http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/OutsourcingFind stories, videos, and photos about Outsourcing from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:52:09 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Outsourcing14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Outsourcing from CNN.com.http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/smallbusiness/internet_for_india.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/smallbusiness/internet_for_india.fsb/index.htmIt's a sweltering day in May, the hottest time of year in the South Indian town of Sathanur. In the shade of a whitewashed storefront, a rugged, mustached man named Nagabhushana Achalu is filing his first application for a certificate that will help his children go to school. Within minutes the kiosk operator behind the counter has logged on to the state government's intranet and sent Nagabhushana's application to a server in the state capital, 40 miles away.Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/04/technology/cognizant_stays_hot.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/04/technology/cognizant_stays_hot.fortune/index.htmThe economic downturn has been hard on information technology outsourcing firms, which in recent years had relied on Wall Street for growth.Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:50:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/31/markets/thebuzz/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/31/markets/thebuzz/index.htmIt's the last day of a first quarter that most investors would like to forget. Stocks may have bounced back a bit in March, but the Dow and S&P 500 are still down more than 10%.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:51:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/04/technology/tech_daily.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/04/technology/tech_daily.fortune/index.htmOur love affair with PC hardware may be waning in this recession. Instead, we're smitten with services.Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:28:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/10/smallbusiness/outsourcing.smb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/10/smallbusiness/outsourcing.smb/index.htmTwo years ago, when the economy was booming, Tessa Luu's furniture showroom in Los Angeles was running smoothly. But Luu was tired of the rising electric bills, salaries, benefits and rent that ate her profits. So she undertook a radical move to cut all the overhead: She said goodbye to her five employees and moved her business online, hiring outsourcers to run the operation.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:02:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/11/10/dhl.job.layoffs.germany/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/11/10/dhl.job.layoffs.germany/index.html#cnnSTCTextGerman logistics giant Deutsche Post said Monday it was cutting 9,500 jobs as part of a major program to restructure its loss-making DHL delivery service in the United States.Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:10:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/09/news/companies/dhl/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/09/news/companies/dhl/index.htmA southern Ohio community is bracing for possible layoffs as DHL Express -- the largest employer in the area -- planned to announce its quarterly earnings report and restructuring details.Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:16:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/08/smallbusiness/Outsource_nearly_everything.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/08/smallbusiness/Outsource_nearly_everything.fsb/index.htmOutsourcing might seem like a necessary evil - a cost-cutting strategy that guts quality control and invites theft of both intellectual and physical property. But outsourcing makes Paul Carpenter's business work.Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:39:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/04/29/smbusiness/Champy_book_excerpt.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/04/29/smbusiness/Champy_book_excerpt.fsb/index.htmIn this economic dip, the lessons found in Jim Champy's new book, Outsmart! ($22.99), should prove particularly apt for any business owner looking to grow. The management consultant who co-authored the bestselling Reengineering the Corporation, Champy introduces us to entrepreneurs who thrive amid chaos by outsmarting and outpacing their competitors. Here are a few of their stories.Wed, 28 May 2008 15:53:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/12/19/news/companies/simons_lillyCEO.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/12/19/news/companies/simons_lillyCEO.fortune/index.htmEli Lilly's soon-to-be CEO John Lechleiter is an anomaly. As Lechleiter himself put it in a press conference on Tuesday: "Who would've thought that a kid who joined the company in 1979 as an organic chemist, wearing his whites, would be standing here today?"Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:54:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1671982,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1671982,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHigh stress and low status have soured many grads on the telephone work. Now India, the outsourcing capital, finds itself having to outsourceTue, 16 Oct 2007 14:05:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/28/magazines/fortune/mehta_pluggedinlatam.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/28/magazines/fortune/mehta_pluggedinlatam.fortune/index.htmMost Americans realize that when they call a bank, electronics maker or insurance provider, there's a good chance their queries will be routed to a call center outside the U.S., perhaps in India, the Philippines or other markets filled with English speakers happy to provide customer service or tech support for relatively low wages.Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:14:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/26/magazines/fsb/china_sourcing.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/26/magazines/fsb/china_sourcing.fsb/index.htmWhen Amber McCrocklin launched Paws Aboard, she followed a pattern familiar to thousands of small-business owners. McCrocklin, now 35, had created a line of gear for pet owners who like to take their dogs on their boats. She started by handcrafting boat ladders, life jackets, and waterproof leashes with the help of a local engineer.Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:53:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/22/magazines/fortune/indiatutor.