Outsourcing


Outsourcing: Where the Jobs Are

Non-traditional players -- such as Thailand, Egypt, and South Africa -- have emerged as offshore contenders.

IT Avoids Spending Freeze Despite Weakening Economy

When will IT budgets feel the effects of the ongoing economic crisis?

Podcast: Outsourcing Data Recovery

How to justify the cost of a backup and recovery service provider

Survey Reveals Global Sourcing Trends

From smaller deals to an increased interest in China, the face of outsourcing is changing, a new survey reports

Indian Outsourcers Vie for Global Dominance

The worldwide market for IT services is booming—and the largest Indian services providers now threaten the market share of top global players

Outsourcing Survey 2006, Part 3: Success Factors in Selecting a Provider

We explore what factors are important when organizations choose their outsourcing partners. Price isn’t the primary consideration.

Outsourcing Survey 2006, Part 2: Why, Where, and Who

We explore why organizations choose to outsource, where they move it, their use of multiple vendors, and success factors in choosing a service provider



Outsourcing Survey 2006, Part 1: What, How Much, and How Long

We explore what IT is outsourcing, how much it costs, and the length of outsourcing contracts.

Careers: IT Pros Sound Off on Offshore Outsourcing

IT pros are surprisingly nuanced in their objections to, or support of, offshore outsourcing.

IT Shops Turn to "Blended Sourcing"

In spite of an economic recovery, it isn’t quite business as usual—or business-circa-1999—for beleaguered North American IT pros

Careers: IT Pros Now Outsourcing Service Providers

Some mainframe and minicomputer programming vets have embarked on a very different career path—as outsourcing services providers

Sprint Nextel Reverses Course on Outsourcing

GM, Dell, and Gap all notched mega outsourcing deals, but Sprint Nextel backed out of its own outsourcing accord with IBM

Four Strategies for Communicating with Outsourcers

How to make sure you and your oursourcing provider are in sync.

Salary Blues? Don’t Blame Outsourcing

For certain in-demand IT skill sets, premium pay has actually increased

Integrating Outsourced Projects

Integrating teams is the key to outsourcing success

Outsourcing: IBM May be Planning Large Expansion in India

Big Blue might have plans to hire at least 14,000 additional workers this year—in India

Five Tips for Transferring IT Staff to Service Providers

IT staff transferred to your service provider don't face a bright future

Solid Infrastructure Paramount to Successful Outsourcing

Implementing a preventive methodology helps establish a solid infrastructure, raising the outsourcing organization's accountability, forcing them to write better code

Who Benefits from Outsourcing? Not the Line of Business

Some business customers are organizing “shadow” IT groups to replace IT resources that have been outsourced

Offshore Outsourcing: Success and Savings Still Elusive

Despite unimpressive results, offshore outsourcing market is growing rapidly. Even so, plenty of offshore adopters could bring it all back home again