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Flexibility, not Quality
The trouble with outsourcing is that you lose agility in your business. If your data is in-house, you can have smart staff quickly modify or create a new application that solves an urgent problem. With outsourced data, you have to negotiate the work, write tight requirements, have little oversight of what is happening, and you might not get what you wanted.

I suspect this is one reason why we get massive data leaks from the UK government. When someone wants so new information from the data, it is quicker to dump the whole lot into an unsecure program on a laptop and do it there, than it is to have the outsourcer agree and implement a new application at extra expense. The same problem occurs if you let IBM or one of the big consulting firms to all your data design.

Some people feel that running an IT department isn't part of their core business. That is like saying that their customr and marketing data isn't part of the core business. There is a role for outsourcing, e.g. using hosted servers in someone else's secure datacentre, but you are giving up a lot of flexibility if you limit your company to what an outsourcer offers.

Yes, you can save money that way. You can also save money by turning off the heating. All savings are good, yes?
Posted by: A.Sinic   Posted on: 11/07/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  Loverock Davidson | 09/30/08
Really?  IT_User | 09/30/08
Really!  Loverock Davidson | 09/30/08
No  IT_User | 09/30/08
Yes  Narg | 10/01/08
Flexibility, not Quality  A.Sinic | 11/07/08
You might at least get the facts straight...  dinosaur_z | 11/06/08
Long overdue  ddmattison | 09/30/08
Thank God the economy is "collapsing"  fr0thy2 | 09/30/08
Gulags to come?  Mark Miller | 10/02/08
Fascism  A.Sinic | 11/07/08
not the same thing  dinosaur_z | 11/06/08
Re: not the same thing  Gradius2 | 11/08/08
Outsourcing a sign of commoditization  Mark Miller | 10/02/08
Bingo  Suicida| | 10/03/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  vijay_1976 | 09/30/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  3D0G | 09/30/08
Ran them all out of our shop  Chad_z | 09/30/08
Good job!  3D0G | 09/30/08
LOL so true.  Been_Done_Before | 09/30/08
Wrongo  Narg | 10/01/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  tburzio | 09/30/08
That word is  d4rkaine | 10/02/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  prs2106@... | 09/30/08
Value??  elcaminoguy | 09/30/08
Because I work for an outsourcing company...  vijay_1976 | 09/30/08
The sad thing is  3D0G | 10/01/08
As a consumer  morme | 10/01/08
As a consumer  morme | 10/01/08
Value???  Hans Schmidt | 10/01/08
Agreed.  jdickey | 10/03/08
Outsource To Pennsylvania  rsrobbins | 10/03/08
I believe it  ron@... | 11/06/08
Pennsylvania Fact  mietz | 11/06/08
I have a better Idea  AsadM | 11/07/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  Amonra | 11/06/08
Get it right...  A.Sinic | 11/07/08
Let it bust wide open  ron@... | 10/01/08
great idea, but consumers drive  tbuccelli | 11/06/08
True... but  ron@... | 11/06/08
It's called "dumbing down of america"  dinosaur_z | 11/06/08
Part of the reason for the "dumbing down"  Flying Pig | 11/07/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  vijay_1976 | 10/01/08
Nice,  Narg | 10/01/08
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RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  vijay_1976 | 10/01/08
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RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  ticthak@... | 10/01/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  abhishek.bishayee@... | 10/02/08
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RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  mysql | 10/02/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  count trouble | 10/02/08
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RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  jasonwheeler | 10/02/08
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RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  epjohnso415 | 10/02/08
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RE.: Outsourcing in the Philippines  kedens | 11/06/08
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RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  mkill | 10/06/08
The real question  mkill | 10/06/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  dr gadkari | 10/06/08
I am not sure if this makes sense.  walterbyrd@... | 10/08/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  DarekD | 11/06/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  mfieseler@... | 11/06/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  phason | 11/06/08
Engrish  trm1945 | 11/06/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  jmhalloy_z | 11/07/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  longford4@... | 11/07/08
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RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  JithendraG | 11/07/08
RE: India's outsourcing bubble is bursting  wolfrider62 | 11/07/08
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My outsourcing story  ron@... | 11/07/08
Re: My outsourcing story  Gradius2 | 11/08/08
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