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Transformational Outsourcing :
neoIT
This white paper provides insights
on how to approach a fundamentally sound transformation
effort of the entire company that deals with the offshoring
of services, whether within the information technology
area or the business process arena. While many white papers
and articles have been written on offshoring of projects
and processes, this focuses on transforming the organization.
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Total Cost of Offshore Outsourcing
: neoIT
There are upfront costs and hidden
costs involved in offshore outsourcing. How should you
accurately identify these costs? What is the total cost
of offshore sourcing and what is the financial reward
that enterprises can expect from their global sourcing
initiatives? Read this comprehensive in-depth report on
the total cost of offshoring to find out. Read
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The Captive Ownership Option in
Offshoring - Challenges & Opportunities : neoIT
Offshoring has reduced costs by
as much as 50% while enhancing quality & satisfaction
of customers. What role does ownership play in facilitating
these benefits? Read
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Mapping Offshore Markets : neoIT
- June 2004
This is an enhanced version of
our earlier report that appeared last year (Offshore Insights,
Volume I Issue 7, April 2003) where we answered questions
of where to offshore, what risks are involved and how
these offshore locations compare with each other. This
new report gives you new information to help you decide
which offshore destination is right for you. Read
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Rage against off-shoring is off
target - Fortune
Seldom have so many had such strong
opinions about something they understand so poorly. Read
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It's time to talk sense about outsourcing
- Knowledge@Wharton
Experts at Wharton and the Boston
Consulting Group point out that outsourcing is as old
as the corporation. Increasingly, sourcing work overseas
is no longer a tactical option that can help firms save
a few dollars here and there; it is a strategic necessity
for any company that cares about its long-term competitiveness.
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Outsourcing good for Americans
- The Washington Times
Outsourcing service jobs to other
countries is just a new way of doing international trade.
The phenomenon is probably a plus for the economy in the
long run. Offering assistance to dislocated workers is
far cheaper than denying the massive benefits of trade
to America's 300 million consumers through protectionism.
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Outsourcing Good for US and World
Economies - National Center for Policy Analysis
The process of outsourcing is good
for both the U.S. and world economies. Any jobs saved
in the short-run by restrictions on outsourcing will come
at the expense of better jobs in the future that will
not be created. Read
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The Offshore Proposition - eWeek
When outsourcing companies become
competitors throughout the product cycle, traditional
U.S. vendors will have to show that they have learned
more from outsourcing than just how to transfer costs.
They will have to show they have learned how to develop
products that meet customers' needs . Read
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Outsourcing Outcry | West Should
Compete, Not Whine - The Times of India
The recent outcry in the US and
Europe against outsourcing is implicitly a protest against
globalisation. A long-term sustainable solution to the
current problem lies in re-inventing their economies.
What this means is that the developed economies must constantly
upgrade themselves to higher, value-added activities.
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EU says outsourcing good for world economy - EU Business
A European Union delegation said
outsourcing was beneficial for the world economy and
added that it understood India's concerns about objections
in western nations to shifting jobs overseas. Read
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NCR, other firms, defend outsourcing
strategies - The Business Journals
With more sophisticated competition
around the globe, experts said NCR and other tech companies
must make sure they are getting the most for their money.
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The Indian Machine - Wired Magazine
Contrary to the belief of many
technology workers, Wired Editor in Chief Chris Anderson
asserts that the mass migration of American information
technology jobs to India will benefit the U.S. in the
long term.
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Job transfer 'helps economy' -
BBC News
Welsh secretary Peter Hain has
said that companies which transfer call centre jobs to
Asia are helping the British economy.
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Outsourcing's offshore myth - CNET
News
Critics have condemned offshore
development as everything from shortsighted to un-American--but
it may well wind up rescuing the U.S. software industry.
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Who wins and who loses as jobs
move overseas? - The New York Times
Some of the leading economists
in the world discuss the implications of jobs moving overseas.
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Offshore outsourcing: Little effect
on US jobs? - Info World
The trend toward U.S. IT and manufacturing
companies outsourcing jobs to other countries has so far
had little effect on the overall U.S. job market.
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The rise of India - BusinessWeek
Growth is only just starting, but
the country's brainpower is already reshaping Corporate
America. Read
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Tech Companies Defend Moving U.S.
Jobs Overseas – Information Week
A group of computer companies says
the job shifts are necessary for future profits and warned
policy makers against restrictions. Read
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Jobs drain turns into source of
opportunity - The Financial Times
The benefits of offshore outsourcing
and offshoring have been shown to be far greater for the
country that is moving work abroad than the cost of doing
so. Also in the long term, offshore outsourcing should
be better for everyone. Read
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Study: IT outsourcing fears misplaced
- CNET News
Market research firm IDC on Thursday
predicted that offshore activities of the U.S. information
technology industry are set to rise dramatically over
next four years but that the rise may not affect U.S.
jobs in ways some industry observers feared. Read
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Intel,
HP chiefs praise offshore outsourcing - SearchCIO.com
The CEOs of two technology giants on Tuesday issued an
unapologetic defense of offshore outsourcing, saying that
their firms need the talent that lies outside the U.S.
and calling for increased investment in areas that will
keep American workers competitive. Read
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Sears CEO Alan Lacy sings praises
of offshore outsourcing - Computerworld
Alan Lacy, CEO of Sears, Roebuck
and Co., talked about offshore outsourcing and expressed
keen interest in the "non-U.S. opportunity"
available for outsourcing some IT functions. He sees a
'huge incentive' for companies to shift some jobs offshore.
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Offshore
IT outsourcing should boost U.S. economy - Information
Week
Deloitte Consulting's Carl Steidtmann says shipping IT
work overseas will ultimately lead to more higher-paying
jobs in the United States. Read
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The global
labor arbitrage - Morgan Stanley
The global labor arbitrage forces the US and the rest
of the developed world to rise to the occasion once again.
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Who wins
in offshoring - McKinsey Quarterly
A study by the McKinsey Global Institute details the substantial
positive economic benefits to the US economy from offshoring.
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Tech CEOs: Hiring offshore workers
helps U.S - IT World.com
U.S. IT companies need to hire
foreign workers in order to stay competitive in the global
market, but the U.S. government could also help by passing
laws that improve the country's education system and encourage
spending on IT products, says a report released by the
Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP). Read
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Mainframers debate merits, pain
of offshore outsourcing – TechTarget
Offshore competition is a natural
part of a free-market economy and that it's naive to think
company executives would ever look beyond the bottom line.
By saving money on labor, some readers argued, companies
that outsource are improving the U.S. economy. In other
words: Get over it. Read
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Lawmakers, Tech Leaders Debate
Offshoring - TechNewsWorld
While neither additional legislation
nor industry self-regulation has yet to emerge, analysts,
economists and others agree offshore hiring for IT services
and support jobs is going to increase over time. "I
think it's an inevitable trend and nothing really can
be done to stop it," IDC program manager Ned May
told TechNewsWorld. Read
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Nice Work If You Can Get It - Wall
Street Journal
Any job that's even slightly routine
is disappearing from the U.S. But this doesn't mean we
are left with fewer jobs. It means only that we have fewer
routine jobs. When the U.S. economy gets back on track,
many routine jobs won't be returning -- but new jobs will
take their place. Read
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Hands across
the water - CIO.com
Offshore outsourcing is no longer an emerging trend -
it's a way of life for many IT executives. But what makes
the difference between sinking and swimming when you send
key projects overseas? Read
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Classic outsourcing
blunders - Darwin Magazine
The article talks about the outsourcing blunders that
organizations often make and gives suggestions so as to
avoid them. Read
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