CIO Insider: Read This Before You Outsource to Asia
September 20, 2005
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Outsourcing: It's Cheaper in China
Analysts talk increasingly about China's bright future as an
outsourcing destination for American IT work. Mike MacKenty,
corporate vice president of IT and supply chain services for
Nypro, has some advice for those ready to go there. "If people
expect a turnkey operation when going to an offshore model in
China, they're kidding themselves," he says. "It takes a lot
of dedication to work it." He should know; he sent work there
earlier this year, and now shares some lessons learned.
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Also in this issue of the Insider:
1. Offshore: The 411 on China
2. Ask the Expert: Asia Pacific Outsourcing
3. Robotics: Traveling By Wire
4. Book Review: Thinking for a Living
5. Quick Poll: Grid Computing
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1. Offshore: The 411 on China
A primer on the state of the IT talent pool and outsourcing
market in China today.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=6964&PMID=32680013&s=3&f=1
2. Ask the Expert: Asia Pacific Outsourcing
Big offshoring projects mean American executives may be
relocating to foreign offices. That could mean you. Need
advice on how to approach that prospect? Ask Richard Mills,
Asian outsourcing expert, who'll address all your questions
about your career or your operations overseas.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=261&PMID=32680013&s=3&f=1
3. Robotics: Traveling By Wire
Picture this: Your meeting starts and attendees materialize
around the table--solid, 3-D models that look, move and talk
like renditions of their far-distant human counterparts.
Researchers are now pursuing "catoms"--centimeter-diameter
pellets embedded with electromagnets that could one day make
the display-keyboard-mouse interface look as antiquated as
punch cards look today.
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4. Book Review: Thinking for a Living
Knowledge management guru Tom Davenport decided to write
"Thinking for a Living: How to Get Better Performance and
Results from Knowledge Workers" now because of the pressure
that globalization is exerting on the American workforce.
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5. Quick Poll: Grid Computing
Will your organization be implementing a grid computing
architecture in the next 12 months? Yes? No? Maybe? It's
that quick. And anonymous.
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