IT Job Losses Continue Despite Economic Recovery
InternetWeek
By Antone Gonsalves
Tuesday, September 14, 2004

The number of information technology jobs in the United States have continued to fall since the end of the 2001 recession, driven mostly by outsourcing to low-wage countries and the reluctance of companies to hire in today's shaky economic times, a study released Tuesday showed.

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http://www.internetweek.com/allStories/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=47205222

IT Labor Boomerangs Back Home
eWEEK
By Renee Boucher Ferguson
September 6, 2004

Maybe the grass isn't greener on the other side. We've been taking a close look at the whole "Outsourced to Asia" trend, and uncovered an interesting boomerang. Turns out that hidden costs have become the fly in the ointment, causing more than one company to shut down their outsourced operation, "insourcing" the functions back into the company. What went wrong? Our special coverage details the ins and outs of this explosive issue.

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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1643512,00.asp

Tech-Job Upheaval
InfomationWeek
By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee and Eric Chabrow
August 2, 2004

"Most companies look at the potential cost savings of outsourcing only in terms of salary differentials," Rubin says. When other costs, such as remote management and infrastructure, are figured in, moving to nonurban U.S. locations can be a more cost-competitive option.

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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=26101016

How Can We Ensure A Strong IT Labor Pool?
Optimize
By Ronil Hira, professor, RIT
July 1, 2004

"We need visa policies that ensure a healthy labor market," says RIT professor Ronil Hira. "We need better quality of education," argues Trimble Navigation CIO Bob Denis. Join the square osff and judge for yourself.

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http://www.optimizemag.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22101752

Lost In Translation
CIO Magazine
By Stephanie Overby
July 15, 2004

The successful transfer of knowledge to an offshore vendor-everything from programming expertise to what users expect from a system-can make or break a project.

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http://www.cio.com/archive/071504/translation.html

Bestshoring Beats Outsourcing
The Wall Street Journal
By Hillary Rodham Clinton
Monday, July 20, 2004

"The I believe that the savings from such outsourcing are exaggerated and that America is more competitive that most realize. When you tabulate all the costs, our nation is more competitive than employers think companies have to spend money for planning, offshore transition, vendor selection, technology, communications, offshore management, travel and security. So many employers do not take every one of these costs into consideration. Add up all the costs and suddenly a call-center worker with a raw wage of $5 an hour offshore has a true cost of $17." says Hillary Rodham Clinton.