Couple of recent deals announced, one I mentioned earlier by Nokia Siemens and another by Rockwell Collins to open an outsourced offshore design center illustrate the growth in R&D outsourcing. The current (June 2007) issues of R&D Magazine has a cover story (R&D Outsourcing Becomes More Strategic) that describes the result of a May 2007 [...]
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 [...]