• Five tips to keep IT outsourcing on track as global providers cut

  By Stephanie Overby | 15 January, 2012 07:03

  Are you prepared as global IT outsourcers shrink onshore staff? These tips will help you keep projects moving as offshore IT service provides cut back on the on-site staff that used to work as liaisons between customer and provider.

• Offshoring and security: IT managers, network admins divided on risk

  By Stephanie Overby | 26 October, 2011 03:42

  Does offshore outsourcing make an IT organization more vulnerable to data loss or attack? Or are offshore providers actually improving network security for their customers?

• iGate Patni CEO on his merger of unequals

  By Stephanie Overby | 10 June, 2011 04:16

  When iGate completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Patni Computer Systems in May, the two offshore outsourcing providers instantly leapt over their mid-tier outsourcing peers to become one of the biggest IT outsourcing providers in India.

• Offshoring: Preparing for India's proposed privacy rules

  By Stephanie Overby | 14 May, 2011 02:00

  The Indian government has finally taken a step toward creating a comprehensive set of data protection rules to safeguard privacy, but the proposed regulations released this spring are likely to have a major impact on the global enterprises doing business with Indian outsourcers.

• NBC's outsourced: Separating fact from comedy

  By Stephanie Overby | 24 September, 2010 02:34

  If you're looking for a dose of reality, chances are you're not tuning in to a television comedy from NBC to get your fix. After all, this is the network that brought us "Friends," that hard-hitting look at what it's like to be young, single and broke in New York City, in which a spaciously and elaborately decorated two bedroom apartment (with balcony), fountain dancing, and a cozy coffee shop on the corner stood in for a basement apartment, turnstile hopping and the greasy deli down the block.

Whitepapers about offshore outsourcing

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  Unified Monitoring™ A Business Perspective

  The enterprise computing landscape has changed dramatically. Virtualisation, outsourcing, SaaS, and cloud computing are creating fundamental changes, and ushering in an era in which enterprises distribute increasingly critical IT assets and applications across multiple service providers.This paper explores today’s computing trends and their monitoring implications in detail. In addition, it reveals how a new monitoring paradigm architecture, that uniquely addresses the monitoring realities of today’s and tomorrow’s enterprises—whether they rely on internal platforms, external service providers, or a combination of both.

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  Case Study: A Strong Focus on Business Process Flow and Workload Optimisation