The Dangerous Prejudice Against Outsourcing

摘要

Explain this one to me: When great IT companies develop new products and services that offer significant value to CIOs, we call it innovation. But when CIOs employ outsourcing to remain competitive and create new customer value, the outrage industry calls it anti-American and screeches about the loss of "our jobs." This ugly and ill-informed nonsense has been going on for 10 years, which is about 10 years too many. Because if American businesses begin to yield even a single inch to the anti-outsourcing caterwaulers, then don't be surprised to see them go. after these equally legitimate business tools next: Cisco and others propose to unify IP and storage networks, helping CIOs cut data center and other operating costs up to 35%. Surely some of that savings would come from reduced head count owing to more automation and built- in intelligence. But wait-what about the loss of "our jobs" from such an approach?