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Top Offshore Outsourcing Trends to Watch in 2009
White Paper During the Summit Joe Chiovarou had a chance to collect and validate information among the most reliable and knowledgeable market analysis professionals and came to the conclusion that the following trends are most likely to catch on in... [03 Jun 2009]
Outsourcing 2.0: What's the new India?
News The need for more offshore deals will be compounded by a desire for nearshoring along with widespread skills shortages among Western countries. Companies will soon see outsourcing as a game of dice - hedging their bets... [31 Mar 2009]
Credit crunch not hitting IT spend
News In addition, companies are becoming less enamoured with the idea of shifting their IT to outsourcers, or of offshoring or nearshoring their business, according to Gartner's survey. The IT services market is set to shrug... [21 May 2008]
India top choice for UK outsourcing
News The number of UK organisations nearshoring or offshoring leapt from 47 per cent to 57 per cent last year - with all of them offshoring some or all of that work to India. India is now outstripping competitors worldwide... [11 Jan 2008]
Offshoring: China to overtake India in four years?
News He said in a statement: "There are different risk factors to consider when evaluating outsourcing, offshoring, onshoring and nearshoring. Affordable rent, low-cost labour and population literacy are the main reasons why... [04 Jul 2007]
Mexico sells itself as 'nearshore' outsourcing hub for US
News While Europe looks to India as its offshoring destination of choice, Mexico has launched an initiative to promote itself to the US as a 'nearshoring' destination that's so close to home it's often within commuting distance. [18 May 2006]
Re:Viewing 2004: Outsourcing and offshoring
News Offshoring looks set to become a bigger business and IT issue during 2005, along with 'nearshoring', which was one of the emerging trends we saw in 2004 where businesses look to offshore services to locations in Eastern... [22 Dec 2004]
5 years ago…Lunn Poly sets up call centre creating 1,000 jobs
News And just last week one new reports highlight a new trend for 'nearshoring' call centres to the former Eastern bloc countries, while another piece of research claims UK call centre growth is set to continue at a healthy... [10 Aug 2004]
Oh Canada - challenging in call centre offshoring
News Although countries such as India, Malaysia and the Philippines hog the headlines when it comes to outsourcing abroad - or 'offshoring' - they face competition in the form of what some pundits have termed 'nearshoring'. [14 Aug 2003]
"I'm sorry but the computer's a bit slow today" - call centre angst in the 21st century
Comment Many offshoring projects do go to that country - which guarantees, among other things, an educated and motivated workforce - but they are also about places such as Mexico, the Philippines and countries like Canada where... [08 Apr 2003]
Outsourcing 2003-style - 'nearshoring' and 'megadeals'
News Outsourcing will continue to be a key strategy for IT departments this year, though there will be a key divide in the type of contracts signed, according to the latest research. Offshore application management - conjuring images of... [30 Jan 2003]