Outsourcing news from FierceCIO

U.S. authorities have begun examining guest worker visa programs more closely than before, and the resulting delay in H-1B visa processing could leave IT shops short-staffed at critical moments, Read more...

Rural sourcing--the practice of hiring service providers located in low-cost areas of the United States--is gaining traction. While it does not threaten to upend the major offshore providers in India Read more...

Mayer Electric, an 80-year-old electrical distribution company with 50 locations in eight states, has a fairly lean IT shop for a company its size. CIO Barry Carden's department is made up of 14 Read more...

When the CIO of Molina Healthcare fired 40 IT employees last year, he told them it was because of financial, not performance, reasons. For 18 of the employees, that wasn't a sufficient answer, and Read more...

Very large enterprises having difficulty managing IT services from multiple vendors can now get help from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ). HP just unveiled the Multi-Supplier Integration service for its Read more...

If you decided to forgo a massive IT outsourcing deal this time around, it appears that you are part of a trend. Although nearly as many outsourcing contracts were signed in the first half of this Read more...

IT tends to be a usual suspect for outsourcing, but any business process that doesn't add value to a company's product or service can be a potential candidate, according to Mike Scheuerman, Read more...

Many business leaders today are savvier about technology than they were in the past, and this can be a double-edged sword for IT leaders. A little knowledge about IT can make business leaders harder Read more...

The potential benefits of outsourcing IT are well-known, but maximizing them takes effort on the part of the customer. To get the most out of your IT contractors, try these five "tried and true Read more...

Outsourcing continues to help a lot of companies reduce costs, but it doesn't always provide much other business value. Customers can get more out of the arrangement, including innovation, new Read more...