Offshore Outsourcing Vendors, Customers, and Advisors: They Should Know Better

Offshore Outsourcing Contractual Conflicts Never Payoff. Today’s Dallas News included an interesting article on the State of Texas’ seven-year, $863M IT offshore outsourcing contract with IBM.  What makes it interesting?  The doom and gloom comments by the esteemed outsourcing advisors, Equaterra and Sierra Systems Group. “In the final analysis, the current relationship is not sustainable,” the advisors say.  Then they suggest... [Read More...]

Forget H1-B Visas…Can You Apply for an Indian Work Visa?

In a baffling reversal of fortune, IBM has offered its newly laid-off employees the grand opportunity of international employment under the local terms and conditions.  Bangalore, here we come! Those unfortunate souls now have the opportunity to compare their unemployment benefits with their Indian counterparts’ wages.  To give you an idea, California’s benefits for those who made over $11,674.01 in the last quarter (which is pretty... [Read More...]