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11 July 2008
So You Think you Want to Outsource Your IT?
Outsourcing key information technology (IT) functions is becoming increasingly popular for manufacturing companies, but the ultimate decision of whether to outsource still requires an in-depth evaluation of your in-house IT capabilities, notes Melinda Elmowy, vice president of global marketing for CargoWise edi, a provider of supply chain logistics management systems.

11 July 2008
Outsourcing from mid size IT companies chasing India
Global recession has come as a blessing for Indian IT companies as now mid size US IT companies have started turning towards India for their work. Describing this as a golden opportunity for Indian IT companies, Ashish Bahuguna of Bitscape IT Solutions Company said that now Indian companies had opportunity to get the best of their talent in terms of quantity and rate for their work.

07 July 2008
Outsourcing infrastructure applications for SMBs
The promise of rapid time-to-market combined with lower total cost of ownership continues to drive the adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) among small and mid-sized businesses. This on-demand or hosted application model delivers significant benefits through quick adoption, reduced IT costs and increased budget flexibility. Better yet, outsourcing allows staff to focus on business-related initiatives rather than spending valuable energy selecting, implementing, and maintaining complex on-site solutions.

 

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04 August 2006
Jeffrey M. Kaplan - Examining the SaaS Alternative to Meet Your Business/IT Objectives
Examining the SaaS Alternative to Meet Your Business/IT Objectives

04 August 2006
Oliver Lewis Houck - What to Expect from Certified Companies:Pros & Cons of Existing Certifications
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26 March 2007
offshoring.fuqua.duke.edu
2006 ORN survey report: Next Generation Offshoring: The Globalization of Innovation.

02 August 2005
e-isn.com
ISN (India Software Network) is a leading IT research and offshore advisory firm, which helps clients, leverage the offshore opportunity in the IT outsourcing process. Since 1998, ISN has taken a lead in outsourcing procurement & since then developed and maintained a network of quality Indian software & BPO outsourcing service providers.

11 July 2005
Oxford BPO Research
The latest news and research on outsourcing and offshoring.

Needs for IT outsourcing



Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 (EST)

IT companies spend countless amount of days and hours developing various kinds of software for their clients. The global organizations today have become more sophisticated and they need to develop complex systems, elevate their economic growth, increase the competitiveness and enhance their performance. These organizations range from banks, financial institutions, airlines, engineering and government agencies. Because of this, they need a lot of capital and people to handle the growing tasks for different types of softwares that is needed for the company.
Most of these organizations want to concentrate on their core objectives, thereby they have to outsource their secondary corporate functions to reliable IT firms in other countries. Countries in western Nations such as USA, Canada and some in Europe are outsourcing some of their IT projects to countries such as India, Philippines, China and some Eastern European nations in order to cut on costs of their IT operations, reduce the cost of hiring and training too. IT offshore outsourcing has a huge benefit to organizations on cost savings due to wage difference combined with highquality skills.

The IT industry is very competitive world, and in order to stay in the competition, you must impress your client so they can keep pumping new projects. This will guarantee the growth of your company. Outsourcing IT not only makes sure you stay in the competition but will bring about huge amounts of savings in terms of salary and also other expenses that your company may provide your employees, hence your company will grow.

The huge number of IT jobs outsourced concentrate on creating softwares such as .Net, database solutions, smart card solution, Java/J2EE, and wireless application developments.

If you want to create this kind of softwares inhouse ,the you have to invest unbelievably huge amount of cash and manpower. So outsourcing remains the only choice because technology and manpower in on standby.

There are millions of highly qualified and talented IT professionals in developing countries. And the good news is that they are not expensive to hire. For instance,think about this, if you need a certain software developed inhouse in your company, you will be charged 2000 dollars, but if you outsource it to an equally qualified IT professional it will be done for 500dollars .This is a clear picture the you end up saving a lot of money when you outsource rather than developing the project inhouse.

We can all agree that by outsourcing IT protects to other companies, you will not only save a lot of money,but the quality of IT software will be great and will be handled by equally talented and qualified professions at a lower cost . With huge savings , your company will grow and will pull more client to you.

Last but not least IT outsourcing is great because you can outsource all the minor projects and put the focus on major projects. This means that you will be able to effectively manage your companys priorities with outsourcing. With outsourcing, you will be able to save a lot of money, prioritize your companys goal and also get quality IT software products.


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