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Offshoring 'not lowering IT wages'
News But analyst firm Foote Partners disagrees, saying offshoring is no longer affecting IT workers' pay in the US and Europe. But companies have become more aware of the difficulties in doing offshoring successfully.
[July 21, 2005, 9:40]
Offshoring 'not costing UK jobs'
News Offshoring of IT and call centre roles to low-cost countries such as India has not hit UK jobs, according to the latest official employment statistics from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The employment data calculated by region is also in...
[September 9, 2005, 9:50]
Offshoring behind UK tech-labour divide
News Offshoring is creating a divide in the UK technology industry by reducing the proportion of mid-level software-development jobs available in favour of higher-level management roles, research has claimed.
[September 26, 2007, 12:19]
Offshoring Difficult In A Political Vacuum
Talkback It is hard to separate political from economic risks in calculating offshoring trends. From the European perspective,a search for offshore locations is increasingly including negative domestic reactions not only to a potential for job losses...
[July 3, 2007, 15:19]
Gartner: Offshoring 'less prevalent than you think'
News How big a deal is offshoring? Comprehensive information about the scale and impact of offshoring has been lacking, but the United States' Congress recently passed a bill that would set aside $2m to study the issue.
[December 10, 2004, 13:40]
Offshoring trend sparks rise in IT wages
News Mid-tier IT staff are seeing their wages take an upward tangent, thanks to a skills shortage spawned by offshoring and a lack of students opting for IT courses. According to employment information company Incomes Data Services (IDS), mid-level...
[August 27, 2008, 9:24]
Whitehall warms to benefits of offshoring
News After years of resistance to offshoring, the need to cut billions of pounds from public spending could see Whitehall looking to send IT work abroad. While offshoring is commonplace in the private sector, the public sector has so far shied away from...
[August 4, 2009, 13:25]
Does offshoring or outsourcing increase the data privacy challenge?
Blog It is a reminder that offshoring and outsourcing present a real challenge to data privacy and data protection but is the risk any more than the risk of data that is not outsourced or offshored? There are many risks associated with offshoring and...
[June 22, 2009, 10:56]
Whitehall gives nod for increased IT offshoring
News With predictions that a £50bn cut in public services spending is needed by 2020, senior Whitehall figures have indicated that they are open to increased offshoring of government IT. When asked how much scope there is to increase offshoring within...
[June 25, 2009, 12:52]
Putting Your Own House in Order Before Offshoring
White Papers However, the downstream challenges of making offshoring a success are just starting to be fully understood. Competitive pressures are compelling many organizations to consider off shoring their IT services.
[April 14, 2006, 1:01]
IT offshoring spending set to grow
Talkback India could develop in offshoring but the parent companies must show the interest on the interested consultant who can work seriously to enhance the organizational growth as well as individual growth.
[March 23, 2005, 8:19]
Top 30 offshoring hotspots announced
News The Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) dominate a list ranking the top 30 global offshoring locations. Analyst group Gartner assessed 30 countries for their suitability for offshoring to help sourcing managers who are "daunted" by the...
[December 12, 2007, 8:01]
Gartner reveals top 30 offshoring hotspots
News New contenders are emerging to challenge the dominance of Brazil, Russia, India and China in the offshoring market. While India is the "undisputed leader", followed by China, in the list of the top 30 offshoring destinations, as compiled by analyst...
[December 15, 2008, 9:55]
FSA endorses offshoring
News The report warns that offshoring can contribute a material risk to market confidence, financial crime and consumer protection but the FSA said it is happy with the levels of governance and risk management it found at sites in India.
[May 6, 2005, 10:00]
IT offshoring spending set to grow
Talkback India could develop in offshoring but the parent companies must show the interest on the interested consultant who can work seriously to enhance the organizational growth as well as individual growth.
[March 23, 2005, 8:25]
onshore offshoring - cheap labour
Talkback This was obvious ages ago when offshoring became popular. And they only JUST realised - what does it take? Well done - a good way to make the UK economy go bust and the IT industry to become as down-trodden as the NHS - yeah good one!
[February 21, 2007, 11:11]
IT pros fear offshoring, executives don't
News Perhaps secure in the knowledge that they will be around to orchestrate and manage any offshored IT work, two-thirds said they don't believe offshoring is a threat to their job. Despite the confidence of these high-fliers, some still fear for their...
[May 17, 2006, 15:35]
Young call-centre customers mistrust offshoring
News Just over half said company location affects their buying decisions, and one in three said offshoring is bad for a business' image. Young people don't trust overseas call centres and are critical of companies that outsource work to offshore locations.
[July 21, 2006, 17:15]
Tech workforce shrinks due to offshoring
News Ovum senior analyst Phil Codling said in a statement: "We will see the UK-based S/ITS workforce shrink in size under the effect of offshoring. The success of offshore outsourcing is causing the number of UK-based tech staff to decline.
[September 5, 2006, 9:40]
Norwich Union acts on offshoring security concerns
News Robinson said cost and flexibility are the key competitive advantages Norwich Union gets from offshoring IT work to India. Norwich Union has tightened up security at its Indian call centres, following a review of its offshore operations.
[March 27, 2007, 10:31]
