in the global business world, and its competitiveness in this world of outsourcing. With the largest number of companies listed on NASDAQ, after the United States, Israel...
[February 2, 2009, 0:00]
Gartner: Outsourcing to boom this year
News The pace at which companies are transferring IT services to offshore contractors is speeding up, with the outsourcing market set to grow more than 40 percent this year, according to new figures. India is the leader in IT outsourcing because of its...
[April 11, 2003, 15:42]
Outsourcing turns political - diplomat
News The heated debate over business-process outsourcing will soon become a political issue, and Indian authorities must come up with a plan to counter the opposition, says a US diplomat. Concerned about the impact on the local workforce, the report...
[July 18, 2003, 13:55]
For Brigham's Ice Cream, Outsourcing Makes the JD Edwards World Solution Even Sweeter
White Papers Brigham's management addressed outsourcing with its JD Edwards World account executive, and the Brigham's team was introduced to World Technology Services (WTS). For more than 80 years, Brigham's Ice Cream has manufactured and distributed its...
[October 30, 2009, 2:42]
Outsourcing mega-deals double in 2003
News The outsourcing market received a massive boost on Wednesday with news that the number of outsourcing deals worth in excess of $1bn (£546m) doubled in 2003. According to Datamonitor's IT Services Contract Tracker -- which monitors all new...
[January 21, 2004, 11:45]
Outsourcing BCP: What's Possible, What's Not
White Papers Outsourcing is defined as sending out (work, for example) to an outside provider or manufacturer in order to cut costs. Outsourcing BCP, then, would be defined as transferring BCP work outside of the company to an organization or individual instead...
[August 9, 2006, 0:00]
Outsourcing giant Infosys plans £154m site
News Indian IT outsourcing giant Infosys is building a £154m campus in Hyderabad, India that will employ 25,000 people. The expansion follows sluggish growth in the Indian outsourcing market, with Infosys reporting revenue of $1.16bn (£610m) in its...
[August 12, 2008, 8:34]
