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• Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors

  By Logan Kugler | 22 May, 2012 20:08

  Even for organizations with a stellar full-time IT staff, situations often arise where temporary outside help is needed. A big Web project might demand a few extra programmers to meet a tough deadline, for example, or a rollout of tools to support a sales force bent on capturing a broader market may require expertise not available in-house.

• Outsourcing Allows Utility to Refocus IT

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 21 May, 2012 23:44

  Consumers Energy has hired an outsourcer to take over some of its day-to-day IT operations, and it hopes the move will allow its own data center workers to focus on projects that directly impact its bottom line.

• Utility hires outsourcer -- but keeps IT staff

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 14 May, 2012 23:02

  Consumers Energy, a large utility in Michigan, has hired an offshore outsourcing firm to take over some of its IT operations. But instead of cutting its internal IT employees, it is retraining them for new types of work.

• EBay setting up a second development center in India

  By John Ribeiro | 08 May, 2012 23:29

  EBay is hiring for a development center it is setting up in Bangalore, its second in the country.

• Lofgren says 'toxic environment' stalls visa reform

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 27 April, 2012 07:20

  WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) isn't giving up on a bill to give green cards to college graduates with advanced degrees in technical fields, but she has been unable to find any Republican backing for it.

• Wipro's IT revenue growth slows in an uncertain market

  By John Ribeiro | 25 April, 2012 21:12

  Wipro, one of India's top outsourcers, reported slow revenue growth in U.S. dollar terms for the quarter ended March 31, and issued muted guidance for the next quarter, reflecting an uncertain outsourcing market.

• Tata forecasts a strong market for its services

  By John Ribeiro | 24 April, 2012 02:29

  India's largest outsourcer, Tata Consultancy Services, posted high revenue and profit growth in U.S. dollar terms for the quarter ended March 31, and said the market for its services continues to be strong.

• The next stop in outsourcing: Accountability

  By David Kruzner, senior vice president, iGATE Patni | 17 April, 2012 01:26

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• Infosys sees revenue grow more slowly than hoped

  By John Ribeiro | 13 April, 2012 20:15

  Infosys' revenue in its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended March 31 fell short of guidance, as global markets for its services are recovering very slowly, the company said Friday.

• Indian IT firms are heading for a fall

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 07 April, 2012 01:16

  India's IT firms understand software, but not America.

• IEEE says L-1 visa not intended for outsourcers

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 04 April, 2012 09:54

  WASHINGTON - The U.S. this week began accepting applications for H-1B visas for the next fiscal year, but that's not the big news it was in previous years.

• India's IT firms hire U.S. workers as they fight for visas

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 28 March, 2012 08:33

  India's IT firms have been lobbying U.S. officials to improve access to work visas by telling them, in part, that they are hiring more American workers.

• Indian, U.S. firms urge Obama action on visas

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 24 March, 2012 07:19

  WASHINGTON - Some of the largest IT companies in India and the U.S. are complaining to President Obama that it has become increasingly difficult to get work visas for their employees -- and they want him to take action.

• Helpdesk outsourcing quagmire at heart of whistleblower lawsuit

  By Ellen Messmer | 23 March, 2012 06:46

  The city of San Diego gets computer helpdesk support via a contract for outsourced services with Gardena, Calif.-based En Pointe Technologies, but a former employee claims En Pointe secretly contracted outsourcing work offshore to India and Pakistan, putting the city's public safety at risk.

• Indian outsourcers highlight US job creation

  By John Ribeiro | 23 March, 2012 02:01

  Indian outsourcers employed 107,000 staff in the U.S. in the Indian fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, in addition to providing indirect employment to 175,000 people, according to a study to be released in the U.S. by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) on Wednesday.