Hewlett-Packard (HP) today confirmed that there would be "some redundancies" among the 450-strong Australian remote support team for its managed services business, as work is offshored to an HP facility in Malaysia.
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It's no surprise that software companies are keen to fob off as much of their tech support as possible to automated systems -- support is a cost, not a profit centre, unless you charge an inordinate amount for it.
Winning a major government contract has convinced one British company to open a Melbourne branch, creating 100 new ICT jobs in Victoria by mid 2004.
The enterprise software maker plans to double the work force at its two research centers in India, bringing the total to about 6,000 employees.
Offshoring seems like such an irresistible force, but in the not-too-distant future, much of the work that is pushing offshore will be eliminated altogether by continual improvements in software technology.
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.
A top London lawyer has warned that the current trend of UK companies offshoring to locations outside the EU, such as India and China, does not absolve them from complying with their data protection obligations in the UK.
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