Outsourcing News and Statistics
Since a leading analyst for Gartner Group stated that offshore IT outsourcing has become an "irreversible megatrend" in 2003, this phenomena has had the IT industry and nearly every business and technology publication buzzing for years. RTTS has compiled this guide to published articles, statistical data, and supporting documents that exhibit the strengths, weaknesses and risks of outsourcing to offshore companies.
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Feature Article: |
| Can Obama curb offshoring with tax code? |
Experts say no, because the real draw is the low cost of skilled labor in places like India
ComputerWorld
Added May 2009 |
"President Barack Obama today unveiled tax code
changes that he said could curb offshoring, but analysts
and tax experts believe the plan will have little or no
impact on the megatrend that threatens as many as one
in four IT jobs at large companies."
Read this and other articles on our research
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Whitepapers: |
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Experts Investigate the Impact of Proposed Tax Code Changes on Outsourcing |
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Offshore Outsourcing: An Evaluation of Cost |
ComputerWorld
Added May 2009 |
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By Bill Hayduk, President
RTTS
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"...At companies with revenues of at least $5 billion, as many as one quarter of IT jobs will be moved offshore by 2010..."
View a collection of published stats...
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"The major issue with cost is that there is not a
straight comparison between hourly outsource rates of
US resources versus hourly outsource rates in India or elsewhere.
There are hidden costs involved that increase the price along with
additional issues that need to be calculated into the cost savings."
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Related WhitePapers
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"Offshore Outsourcing: An Evaluation of Cost" |
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What, if any, real savings reside in outsourcing of this work and how effective is it? |
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"Maximizing ROI and Avoiding the Pitfalls of Test Automation" |
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In this paper we take a
look at the ROI
derived from
automated testing,
targeting both
functional and
scalability, and
determine guidelines
for maximizing the
ROI. |
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