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An Outsourcing Breakfast

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REPORT FROM SEP. OUTSOURCING iBREAKFAST
Outsourcing iBreakfast

CURTISS MONTGOMERY, CTG
ANTHONY GREENBERG, RAMP^RATE
STEVEN DELACASTRO, TATUM CIO PARTNERS
ROBERT BATTS, MANAGING PARTNER, OUTSOURCING INSIGHT

Outsourcing is on many people's minds, especially the offshore kind. But it may not be everything they say it is. Not every company can take advantage of it yet it raises the IT bar on all other companies it may drive business to local companies and consultants that can be competitive, even if they use their own form of outsourcing to compete.

The Outsourcing trend also seems inevitable and in the long run it may increase jobs. The problem is really one of managing the disruption of the interim period. And in this area, government and industry is woefully lacking.

The special iBreakfast at TECHNY (PC Expo) covered the economics, the management and rating issues and other practicalities that underly an outsourcing project by consulting and management companies:

For more about this event and the Outsourcing World event at TECHXNY read:

Offshore outsourcers grapple with U.S. backlash
By Marc Ferranti, IDG News Service, New York Bureau

NEW YORK (09/19/2003) - Though a variety of speakers at the OutsourceWorld show this week took pains to illustrate the benefits of offshore outsourcing -- pointing to the availability of relatively low-cost, highly educated service providers around the world -- a common theme among discussions taking place in the booths and aisles was the growing U.S. backlash against foreign IT competition.

The show was a part of TECHXNY in New York, which ended Thursday, and featured booths with outsourcing providers from all over the world, including Romania, the Philippines, China, Bulgaria, India, Egypt and even Nepal.

"A couple of people were here, pointing at me and telling me about how we are taking jobs away -- they were quite militant," said Nico van Rooyen, director of market development for B&Ti Solutions, a specialist in services for financial and insurance industries in Johannesburg, South Africa......
For the article, go to:
http://www.idgnews.net/intl/international.nsf/0/00256AF50054FFC100256DA600585EE2?OpenDocument

Saturday, October 11, 2003 |

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