Offshore threat

All - Recently several shared their experiences with offshore development. This month's CIO magazine is devoted to issues surrounding offshore.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

1. The Politics: Backlash As a growing number of IT jobs move overseas, some CIOs and economists prophesy a political storm against offshore outsourcing and a negative perception of those companies that practice it. http://www.cio.com/archive/090103/backlash.html
   • Don't miss the story's sidebar, "The Visa War," about the controversial policies surrounding L-1 and H-1B visas. http://www.cio.com/archive/090103/backlash_sidebar_1.html
2. The People: The Radicalization of Mike Emmons How one laid-off IT worker became a guerrilla campaigner against offshore outsourcing. "They can't just give away all these jobs and expect the country to survive," he says. http://www.cio.com/archive/090103/people.html
   • Another programmer who lost his job to an Indian outsourcer is willing to relocate in India. But Indian officials have told him they don't hire Americans. Read about another politicized IT worker in "No Americans Need Apply." http://www.cio.com/archive/090103/people_sidebar_1.html

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