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1. Global Offshore Outsourcing and Offshoring of IT Labor MarketsOffshore Outsourcing – Looking Beyond India “India is considered a popular place to find offshore IT labor, however it is not the only place and it certainly may not be the cheapest.” IT Group

2. Industry Trends • Although the U.S. and Japan are the largest users of low-cost foreign IT labor, all high-cost developed economies are experiencing a growth in the number of IT jobs sent to offshore subsidiaries and IT outsourcers • Poland, one of the newest EU countries, is experiencing the fastest IT job acquisition rate of all low-cost countries, which include Brazil, Mexico, Romania, Poland, Russia, India, Malaysia, and China • Malaysia and Mexico are the only low-cost nations that have experienced negative IT job acquisition rates over the 2002-2004 period • The U.K. market has the slowest IT job export growth rate of all the high-cost regions, however, there is a clear movement of IT jobs from offshore subsidiaries to offshore outsourcing contractors for British companies

4. Key Features • Frost & Sullivan Provides: • Hard numbers tracking the flow of white collar IT jobs from six high cost regions (the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong) to eight lower-cost regions (Mexico, Brazil, Romania, Poland, Russia, India, Malaysia, and China.) • Drivers, restraints, challenges, and strategic recommendations that provide insight into the global IT offshoring and offshore outsourcing trend • Discussion and analysis of government incentive programs used to attract IT jobs from high-cost regions of the world • Detailed quantitative analysis of IT job flows that have been broken up into 30 figures and 73 charts, hard quantitative figures that were previously unavailable from any source, according to the Wall St. Journal (April 12th, 2004)

5. What We Offer • Detailed examination of the global IT offshoring and IT offshore outsourcing trend: • Total number of IT jobs lost from high-cost regions • Nation –by-nation analysis revealing where the IT jobs go • Analysis of key selling points each lower-cost country uses to attract IT jobs • The only study available that is based entirely upon primary research that included over 600 surveys and 54 interviews with top industry executives and government officials • Discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of sending IT jobs abroad • Analysis of why governments cannot legislate limits to IT job exportation • Recommendations on how to make high-cost countries more competitive

6. Who Will Benefit? Companies Sending IT Jobs Abroad • Find out about the best places to find skilled IT professionals and the government incentives that can be taken advantage of • Assess if IT offshoring or offshore outsourcing is better • Determine which low-cost market can best meet your needs Companies Considering IT Offshoring and IT Offshore Outsourcing • Discover why sending IT jobs abroad is not suitable for everyone • Learn about common pitfalls before you send IT jobs overseas • Gain insights on which low-cost region is best for you Governments • Understand why your nation continues to lose IT jobs • Develop strategies to counter the white collar job loss • Learn why legislating limits will harm your economy further

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