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/22/magazines/fortune/indiatutor.fortune/index.htmFew large corporations need to be convinced of the benefits of offshore outsourcing. Many U.S. companies have fully embraced the outsourcing of customer call centers, software troubleshooting, and even medical diagnoses to workers in India and other emerging markets as a way to cut costs and take care of business when most of America is asleep.Tue, 22 May 2007 14:50:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0704/gallery.infosys.fortune/index.htmlhttp://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0704/gallery.infosys.fortune/index.htmlAt the Taj Mahal of training centers, a fast-growing Indian outsourcing company lavishes attention on its recruits.Wed, 02 May 2007 14:24:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/05/news/economy/pluggedin_gunther_immigration.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/05/news/economy/pluggedin_gunther_immigration.fortune/index.htmImagine if the baseball season had begun this week without such foreign-born stars as Albert Pujols, David Ortiz, Justin Morneau and the latest Japanese import, pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka and his mysterious "gyroball."Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/31/Dobbs.Nov1/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/31/Dobbs.Nov1/index.htmlWe're now less than a week away from our midterm elections, and Republicans and Democrats are down to their final tens of millions of dollars in media buys, their hyperbolic rhetoric all but expended and their candidates all but exhausted.Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:43:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/22/technology/hp_guide/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/22/technology/hp_guide/index.htmAn independent legal firm hired by Hewlett Packard chief executive Mark Hurd revealed the latest on who was involved in the leak probe and what they knew.Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/01/technology/nextbigsysadmin0801.biz2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/01/technology/nextbigsysadmin0801.biz2/index.htmNearly half of U.S. IT jobs involve the upkeep and maintenance of computers - a sector previously thought to be safe from offshoring. But technological change is sweeping the industry, and soon the servers that host your favorite websites or run your online banking could be run from halfway around the world.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:37:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/28/markets/ipo/look_ahead/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/28/markets/ipo/look_ahead/index.htmJuly is shaping up to be the worst month so far this year for companies going public, based on their average-first day performance.Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:41:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/26/markets/ipo/wns_debut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/26/markets/ipo/wns_debut/index.htmShares of Indian outsourcing firm WNS jumped 7 percent in their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:53:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/21/markets/ipo/look_ahead/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/21/markets/ipo/look_ahead/index.htmAfter what has been a fairly lackluster summer for companies going public, the market is attempting to gain steam.Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:24:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/21/markets/ipo/wns/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/21/markets/ipo/wns/index.htmInvestors will have a chance to bet on a new sector of the outsourcing market when Indian firm WNS Holdings makes its market debut on the New York Stock Exchange this week.Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:36:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/04/markets/ipo/wns/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/07/04/markets/ipo/wns/index.htmIndian outsourcing firm WNS Holdings intends to raise about $74 million through an initial public offering, according to a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission Monday.Tue, 04 Jul 2006 13:37:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/04/13/magazines/fortune/fastforward_fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/04/13/magazines/fortune/fastforward_fortune/index.htmI have seen the future of management, and it is Indian. Vineet Nayar, president of India's 30,000-employee HCL Technologies, is creating an IT outsourcing firm where, he says, employees come first and customers second.Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:41:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/22/news/companies/banks_outsourcing/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/22/news/companies/banks_outsourcing/index.htmFirst came IT outsourcing. Now comes investment banking.Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:37:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/23/markets/markets_newyork/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/23/markets/markets_newyork/index.htmStocks were little changed Friday after economic reports and merger-and-acquisition buzz failed to ignite investors' interest in the last session before a long holiday weekend.Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:45:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/15/technology/GM_contract/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/15/technology/GM_contract/index.htmFor the chiefs of the world's tech giants, it's not visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads this holiday season.Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:31:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/23/news/international/india_outsourcing/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/23/news/international/india_outsourcing/index.htmSurprise! India's reign as the world's "Outsourcing King" may be slipping, even with its rock-bottom call center costs.Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:19:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/08/01/8269669/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/08/01/8269669/index.htmWith its beaches, golf courses, cuba libres, and rock-solid social-security system, it's no wonder that Costa Rica is luring American executives who want an alternative to Indian outsourcing. After...Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/08/01/8269665/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/08/01/8269665/index.htmManaging Diversity Is a goal that causes many executives to groan. And no wonder: Noble though it might be, the diversity ideal has been marred by dreary associations with quotas and political corr...Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/06/03/go.india.outsourcing.reut/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/06/03/go.india.outsourcing.reut/index.htmlIndia wants a new world trade pact that would prevent the United States and other countries from taking steps to ban companies from outsourcing jobs, a top Indian official has said.Fri, 03 Jun 2005 13:14:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/05/13/news/fortune500/disney_plans.dj/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/05/13/news/fortune500/disney_plans.dj/index.htmWalt Disney Co. plans to outsource about 1,000 jobs in its information technology division to save costs, although the move is expected to result in minimal layoffs, The Los Angeles Times reported in its Friday editions.Fri, 13 May 2005 11:45:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/02/8258479/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/05/02/8258479/index.htmJohn Kornitzer is one money manager without much interest in bears--or bulls, for that matter. When it comes to animals, the Vermont native only has eyes for bison. He's long had a weakness for dra...Mon, 02 May 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/talkasia.mittal.script/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/talkasia.mittal.script/index.htmlAirdate: February 19th, 2005Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:50:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/03/15/news/economy/annie/fortune_annie031505/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/03/15/news/economy/annie/fortune_annie031505/index.htmHere's what you need to know if you're tempted to fib. Plus: Will outsourcing to India end soon? And more on how to spot a phony diploma.Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/03/03/cafta.push/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/03/03/cafta.push/index.htmlThe Bush administration is trying to push the Central American Free Trade Agreement through Congress quickly and quietly.Thu, 03 Mar 2005 23:38:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/12/27/8217976/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/12/27/8217976/index.htmWITH A RECENT SPATE OF CONSTRUCTION that includes dozens of nightclubs, an indoor ski slope, a glitzy residential development shaped like a palm tree, and plans for the world's tallest building, yo...Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/12/05/outsourcing.study/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/12/05/outsourcing.study/index.htmlCongressional authority to peek into citizens' tax returns wasn't the only clause hidden in the omnibus spending bill that recently passed. There's also a more welcome surprise for the American worker: a grant for a comprehensive study of the effects of outsourcing U.S. jobs to cheap, foreign labor markets.Mon, 06 Dec 2004 01:39:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/01/8189566/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/11/01/8189566/index.htmDEBATING THE MERITS OF outsourcing jobs to India ranks, like, dead last on the agenda of the 23 energetic fourth-graders of Girl Scout Troop 1809 in Austin at their weekly meeting. They're way too ...Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/09/17/globaloffice.yoursay/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/09/17/globaloffice.yoursay/index.htmlWe want your views on what makes the perfect global office.Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/06/plans.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/06/plans.tm/index.htmlIn most elections in which the incumbent enjoys an economy with a healthy 3% annual growth rate, home ownership at record levels, and inflation and interest rates that are well within control, the economy's performance wouldn't be a problem.Mon, 06 Sep 2004 20:24:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/31/news/economy/outsourcing_pay/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/31/news/economy/outsourcing_pay/index.htmThe CEOs of the top 50 U.S. companies that sent service jobs overseas pulled down far more pay than their counterparts at other large companies last year, according to a study released Tuesday.Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/08/27/home.advantage/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/08/27/home.advantage/index.htmlThe loss of millions of manufacturing jobs and hundreds of thousands of service jobs over the past few years, and the threat of the loss of millions more to offshore outsourcing, is a clear call to our business and political leaders that our trade policies simply are not working. At the least, not in the national interest.Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:31:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/07/29/technology/ibm_outsourcing/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/07/29/technology/ibm_outsourcing/index.htmIBM is moving to reduce the number of U.S. workers it lays off due to the transfer of their work overseas, according to a published report.Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:06:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/07/13/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/07/13/technology/techinvestor/lamonica/index.htmOffshore outsourcing has been a controversial topic during the past year. But so far, the political furor over offshoring has not hurt large Indian tech services firms.Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/07/08/terminating.jobs/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/07/08/terminating.jobs/index.htmlCalifornia has devised a new plan to help solve its ongoing budget crisis. But while that plan might save California millions of dollars in the next fiscal year, there's a good chance it will leave some of the state's own residents waving goodbye to their jobs.Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:23:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/06/01/370431/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/06/01/370431/index.htmMETHODOLOGY To find the B2 100, we started with 2,000 publicly traded tech companies and narrowed the list to companies that have been trading for at least three years, bring in at least $50 millio...Tue, 01 Jun 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/05/01/370014/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/05/01/370014/index.htmIn the battle over U.S. outsourcing, Tony Raimondo, CEO of Behlen Manufacturing, a small firm based in Columbus, Neb., has become a symbolic casualty. Raimondo, 64, was President Bush's nominee for...Sat, 01 May 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/04/12/markets/outsourcing_earnings/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/04/12/markets/outsourcing_earnings/index.htmOffshore outsourcing firms are feeling some heat from a U.S. political backlash and the rising Indian rupee, but if the earnings report of an industry bellwether Tuesday is any guidance, business is still pretty good and unlikely to suffer a major setback anytime soon.Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:35:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/04/08/technology/infosys/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/04/08/technology/infosys/index.htmIndian software bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd. said Thursday it will invest $20 million to set up a consulting unit in the United States that will create 500 jobs.Thu, 08 Apr 2004 18:32:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/04/08/technology/tech_jobcuts/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/04/08/technology/tech_jobcuts/index.htmDownsizing in the technology sector slowed in the first quarter of 2004, with job cuts down 52 percent from the same quarter a year earlier, an outplacement consulting company said Thursday.Thu, 08 Apr 2004 13:31:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/04/01/366206/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/04/01/366206/index.htmDuring the past couple of years, the trend has become annoyingly familiar: Hundreds of American technology firms have rushed to India and other countries to hire inexpensive foreign workers for har...Thu, 01 Apr 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/03/16/india.outsourcing/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/03/16/india.outsourcing/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has met with Indian leaders, where the touchy election year topic of outsourcing featured on the agenda.Tue, 16 Mar 2004 05:26:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/04/news/economy/outsourcing_costs/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/04/news/economy/outsourcing_costs/index.htmU.S. companies that move jobs overseas to cut costs may not be saving as much money as their executives think.Thu, 04 Mar 2004 19:18:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/01/news/economy/outsourcing_solutions/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/01/news/economy/outsourcing_solutions/index.htmIf you haven't turned on a TV or read a magazine or a newspaper recently, you probably haven't heard that your job is moving overseas.Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:23:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/02/25/technology/techinvestor/hellweg/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/02/25/technology/techinvestor/hellweg/index.htmLet me get this out of the way: I'm a registered Democrat. But I cringe when I hear Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. John Kerry talk about how he'd combat the growing number of jobs headed to foreign countries. I think his proposals would have disastrous consequences if enacted.Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:51:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/23/fortune.ff.rage.offshoring/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/23/fortune.ff.rage.offshoring/index.htmlTo rephrase my opening sentence of last week: Seldom have so many been so angry at a writer they felt understood so little.Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:03:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/23/362183/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/23/362183/index.htmWe've all seen the bleak statistics: U.S. companies have sent well over a half-million tech jobs overseas in the past couple of years. What the numbers don't show is the bitter frustration of skill...Mon, 23 Feb 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/23/362209/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/02/23/362209/index.htmSeldom have so many had such strong opinions about something they understand so poorly. Mon, 23 Feb 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/02/18/globaloffice.avalon/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/02/18/globaloffice.avalon/index.html"To build or to buy?" is a dilemma many manufacturers in the developed world face every day.Wed, 18 Feb 2004 06:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/16/fortune.ff.offshoring.benefit/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/16/fortune.ff.offshoring.benefit/index.htmlSeldom have so many had such strong opinions about something they understand so poorly.Mon, 16 Feb 2004 22:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/12/bush.outsourcing/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/12/bush.outsourcing/index.htmlOne of President Bush's top economic advisers sought Thursday to clarify remarks he made earlier in the week that seemed to suggest he thought outsourcing American jobs is good for the economy.Thu, 12 Feb 2004 01:42:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/02/09/technology/outsourcing/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/02/09/technology/outsourcing/index.htmConcerns about jobs being shipped overseas have created a big political stir. But the companies that are benefiting the most from this trend don't seem to be affected by the controversy.Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:28:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/01/28/technology/techinvestor/hellweg/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/01/28/technology/techinvestor/hellweg/index.htmOpponents of offshore outsourcing enjoyed a small victory on Jan. 23, when President Bush signed the Omnibus Appropriations Bill into law. Tucked inside the complicated legislation was the Thomas-Voinovich amendment, which forbids certain segments of the government to use foreign companies when outsourcing some government work.Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:24:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/01/19/news/companies/ibm/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/01/19/news/companies/ibm/index.htmIBM, the world's largest computer maker, has discussed saving millions of dollars by moving thousands of U.S. jobs offshore, according to internal documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal, the paper reported on Monday.Mon, 19 Jan 2004 18:52:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/01/09/pf/q_antioffshore/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/01/09/pf/q_antioffshore/index.htmNEW YORK (CNN/Money) - In December, the State of Indiana cancelled a $15 million contract to upgrade its computer system. Why? Because workers from India would have been working on the government job.Fri, 09 Jan 2004 17:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/01/bus2.feat.tech.predictions/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/01/bus2.feat.tech.predictions/index.htmlA new day, a new year, a fresh white snowdrift we can turn into snowmen or slush. That's right, it's time once again for my annual look at what's ahead for the new year in the world of technology and business.Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:56:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/12/22/356083/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/12/22/356083/index.htmLast year, after reading about Indian call centers in a magazine, Web.com CEO Will Pemble decided to "offshore" his Internet hosting company's customer service. This November, plagued by cultural m...Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353764/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/24/353764/index.htmIn the clubby world of Silicon Valley venture capitalists, Michael Moritz is as good as they come. He and his firm, Sequoia Capital, played a leading role in financing Flextronics, Yahoo, Google, a...Mon, 24 Nov 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/09/01/348368/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/09/01/348368/index.htmThere's nothing political or philosophical or mystical about the reason for shipping jobs overseas: It simply can save companies boatloads of money. The fiber-optics glut and low wages in developin...Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/09/01/348371/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/09/01/348371/index.htmWhen I moved to California last year, you didn't have to reel off unemployment statistics to me. I could tell that Silicon Valley was hurting by the sheer number of people I met who were out of wor...Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/09/01/348377/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/09/01/348377/index.htmWhen Gap, Hewlett-Packard, Tower Records, and Verizon e-mail those ubiquitous customer-outreach dispatches, a funny thing happens: They get read. Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/06/01/343359/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/06/01/343359/index.htmYou open your mail and find you've been double-billed. Your screen goes dark just before the start of the NBA finals. The repair guy who was supposed to show up between 8 and noon apparently had be...Sun, 01 Jun 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/06/01/342740/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/06/01/342740/index.htmFirst the bad news: The portfolio of seven stocks we chose as best investments for 2003 are down 5% from Dec. 2 (when we wrote about them) through April 22. Now the really bad news: The S&P 500 is ...Sun, 01 Jun 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/05/26/343102/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/05/26/343102/index.htmWhere is work most efficiently done? It's a logical question, but one that business never had the luxury to ask: Work was done where the company was. Then, as travel and communication got easier i...Mon, 26 May 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/02/17/337298/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/02/17/337298/index.htmStudents, we have here a case history of Electronic Data Systems, the information-technology outsourcer in Plano, Texas. EDS, you may recall, was started in the 1960s by Ross Perot, bought by GM, a...Mon, 17 Feb 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/06/26/282992/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/06/26/282992/index.htmSoftware portal for midsized companies HQ: Sunnyvale, Calif. Founded: 1999 Sales: N.A. Employees: 190 Stock: Privately held Address: www.jamcracker.com Mon, 26 Jun 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/26/258763/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/26/258763/index.htmPat Zilvitis is chief information officer at Gillette in Boston and a huge IBM customer. But it's not the quality of Big Blue's PCs, servers, and mainframes that draws him. "I often don't know if I...Mon, 26 Apr 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/02/15/254908/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/02/15/254908/index.htmWhen systems engineer Wayne Correia met bushy-haired David Hayden at a Silicon Valley business dinner two years ago, he found him, well, odd. "[Hayden] had been reading a history of the postal serv...Mon, 15 Feb 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/04/28/225541/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/04/28/225541/index.htmGood morning. As you know, FORTUNE is always on the lookout for the newest, most effective management ideas and trends. In this presentation, I'd like to share our discoveries. We'll be using chart...Mon, 28 Apr 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/10/14/217821/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/10/14/217821/index.htm"I started my career with EDS in 1983. I remember in the interview being told all the things I could not do, or I would be fired. I took my personal life underground. We were driven to succeed, a d...Mon, 14 Oct 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/12/01/207622/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/12/01/207622/index.htmTHIS MONTH: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/10/15/88385/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/10/15/88385/index.htmAir-Vet ships drugs, medical instruments and other equipment worth $7 million to $8 million a year -- hundreds of packages a day -- to veterinarians all over the U.S. Yet you won't find any stock c...Fri, 15 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/09/23/75507/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/09/23/75507/index.htmAT ITS HUGE manufacturing complex in Rochester, New York, Eastman Kodak operates its own steam, electricity, and water purification plants. Kodak firefighters stand on call at Kodak firehouses. Bri...Mon, 23 Sep 1991 04:01:00 EDT