Assessing The Offshore Alternative Geographies For IT Services
Air Date: Monday, November 03, 2008
Cost: $250
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Presented By:
John C. McCarthy
Vice President, Principal Analyst
Forrester Research, Inc.
Who should attend: Sourcing & Vendor Management professionals
Description:
A combination of factors is aligning to force more organizations to look at low-cost alternatives to India as sources of IT talent. The more mature offshore clients are looking to hedge their geopolitical bets and start considering an "India plus one" strategy. In parallel, new customers to the market are looking to see if they can avoid the rising salaries and attrition of India by selecting an up-and-coming geography such as China, Vietnam, or Russia. Firms are also investigating nearshore locations such as Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina as options that have closer time zones are less travel intensive.
This session will look at the top 10 alternatives to India: Argentina, Brazil, China, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, and Vietnam. It will not only look at the geopolitical and macroeconomic issues but also the different local and foreign IT services providers in each market because at the end of the day, firms are hiring a supplier, not a country, to do the work. The presentation will assess each geography on six key geopolitical issues and six supplier dynamics.
Agenda:
- Overall global delivery location dynamics
- Criteria for choosing an alternative location to India
- Assessing the top eight alternatives
Vendors mentioned: Accenture, Augemntum, Cap Gemini, CPM Braxis, CSC, EDS, Exigen, Globant, IBM, Infosys, Luxsoft, Neoris, Nuesoft, Politec, Softtek, TCS, and Wipro.
Related Research:
The State Of Development Of The IT Services Global Delivery Model
by John C. McCarthy, November 07, 2007
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