IT Outsourcing

What are your doubts about outsourcing?

by Peter Horsten on June 29, 2009

Outsourcing seems to have many advantages if you believe all the news. Being involved in many software development projects I know that potential outsourcers very often have a lot of doubts. They consider outsourcing to be a good solution for their current issues, but they have doubts whether it will not introduce new ones. Both the advantages and the doubts will be applicable in certain cases and not applicable in other’s. Instead of focussing on all the advantages, I plan to write a blog post about the doubts and how to overcome or to accept them. I invite you to share your doubts. I will mention all relevant input, including the source. [Read more...]

Economic downturn hits Indian outsourcing market

April 16, 2009

Today I received updated information about the Indian outsourcing market from two different sources within one hour. Too much of a coincidence. Due to the economic downturn companies in the US and the UK recently cut their IT budgets by up to 45%. Many projects have ben put on hold. Since most of the outsourcing projects [...]

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Outsourcing: the SME market is ready for it

January 17, 2008

Cost reduction, a lack of available resources, focus on the core competences, these are just some reasons to start considering outsourcing of IT activities. Big companies are already used to this way of working. Right now the SME market seems to be ready. On a daily basis I meet SME company owners who consider outsourcing parts of their IT. Their motives differ, their “fear” is identical.

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