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Saas provides an alternative to outsourcing
Offshore outsourcing: Off the mark
As hot as the outsourcing trend has been, there appears to be a bit of an expectations gap regarding the performance of this strategy. According to an A.T. Kearney study, 60 percent of companies Read more...
Senators complain about visa abuse
As the H-1B visa debate rages on Capitol Hill, two U.S. senators, Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), charge that offshoring firms are "abusing the system" through the use of Read more...
Smart offshoring can yield huge savings
Companies can potentially increase their back office offshore savings by over 50 percent by selectively integrating transformation and process improvement efforts into their globalization Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Poor time management; The tech skills crisis;
> Managing poor time managers on your staff. Blog > Offshoring, ageism and image blamed for tech skills Read more...
Succeeding with offshoring
There are many benefits to offshoring, including cost savings, improved productivity, reduced turnover rates and access to a highly educated, motivated workforce. But even those benefits aren't Read more...
Survey: CIOs like their jobs
According to a new survey from KPMG and Harvey Nash, 85 percent of CIOs find their jobs fulfilling. The survey surmised that CIOs like their jobs mainly because most of their organizations have Read more...
Offshoring could impact military defense systems
It seemed like a smart move at the time--outsourcing and offshoring government software development to save money--but now Uncle Sam is reviewing the decision and the impact it could have down the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: IT at the boardroom table; Veterans want accountability over data breach; and much more...
> Why IT needs to be sitting at the boardroom table. Article > Veterans want accountability over data breach. Read more...
Issues for IT jobs
While IT professionals feel more confident these days about the future of their careers, there are still some issues and IT leaders would be smart to keep track of what they are to avoid losing Read more...




