Tech Talk: Sizzling Debate on Offshoring Risks, Spying Employers, and More

1. The 25 Most Dangerous Cities for Offshore Outsourcing

If you have an outsourcing contract for work in Bogota, Colombia, Bangkok, Thailand, or Johannesburg, South Africa, you should be aware that they rank as the riskiest offshore outsourcing destinations in the world. Locations in India and Brazil also made this inauspicious list. Where do you outsource?

By Stephanie Overby

User Comments

“Why did it take so long to figure out outsourcing anywhere outside the U.S. is stupid. You can’t trust your code to those countries if your business’s existence depends on good code and keeping it secure.”

“Behind mere numbers, common sense should prevail. Anybody would laugh at the inference that as per this report people would find Colombo, Sri Lanka to be a safer city than Chandigarh, India!!”

“Terror attacks and company frauds happen in all countries nowadays. That has nothing to do with outsourcing.”

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2. Job Seekers to Employers: Stop Snooping!

Instead of cautioning job seekers to censor their activity online, we job seekers and defenders of our civil liberties should tell employers to stop snooping and to stop judging our behavior outside of work.

By Meridith Levinson

User Comments

“Humans tend to dismantle ‘community’ by our tendency to judge superficially. I don’t think we *really* have free speech within our offline communities either. Would you post pictures of you getting drunk or naked on a town bulletin board?”

“For any company, public image plays a key for investors. Why would you invest into a company that has young folks taking chances, engaging in risky behavior?”

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3. Why the Recession Is Marginalizing CIOs

That sucking sound you’ve been noticing during this recessionary mess we’re all in: That’s the sound of CIOs’ clout being sucked away.

By Thomas Wailgum

User Comments

“We all are working for the business, and business is dictating the rules. End of era for technology implementations without immediate return is promptly approaching.”

“Any CIO that is not taking actions to increase revenue, reduce costs and enable more business efficiency better be cleaning out the office.”

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4. Want to Save $10 Million or More on ERP? Don’t Buy Oracle or SAP

You want to play with the ERP big boys (SAP and Oracle), instead of the so-called Tier II ERP providers (Epicor, Infor, Lawson)? Then you better be prepared to pay a lot more ($9 million to $13 million) and plan for a longer implementation (two to three months longer).

By Thomas Wailgum

User Comments

“As an IT Business Analyst/Achitect for a large organization (53k employees), with implimentations of PeopleSoft (Oracle) and SAP – I was tempted to share some of this information with my CIO, but did not because it is more of a ‘teaser’ than information to be used for decision making or of value to a CIO.”

“There are businesses that need all the functionality and modules that SAP and Oracle provide. However there are many more businesses that don’t need all the functionality and won’t ever use it.”

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5. Three Nightmares When Managing Macs

Even as Apple readies new computers, companies continue to face daunting challenges supporting popular MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros.

By Tom Kaneshige

User Comments

“Don’t get the same amount of attention from whom? Doesn’t it really depend on the maintenance agreement that you have?”

“If a Windows product spazzes out and I start losing money by the hour, I have a team from all vendors involved within four hours. If the same happens in my Mac environment, I might get an email response by the end of the day.”

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