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  • Baby boomers choking AU$11bn IT outsourcing

    IT outsourcing in Australia is set to crack AU$11 billion in 2008, according to Gartner, but Australia's dwindling IT baby boomer generation will cause problems

  • Offshoring on the rise: Meta

    The average enterprise will offshore around 60 percent of its application work by 2009, according to IT research group Meta. The figure will reach that point after escalating by nearly 20 percent annually each year through to 2008.

  • Outsourcing guides see green offshore

    The U.S. economy remains in a slump, and that's exactly why Atul Vashistha is smiling.

  • Will India price itself out of offshore markets?

    The U.S. technology industry's demand for offshore services is apparently beginning to drive up pay rates in India, raising questions about the long-term benefits of outsourcing work to that country.

  • Sending code development offshore 'vital for profits'

    Sending software development work to lower-cost locations overseas is vital for profits, software company leaders and industry advisers said on Monday.

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Blogs (4)

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    The elbow that drained Adelaide

    Has Australia entered a new era of mature engagement when setting requirements for outsourcing deals? Should Australian banks create regional IT hubs rather than offshore? And what could have happened to drain Adelaide's Torrens River weir? All these questions and more are answered in Patch Monday.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Offshoring agony

    We need statistics and commentary from analysts to reinforce the bleeding obvious because we seem quite capable of utterly ignoring it otherwise.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Benefits of offshoring to New Zealand

    Ever outsourced to a vendor with fantastic technical capability, but major management issues?

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Saying ta-ta to software development

    Aussie smartcard vendor ERG has decided to outsource to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and you can't help but think of the Qantas example.

Features and Case Studies (81)

  • Will India price itself out of offshore market?

    Growing demand for offshore services in India is raising the cost of labour there, causing US firms to begin eyeing China, Romania and other options. But India has some tricks up its sleeve.

  • Analyst plays down offshore outsourcing impact as tension rises

    A leading Asia-Pacific tech analyst claims the outsourcing of information technology and business processes offshore is "not something to get overly excited about," despite increasing international controversy over the migration of jobs to lower-cost countries.

  • Australia overreacts to Indian outsourcing: Gartner

    The level of outrage over the outsourcing of software development to India is disproportionate to the effect it is having on the local industry, according to analysis group Gartner.

  • Life after getting outsourced

    Your job is being outsourced ... what should you do next? Here are some options to consider. Additional reading: About to be outsourced? Top 5 signs

  • India's new outsourcing rival--Romania?

    For European businesses, Romanian IT workers are cheaper and have fewer cultural differences than in India--making the country the first choice for outsourcing, a report says.

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