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Government continues to shun colossal outsourcing contracts in favour of selective sourcing, while businesses display growing confidence in software-as-a-service -- however sustained skills shortages have plagued deployments, sparking interest in offshore options.
The aging American population, among other factors, makes the case for offshoring IT and other jobs to locations like India and the Philippines, according to a report from an Indian IT industry association.
Services giant CSC Australia is "disappointed" at losing IT outsourcing client the Northern Territory (NT) government to rival Fujitsu but says the switch does not represent a general willingness on the part of customers to ditch incumbent suppliers.
IT research and analysis provider Gartner Incorporated questioned the negative coverage about offshoring in a report presented during its sourcing and IT services summit.
The Olympics may be over but backflips and all forms of manoeuvring are still in abundance. This time, it's the Australian Computer Society on the main podium.
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IT research and analysis provider Gartner Incorporated questioned the negative coverage about offshoring in a report presented during its sourcing and IT services summit.
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