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It isn’t clear whether Vietnam is more of a crouching tiger or a hidden dragon, but it seems obvious that it is well on its way to becoming an offshore power.
On the heels of Intel’s decision to invest $1 billion in a semiconductor testing and assembly plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Taiwan’s Hon Hai […]

While finding qualified IT personnel is no picnic in any industry these days, it’s apparently an especially arduous task for financial services firms.
Half of such companies that responded to silicon.com’s 2007 Skills Survey said they are unable to fill vacant tech positions. In comparison, 44 percent of respondents from the retail sector and 35 percent […]

Back in June, we blogged about the plans of a couple of Indian outsourcing firms, including Wipro, to step up their hiring of American workers in the U.S. Mentioned in that blog was Wipro’s intent to open two software development centers in the States.
Now Wipro is making good on at least part of those plans, […]

Coming off a period of rancorous debate over the increasingly controversial H-1B visa program, Indian outsourcing firms are trying to counteract what they see as a negative outlook on offshoring.
As we blogged previously, offshoring does appear to be shaping up as a hot-button issue for American presidential candidates. Democrats, in particular, seem increasingly willing to […]

So you’re a CIO planning to revamp your resume. Sure, it’s nice to have an MBA, but most companies also want candidates with hands-on management experience.
In particular, points out InformationWeek columnist John Soat, they are looking for folks with a track record of handling multiple outsourcing deals.
As proof, Soat cites the recent decision of Australian […]