http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com Successful Outsourcing to China Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:59:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While we all focus on China and India, we risk missing strong new competitors rising up from other regions.  Originally a Russian outsourcing firm, Luxoft has been rapidly growing its business.  Two recent announcements clearly demonstrate the company’s global ambitions.  This week, Luxoft acquired ITC Networks (Romania).  ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/07/24/russian-firm-aggressively-building-global-delivery-capacity/ Hayden Hong, the founder of Long Circle, an embedded product development outsourcing provider with offices in Boston and Pudong, published a very good list of the “Ten Things You Should Know Before Outsourcing.”  The items that Mr. Hong suggests are: “Outsourcing is a process that must be managed A good outsourcing ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/07/23/interesting-top-10-list/ Steve Hamm wrote a Business Week article and a post describing a trend of companies that are selling captive labs in India to outsourcing vendors.  Mr. Hamm attributes this to: “…currency swings, the increased costs of doing business in India, and the need for some Western financial services to raise ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/07/17/vendor-vs-captive/ iSoftStone has finally gotten around to announcing that Bruce Ferland has been named as its president and head its newly formed North American and European Operations.  We first heard rumors about Bruce taking this role last year, so I guess that we can now file this in the “facts” ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/07/14/isoftstone-finally-announces-bruce-ferlands-new-role/ InfoWorld’s Reality Check blog had a thought provoking post regarding how IT managers perceive globalization.  Many of us in the industry just accept globalization as a fundamental assumption, so it’s interesting to see a different perspective.  According to the post: “A recent survey of enterprise executives has found that ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/07/09/globalizations-impact-on-it-departments/ As regular readers know, I tend to be somewhat skeptical about rankings of outsourcing vendors.  I probably should have shared some sort of disclaimer when I wrote about the “Black Book of Outsourcing” report. Now, BusinessWeek has a story regarding some challenges to the validity of the report. “… key players ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/07/06/questions-about-vendor-rankings/ Digital China recently announced that two private equity groups have agreed to invest in a subsidiary unit.  I wasn’t able to verify this story on the company’s press release page, as it is apparently not currently available ( “Website Updateing [sic], Please visit again later.” ) “Digital China (00861) announces ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/07/04/private-equity-investment-in-china-outsourcing/ With the EDA industry currently in turmoil, and the “Big 3″ (perhaps) about to become the “Big 2″, Magma Design Automation (NASDAQ:LAVA) is making some aggressive, and smart, moves in China. The company is opening new offices in Beijing and Shanghai.  These facilities will increase the company’s footprint by 140 ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/07/03/magma-moves-aggressively-in-china/ I’m not familiar with Probe International, so I can’t make any judgments regarding the veracity of this very provocative article.  However, given the rather strident nature of their self description, I’m guessing that they have some pretty sharp axes to grind.  The actual report from Probe International is ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/06/30/as-if-beijing-didnt-have-enough-problems/ The New Statesman’s Linsey Hilsum wrote a great piece on the changing of the guard among the world’s economic powers.  She writes from a British perspective, which seems to add a bit of poignancy to her comments.  Although her article doesn’t present much brand new material, she does ... http://chinaoutsourcing.blogsome.com/2008/06/27/considering-the-worlds-great-power-shift/