Offshoring
Best practices, tips, how tos, trends and updates on offshoring, including risk management, cultural differences, and risk levels of offshoring destination.
10 Best (and Worst) IT Offshoring Options for English Proficiency
7 More IT Outsourcing Lessons From Offshoring Pioneers
Mon, April 22, 2013 - In part 2 of our two-part series on IT offshoring lessons, we look at seven more examples of successful IT outsourcing offshoring best practices.
7 Lessons of the Offshoring Pioneers
Fri, April 19, 2013 - The need to remain competitive has kept offshoring an essential part of nearly every company's sourcing strategy. The questions that remain are what and how to offshore. Offshore pioneers who have navigated the changing IT offshoring terrain have some answers based on a decade's worth of lessons. In part 1 of a two-part series, we look at seven of those lessons.
Wipro's IT Services Business Posts Slow Growth in Difficult Market
Fri, April 19, 2013 - A slow market and currency volatility affected the company's IT services business
Senate's Big Immigration Bill Seeks to Crackdown on Offshore Outsourcing
Tue, April 16, 2013 - The U.S. Senate's comprehensive immigration bill would make major changes to the H-1B visa that are certain to upset some and likely please others.
Infosys' Profit Drops in 'challenging' Market
Fri, April 12, 2013 - The company said it was hit by slow decisions by customers in an uneven recovery
H-1B Demand This Year Will Be Fast, Furious
Mon, April 01, 2013 - The U.S. begins accepting new H-1B visa petitions on Monday, April 1, and fast demand is expected. This is going to be followed by much fury.
Crowdsourcing Offers a Tightly Focused Alternative to Outsourcing
Fri, March 29, 2013 - Crowdsourcing isn't likely to overtake traditional IT outsourcing in the foreseeable future, but for well-defined, repeatable tasks that can be pulled out of workflows and plugged back in, it's an attractive option for enterprise IT and product development.
Plan to Hike H-1B Cap to 300,000 Seen Dead; 130,000 Cap Still Possible
Fri, March 22, 2013 - The U.S. Senate's comprehensive immigration bill is expected to include an H-1B cap hike and a higher fee structure aimed at offshore outsourcers.
H-1B Reform Bill Bolstered by Testimony of Mostly Male Visas
Tue, March 19, 2013 - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley has re-introduced an H-1B reform bill that once again takes aim at offshore outsourcers, and on Monday he got more ammunition for that battle.
Explore the Tale of Tier 2 Cities for IT Outsourcing Options
Fri, March 15, 2013 - If you're not thinking about Thiruvananthapuram, India today, you might be soon. Along with Bhubaneswar, Indore, Madurai, Mangalore and Secunderabad, just to name a few other second-tier IT service provider possibilities.
Lawmakers Hear From CEO Opponents of H-1Bs
Fri, March 15, 2013 - In a closed door meeting this week on Capitol Hill, lawmakers and staff took the H-1B visa debate in a different direction. They invited the heads of some U.S.-based IT services companies, competing directly with offshore outsourcing providers, for a frank discussion away from the public eye.
Security Concerns Bedevil Chinese Outsourcing
Mon, March 11, 2013 - U.S. companies might hesitate to send IT work to China in light of new reports on cyberespionage programs there.
Tata agrees to pay $30 million to settle employees' lawsuit in the US
Wed, February 27, 2013 - In a class-action lawsuit, the employees alleged that the outsourcer made unauthorized deductions in wages
6 Hot Offshore IT Outsourcing Markets Offer New Options
Fri, February 01, 2013 - Typically, when you think offshore IT outsourcing you think, India. However, many emerging countries are getting aggressive offering a variety of perks in order to win new IT outsourcing business. Here are six IT and business process outsourcing destinations worth a look in 2013.


