I recently came across two interesting posts by CEOs of startups who have tried offshoring and decided to bring the work onshore. The two used different models and had good things to say about their experiences but in the end realized that the work is better done onshore than continue offshore.
The first one by [...]
Offshore outsourcing is prevalent in Telecom & Networking industry with equipment makers such as Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent and Nortel heavily outsourcing hardware and software design, development and manufacturing to remain competitive in a tough market that went through a protracted downturn. Now that the industry is showing a revival, it is a segment to watch in [...]
Came across couple of recent articles on offshore successes.
The first a product engineering outsourcing case by Jeff Angus describes how eProject, a Seattle based SaaS provider of project management systems has had unabashed success partnering with an outsourcing firm located in the Ukraine and in Redmond, Wash.
“We went out and got references for offshoring partners. [...]