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- Ohio bans offshoring as it gives tax relief to outsourcing firm
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is delivering one of the strongest attacks yet on offshore outsourcing, calling it not only a threat to jobs but an IT security risk.
- West Virginia's IT workers fight state outsourcing
West Virginia's IT workers are concerned that the state plans to outsource their jobs and have responded with a protest and a lawsuit.
- Rural Outsourcing: Why It's Better in Des Moines
When it comes to total cost of ownership, outsourcing stateside to Iowa or Arkansas trumps offshoring for some CIOs.
- Virginia's IT outage continues, 7 agencies still affected
Public agencies within the Commonwealth of Virginia continued to experience intranet service outages as the result of a memory card failure in a storage area network managed by outsourcer Northrop Grumman.
- Satyam founder gets bail as case drags on
The former chairman and founder of Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services was released on bail on Wednesday by the High Court in Andhra Pradesh, state of south India.
- H-1B, L-1 Visa Fee Hike Could Lead to More Offshoring
H-1B visa critics and advocates agree that an increase in visa fees that targets Indian IT service providers is inequitable. What's more, they say, it will do little to create or maintain American IT jobs, and could in fact lead to increased offshoring.
- Senator Schumer: H-1B use undercuts pay, discourages tech enrollments
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says that the H-1B program has created 'multinational temp agencies' that undercut U.S. wages and discourage students from entering tech fields.
- IT Outsourcing: 100 Questions for a Successful Engagement
When headcount and revenues shrink during a recession, executives often try to keep operations stable by controlling IT costs. Although they may have shunned the practice in the past, many midsize companies and government agencies are for the first time considering outsourcing out of necessity. For CIOs at these organizations, the prospect of outsourcing IT can be daunting because their performance will be evaluated by an entirely new set of criteria.
- China appeals as an IT outsourcer mainly to its neighbors
China's appeal as an outsourcing location is limited to a few neighboring countries like Japan and Korea, unlike India and the Philippines, which address global markets including the U.S. and the U.K., according to a report released Wednesday by Everest Research Institute.
- The End of IT Outsourcing As We Know It
Within five years, the traditional IT outsourcing industry will be extinct, argues A.T. Kearney's Arjun Sethi. Most Indian providers will be sidelined or subsumed while the fate of seemingly stalwart U.S. players will hang in the balance. CIO.com talks to Sethi about his bold predictions for the IT outsourcing industry.
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