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  • Offshoring -- just another business tool?

    Offshoring won't cure a company's ills, but used in the right circumstances and with management paying careful attention to the progress, then the risk of failure is relatively low.

  • Further offshoring for IT inevitable: NIIT

    Australian enterprises will increasingly have to engage offshore technology providers to offset declining population growth, according to Arvind Thakur, the CEO of Indian offshoring specialist NIIT Technologies.

  • Tata ANZ boss quits for new challenge

    Indian outsourcer Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has named 14-year-company veteran R Ravishankar as country manager for Australia and New Zealand.

  • AU testing centre embraces offshoring

    Australian based testing centre, Access Testing, has today announced a new strategic partnership with Indian outsourcing company Satyam in a move it claims is going to create more Australian jobs.

  • Offshore is in -- get used to it

    Are you ready for eight more months of demagoguery about how to stop the loss of American technology jobs? I'm sure you're as thrilled about that prospect as I am.

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  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    ATO offshoring precedent still on horizon

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) may have opted against a recent proposal to offshore, but it still seems the writing is on the wall following May's federal budget.

  • 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

    Insourced offshoring

    With all the debate about the merits of offshoring and the politics that go with it, few IT managers will stand on a soapbox and declare its benefits. But Baker and McKenzie's Martin Telfer is one such soul.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Facing up to offshoring truths

    The ATO's decision not to offshore software development is a much-needed reminder that despite the technical wizardry of remote/teleworking and the costs benefits of India, simple face-to-face communication can never be bettered.

  • 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?

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  • Offshoring: An irresistible force

    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.

  • 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.

  • CSC Australia CIO speaks out

    Emily Richmond-Jones discusses CSC's internal IP telephony project, Oracle to SAP migrations, as well as her vision for bringing more women into the IT industry.

  • 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.

  • Outsourcing headed for decade of change: Gartner

    The practice of outsourcing will undergo a dramatic transformation over the next ten years, according to Gartner analyst Rolf Jester, who adds that offshore outsourcing will just be one of many adjustments.

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  • Kodak EasyShare LS633

    Kodak's LS633 boasts a highly impressive OLED display along with a host of other features that should endear it to most consumers. What's more, it's available in Australia before anywhere else on the planet. Check out our Australian review.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

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