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February 14, 2008

Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:48 PM/EST

The Global IT Talent Crunch

There's a worldwide IT talent and skills shortage, according to the IT Governance Institute's just released massive study, "IT Governance Global Status Report." The study can be downloaded at its Web site, www.itgi.org....

January 14, 2008

Monday, January 14, 2008 10:51 AM/EST

Gartner Predicts 8.1% Rise in Outsourcing Worldwide

Gartner is predicting that the global outsourcing market will grow 8.1 percent in 2008. But the growth will come with plenty of pain and disappointment for IT managers and outsourcers alike, according to Gartner researchers. Some salient points from researcher...

October 11, 2007

Thursday, October 11, 2007 2:43 PM/EST

Dollar Down, Insourcing Up

It's harder than it looks to save money by outsourcing and offshoring. Now it's going to get even tougher. According to Mark McDonald, group vice president of Gartner Executive Programs, the fall of the U.S. dollar's value against foreign currencies,...

September 24, 2007

Monday, September 24, 2007 12:41 PM/EST

Outsourcing: What Savings?

As have so many of our surveys, our cost management survey shows that IT outsourcing is usually not an effective way to reduce IT costs. Only 15% have found it results in large savings, while 45% found it only produces...

May 9, 2007

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:12 PM/EST

Offshore Success Is Uneven, Says Kearney Study

The British philosopher John Stuart Mill discovered he couldn't achieve happiness by pursuing it; happiness is a byproduct of focusing your energy on doing worthwhile things. The American consulting firm A.T. Kearney has found that a similar rule applies to...

May 1, 2007

Tuesday, May 01, 2007 9:38 AM/EST

Captive Offshoring Centers Are Imploding

A just-released report from Forrester Research explodes one approach to outsourcing - the offshore captive center, where companies set up their own, wholly-owned facility for software development, IT support, back-office data processing, call center operations, or business process outsourcing. After...



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