Pros and Cons of Offshore Locales
Posted February 1st, 2008 by DiscussHR
An increasing number of companies outsource IT development and back-office operations abroad. Indeed, Gartner projects an 8 percent increase in global outsourcing spending in 2008.
Whether its information technology outsourcing (ITO) or business process outsourcing (BTO), CIOs and other top-level IT executives help companies decide where to offshore.
What countries present the best outsourcing opportunities? To answer that question, CIO Insight turned to EquaTerra, an independent sourcing advisory firm, to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities of a dozen countries that provide offshore outsourcing services. EquaTerra experts also offered their observations and outlook for these dozen nations.
- India
- Canada
- China
- Phillipines
- Ireland
- Russia
- South Africa
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Romania