neoIT’s Sourcing Alert is now Offshore Insights!
Welcome to our inaugural issue!
Sourcing to specific countries across the globe has unique advantages in terms
of labor arbitrage, functional skill sets and other key factors. In a recent
report, IDC estimates that offshore outsourcing will grow at a nearly 40%
compounded annual growth rate and increase its proportion from a quarter to
more than one-third of the total IT Services spending. Similarly, the growth of
offshore business process offshoring is expected to double over the next five
years.
We are tracking the offshore outsourcing space to give you updated news, views,
trends and add value to your offshore outsourcing decisions. This month, our
in-house expert Michael Taylor gives his insight on the unique
opportunities and challenges of sourcing to specific countries. We also look
into contracting and negotiation issues of sourcing to one such country —
Russia.
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Location, Location, Location - Why The Country Decision Precedes the Vendor
Decision in Offshoring 
By Michael Taylor, neoIT
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What are the key risk factors to consider when looking at offshore locations?
How can your company be assured that they answer the question of where to
offshore correctly? Developing countries are producing new, sophisticated
providers to deliver superior IT and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
services. Superior quality and highly competitive prices offered by these new
companies have shifted the strategic focus of large and small companies to
issues like: What to offshore? Why offshore? Where to offshore? When to
offshore? How to offshore? Whom to offshore with? How to manage the offshore
relationship?
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A Legal View of Information Technology Sourcing in Russia
By Michael A. Lysobey, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
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Russia is in the limelight in terms of offshore outsourcing, especially for
companies like Sun Microsystems, LSI Logic, Motorola, Intel, Boeing and
Northern Telecom. Russia’s qualified inexpensive labor and good R&D is drawing
many IT players into it, mainly for software coding jobs. This interest has
brought out new issues: Opening an accredited representative office, hiring a
research institute, setting up individual contracts with researchers,
protecting the intellectual property so that it can be integrated into a
Western company's worldwide operations, and ensuring cultural compatibility.
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| Industry Research and Case Studies |
Monthly Report on Russian
Economy
An Eye on Russia |
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Ernst & Young - January 2003
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This monthly review from E&Y talks about the state of the
Russian industry and economy scenario. Page 7 of this 12-page report dwells on
how Russia stands in terms of projects being sourced into and outside Russia.
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Outsourcing Thought Leadership
What’s ahead for Sourcing in 2003 & Beyond |
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Ross Research — January 2003
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Sourcing luminaries from professional associations, legal firms,
buyer community, services providers, research agencies and academia share their
thoughts on the state, direction and future of the industry over the next few
years. They talk about BPO, offshore outsourcing, mega deals, real-world
experiences, new RFP structures, competitive strategies, change management,
human side of outsourcing and market consolidation.
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| Special Events |
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RUSSOFT
Software Outsourcing Summit 2003
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June 25-27, 2003
St. Petersburg, Russia
The event, focusing on IT outsourcing, offshore software development, expects
over 300 companies to participate, from Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia,
Scandinavian countries, USA, Germany and Japan. The Summit expects to build a
bridge between IT outsourcing buyers and providers; let potential customers
learn about the tremendous opportunities that Russian IT software development
can provide as technological and business partners and to create a platform for
matchmaking meetings and contacts.
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2nd
Annual International Outsourcing Conference
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March 9 – 11, 2003
New York, NY
The second annual event will focus on the unique challenges to business process
outsourcing
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neoIT CEO to deliver presentation, Total Cost of Offshoring: Understanding the Risk and Return Variances
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2nd Annual Healthcare Outsourcing Congress
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The Summit focuses on cost-effective strategies for outsourcing IT and business
processes in healthcare (primarily in hospitals and health plans).
** neoIT Vice President, Michael Taylor, to discuss emerging trends in the
healthcare BPO industry.
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