The Venice Group published a free survey that presents the opinions of executives from the Fortune 1000.
The results from this survey present an interesting picture of the current state of IT outsourcing with some interesting implications, such as the following
- over half of respondents were unlikely to select India for outsourcing
- common objections to outsourcing are a lack of communication or understanding related to cultural or geographic differences
- yet the majority of respondents also disagree that they must outsource in order to remain competitive
- an overwhelming majority of respondents found it important that their offshore outsourcing partner be in relatively the same time zone as they are
Source: Venice Consulting Group