Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:48 PM/EST
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....
Monday, January 14, 2008 10:51 AM/EST
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...
Thursday, October 11, 2007 2:43 PM/EST
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,...
Monday, September 24, 2007 12:41 PM/EST
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...
Wednesday, May 09, 2007 3:12 PM/EST
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...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007 9:38 AM/EST
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...