Not all companies consider the risks—in terms of information security, data privacy, and potential legal liability—associated with offshore outsourcing
Networking, messaging, groupware, and applications development skills still in high demand
The Yankee Group predicts that by 2010, 90 percent of all security will be outsourced. Here's how one company made its decision to choose a pro-active security solution.
Starting salaries will increase only modestly in 2005, although in-demand specialties should see much bigger increases
The results of the 2004 Enterprise Systems Outsourcing Survey are in. In the last two sections of our report, we look at contracts (size and duration) and explore the human costs of outsourcing.
There’s little agreement about the prospectus for IT hiring—but there’s also little doubt that outsourcing is a hit
The results of the 2004 Enterprise Systems Outsourcing Survey are in. In the third article of our series, we look at what functions are outsourced. While application development is at the top of the list, we found a surprisingly large number of companies are outsourcing all IT functions.
Not all outsourcing activity is a net loss for American workers
The results of the 2004 Enterprise Systems Outsourcing Survey are in. In the second article of our series we examine what's motivating our Outsourcing Survey respondents to move projects to other providers. Surprisingly, it's not just about cutting costs.
The results of the 2004 Enterprise Systems Outsourcing Survey are in. In the first of our series, we examine who's outsourcing and where the projects are headed.
How one company found an outsourcer able to manage its network equipment and offer cogent security advice
Readers raise the possibility that other stakeholders could benefit from outsourcing windfalls—especially CIOs
Managed security service providers to dominate security market by 2010
A new report says CEOs do, and disproportionately at that
CIOs talk up employee retention strategies; the return of travel, training, and table tennis
IT budgets, developer headcount is growing; study says outsourcing isn't dampening internal development
The Northeast and West Coast continue to lead in IT compensation
Salaries and bonuses for IT executives fell on hard times in recent years. Compensation is down in half of the positions surveyed.
You don’t have to be certified to enjoy job security -- demand for many uncertified skills is up
Salaries and bonuses for IT pros have stabilized or are growing slightly. In one position, they actually declined.