Weighing the Benefits of Offshore Outsourcing

Offshore outsourcing can lower some costs, but it comes with additional expenses like vendor selection and the cost to transition work to outsourcing providers. While application development is sent offshore more frequently than other IT activities today, business process and help desk/support are areas where offshore outsourcing will grow dramatically in the coming 12 months.

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