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IT managers have canceled outright fewer client computing projects during the recession than expected, preferring instead to postpone or scale them back, according to a Gartner Inc. survey of 475 IT administrators at large companies. Read more...

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Five Clues a Project Is Headed for Trouble
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Guide to a Perfect Offshoring Outsourcing Vendor Deal: The 'Do' List
Beleaguered companies are seeking new targets to reduce costs, everything from legal and HR services to business processes and R&D are headed the way of the contact center-overseas. "Many C-level executives are in deal fever mode," says Dane Anderson, vice president of IT Services and Sourcing Technology & Service Provider Research at Gartner. "They feel they have to do something so it's Ready-Fire-Aim all the way."

Will Recession Cause a Bangalore Backlash?
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Tips for Outsourcing Incentives and Penalties that Work
Reward good behavior and punish poor performance. Sounds like a commonsense approach to achieving results. And if that tactic works in the chaos of the kindergarten classroom, it seemingly couldn't hurt in achieving desired outcomes when outsourcing.

Get ready, get set, go! Getting to the project finish line
An hour of preparation before diving into any project lets you see the deliverables clearly and reach the finish without stumbling.

Is Outsourcing Cost-Effective?
For years now, companies have rushed to find cheap labor and increased profits in foreign lands. The move was a play to make bottom-lines blacker, company coffers deeper and corporations safer. The thinking was that global corporations would be more secure and more profitable if their operations were spread amongst many economies rather than anchored to one. But given the domino failures in economies worldwide, has offshore outsourcing helped or harmed enterprises in the final count?

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