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