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  • Outsourcing - Choosing the Right Off-Shore Outsourcing Company

    Choosing the Right Off-Shore Outsourcing Company

    During the past few years, offshore IT outsourcing has emerged as a viable and economic solution to today's crippling domestic IT worker shortage. Companies have found that offshore IT outsourcing saves them up to 50% or more in total project costs by eliminating personnel recruitment costs, sky-high IT payrolls, and the expenses associated with offering benefits and providing physical space and equipment for new hires.

    September, 2002

  • Outsourcing - Rates for Programming Services

    Rates for Programming Services

    During the fourth quarter of 1999 we worked with several IT shops to benchmark hourly rates for programming services. We found that rates had changed very little since the beginning of 1999. Figure 1 shows hourly rates for skills in several programming languages.

    August, 2002

  • IT Salaries - Contract Rates for Senior Technical Staff 3Q99

    Contract Rates for Senior Technical Staff 3Q99

    This table shows the hourly contract rates in the U.S. for senior technical staff. Rates were finalized during the third quarter of 1999.

    August, 2002

  • Outsourcing - When Outsourcing, Know The Limits of Your Software Licenses (July 2002)

    When Outsourcing, Know The Limits of Your Software Licenses (July 2002)

    The decision to outsource requires careful review of the terms of the applicable software licenses. Likewise, whenever negotiating a new software license, you should seek appropriate terms to accommodate your outsourcing plans. If some or all IT operations may be outsourced at some point, the terms should be established with the vendor at the time the contract is being negotiated.

    July, 2002

  • Outsourcing - Application Service Providers Can Provide Cost-Effective Outsourcing Solutions (Jul 2000)

    Application Service Providers Can Provide Cost-Effective Outsourcing Solutions (Jul 2000)

    The application service provider (ASP) market grows hotter every day as organizations find new ways to cut costs and increase returns on investment through creative outsourcing by means of these online services. The ASP model is based on the concept of letting someone else bring together the hardware, software, management, and staffing necessary to solve business problems. Increasingly, lenders and stockholders are looking askance at large in-house IT organizations, so creative managers are looking toward outsourcing as an alternative. And ASPs can often provide IT applications that are not suitable for traditional outsourcing.

    March, 2002