'Outsourcing' Tag Index

IT Services Market Falls to Lowest Level Since 2002
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 18, 2013
Research firm Ovum says 2012 was the worst year for IT outsourcing in a decade.
Tags: research, outsourcing, IT services, Ovum

Nokia to Cut 1100 IT Jobs
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 17, 2013
The smartphone maker plans to lay off 300 workers and outsource 820 IT jobs.
Tags: IT jobs, smartphone, outsourcing, Nokia, layoffs, phone, India

Survey Finds IT Salaries Have Returned to Pre-Recession Levels
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 17, 2013
Average compensation for IT pros rose nearly 2 percent over the last year.
Tags: IT jobs, outsourcing, survey, IT salaries, IT pay

IT Outsourcing Drops to 9-Year Low
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 14, 2012
Research firm Ovum says a weak economy caused the decrease in IT services contracts.
Tags: services, IT, research, outsourcing

Motorola Streamlines International Supply Chain
By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 11, 2012
The Google-owned company is closing a factory in India, selling a factory in China and outsourcing management of a factory in Brazil.
Tags: Google, China, outsourcing, India, Brazil, Motorola Mobility

Survey: IT Budgets Under More Pressure, Staff Turnover Is Down
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published October 10, 2012
CIOs are looking to cloud computing, hardware and outsourcing to cut costs and increase productivity.
Tags: cloud computing, outsourcing, hardware, IT budgets, IT staff

Lenovo: The Surprising Advantage of Doing Your Own Manufacturing
By Rob Enderle | Article Published July 10, 2012
Tech titans be warned: Outsourcing tech manufacturing offers challenges as well as advantages.
Tags: PC, outsourcing, Lenovo

Indian IT firms are Heading for a Fall
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 06, 2012
Three of the largest Indian outsourcing firms are embroiled in lawsuits that could hamper their ability to do business in the U.S.
Tags: lawsuit, outsourcing, India

Indian, U.S. Firms Urge Obama Action on Visas
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published March 26, 2012
International firms complain that it has become too difficult to get L-1 visas.
Tags: outsourcing, IT employer, Visa

Growth in Indian IT services exports to slow down, says Nasscom
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published February 09, 2012
While the rate of growth will slow, the Indian IT services industry will still expand by 11 to 14 percent this year.
Tags: outsourcing, India

IT Outsourcing to China Increases Despite Drawbacks
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published December 07, 2011
An Everest Group report says Chinese IT outsourcing is likely to grow 25 percent over the next three years.
Tags: outsourcing

Outsourcing Flattens as IT Economy Levels Out
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published October 03, 2011
After two years of modest growth, outsourcing IT functions remained flat in 2011, a new study finds.
Tags: IT, IT Jobs/Salary, outsourcing

The Hazards of Joining the "Cloud Provider" Bandwagon
By Jeffrey Kaplan | Article Published April 19, 2011
Seeing the goldrush, many ill-equipped firms are now touting themselves as providers of cloud computing services.
Tags: cloud computing, cloud services, virtualization, outsourcing

IT Outsourcing Trends: Slow Growth, Cloud Computing
By Thor Olavsrud | Article Published June 03, 2010
The IT outsourcing sector is returning to growth, though now slower in the recession’s wake. Meanwhile, cloud computing is changing the IT outsourcing equation.
Tags: cloud computing, outsourcing, cloud computing contract, IT outsourcing, outsourced IT

IT Outsourcing and the "Unemployable" US Tech Professional
By James Maguire | Article Published April 20, 2010
Does the rise of IT outsourcing threaten American tech professionals? What's perception and what's reality in this highly charged issue?
Tags: IT Jobs/Salary, IT jobs, IT manager, outsourcing, IT outsourcing

IT Outsourcing
By Thor Olavsrud | Article Published April 07, 2010
IT outsourcing continues to dramatically affect global business, as ever more IT functions are outsourced. Plus: a list of 50 top IT outsourcing providers.
Tags: IT Jobs/Salary, outsourcing, IT outsourcing, outsource, Outsourcing Best practices

Behind Today's Falling IT Salary Levels
By James Maguire | Article Published July 10, 2009
Overall, IT salaries are down, but some tech skills continue to be in demand.
Tags: data, IT Jobs/Salary, IT salary, outsourcing, IT career

Inside Today's Falling IT Salary Levels
By James Maguire | Article Published July 08, 2009
Experts note that some IT skills continue to be in demand, but overall the news is gloomy.
Tags: IT Jobs/Salary, outsourcing

India's Lucrative Outsourcing Industry Not So Lucrative
By Chris Nerney | Article Published January 07, 2009
India's Lucrative Outsourcing Industry Not So Lucrative
Tags: governance, outsourcing, India, scandal, Enron, software services, profits

Is IT Offshoring an Overhyped Myth?
By James Maguire | Article Published December 01, 2008
A new survey suggests that the extent of offshoring is greatly exaggerated. But the statistics are ambiguous.
Tags: software, management, outsourcing, Enterprise, offshoring IT

The TIOBE List Director vs. the 'Anti-Java' Professor
By James Maguire | Article Published August 06, 2008
The man who maintains a list of the most popular programming languages responds to the professor who deplores Java’s place at the top.
Tags: Java, programming, software, IT, outsourcing

Life After IT
By Heidi Cyre | Article Published April 24, 2008
Life After IT
Tags: IT jobs, outsourcing, It careers, book

Giving Them Hell: John Miano on the H-1B Visa
By James Maguire | Article Published December 05, 2007
A fierce advocate for the American software developer, John Miano fights the good fight against what he describes as the widespread practice of employers using low-cost foreign workers to depress U.S. tech wages.
Tags: outsourcing, H-1b, john miano, immigrant IT, IT tech foriegn

Worker Bees: An IT Resource in Plain Sight
By Mike Houghton | Article Published April 28, 2006
Feeling short handed? With IT departments shouldering big burdens these days, Mike Houghton turns conventional wisdom on its head and advocates letting tech-savvy users into the fold.
Tags: security, software, IT, outsourcing, compliance