Executive Report

Offshoring IT: Making It a Success

Posted January 31, 2007 | Leadership | Leadership |

Offshore outsourcing of IT activities is receiving wider interest and acceptance among businesses and IT executives. Offshoring, which can be defined as acquiring a product or service from a provider in another country or developing systems and applications in a location in another country, has become a hot topic of intense debate and discussion not only in boardrooms and corporate strategic planning sessions but in union meetings and political campaigns as well [13].

About The Author
Mohan Babu K
Mohan Babu Krishnamoorthy is Director of Enterprise Architecture at Conduent Business Services, a Fortune 500 company. He has spent two decades in technology management and has gained a strong insight into the lifecycle of portfolio management and the global delivery model. Having lived and worked in a dozen countries on three continents, he has also gained an international perspective on business and society. His viewpoints and papers have been… Read More
San Murugesan
San Murugesan (BE [Hons], MTech, PhD; FACS) is a Cutter Expert and a member of Arthur D. Little's AMP open consulting network. He is also Director of BRITE Professional Services and former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE's IT Professional. Dr. Murugesan has four decades of experience in both industry and academia, and his expertise and interests include artificial intelligence, quantum computing, the Internet of Everything, cloud computing, green… Read More
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