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RSS offshoringLeader: Offshoring is about more than bad PR
Leader Indeed, the highest-profile trend of the year so far, following on from the last few months of 2003, has been major companies offshoring IT and call centre operations. In the UK, the financial sector in particular has... [20 Jan 2004]
Offshoring won't turn UK into "nation of hairdressers"
News Speaking at an offshoring debate held by the National Outsourcing Association, Malcolm McKinnon, head of the Department of Trade and Industry's Trade in Services unit, denied that those UK staff displaced by offshore... [04 Nov 2004]
'Offshoring not as good as it used to be'
News DiamondCluster International's annual study of information technology outsourcing found that the number of buyers satisfied with their "offshoring" providers has fallen from 79 per cent to 62 per cent. [08 Jun 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Offshoring
Cheat Sheet Offshoring? Which companies are offshoring? The trades unions aren't convinced either and have threatened strikes over offshoring although many are now accepting the reality of the... [11 May 2004]
View from Stanford: 'Offshoring works for us'
Comment Robert O'Leary, the executive director of administrative systems at Stanford, who has overseen the outsourcing deal with Infosys, talks to us about why he chose this route, how it's going and the offshoring... [21 Nov 2006]
Offshoring an "unstoppable force", says NHS IT chief
News Offshoring is an "unstoppable force" according to Richard Granger, the director general for NHS IT. Speaking at the Government UK IT summit in London he said that while the NHS was using some offshore delivery, IT is... [10 May 2006]
BT CEO: Offshoring is "better and cheaper"
News Verwaayen praised the development and innovation of key offshore locations including China and India as "better and cheaper" than their western counterparts and warned the naysayers to accept the offshoring trend and... [02 Jun 2005]
Skills Survey 2007: Offshoring still a hot potato
News Offshoring is viewed with increasing ambivalence in the IT industry, according to the exclusive silicon.com 2007 Skills Survey. A third of respondents to the survey agree or strongly agree with the statement 'I feel that... [21 Aug 2007]
Offshoring - culture lessons are crucial
News Rob Fraser, ex-CIO of Boots, said cultural difference is something you have to understand to "get the most" out of offshoring. Fraser added that offshoring shouldn't be treated any differently than... [16 Oct 2007]
Offshoring is bad for IT skills, say UK tech chiefs
News Offshoring is a controversial topic at the best of times - and one that's becoming increasingly contentious as the recession continues to see thousands of jobs lost across the country. Ben Acheson, IT manager at PADS... [28 Jul 2009]
Offshoring: India still number one
News The research analyst's Global Delivery Index (GDI) released this week indicated that India is still the offshoring country of choice. Xian, for instance, will become a top 10 offshoring destination for... [27 Jun 2008]
Offshoring not lowering IT wages
News But analyst firm Foote Partners disagrees, saying offshoring is no longer affecting IT workers' pay in the US and Europe. But companies have become more aware of the difficulties in doing offshoring... [20 Jul 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Offshoring - it ain't easy
Comment Offshoring continues to transform the lives of those affected by it - from giving the graduates of India a lifestyle their parents could only dream of, to presenting new cultural and managerial challenges to business... [02 Feb 2006]
Offshoring boom to continue unabated
News The offshoring of call centre activities will continue apace according to a new Datamonitor report which explores the pros and cons of outsourcing call centre work overseas to certain countries and workforces. [02 Nov 2004]
Offshoring to India doesn't mean clueless call centres
News Indeed, one of the conclusions drawn from this week's debate, which featured Nasscom, the DTI, the union Amicus, India-based research company Evalueserve and other experts, is that training and offshoring must go hand in... [12 Mar 2004]
