New Report Says Off-shore Outsourcing is Mostly a Myth

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From: asj (asj_at_blueboard.com)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: 11 Jun 2004 10:11:08 -0700

The furor over the offshore outsourcing phenomenon is exaggerated, and
key IT jobs are staying in the United States, according to a new
report on IT staffing and compensation by Meta Group.

"Experience," she said, "that's what continues to sell." She added
that Internet-related specialists are in short supply, particularly
for those with expertise in application development, Java-application
management, and networking. However, demand for E-commerce skills
dropped slightly in this year's survey--15% versus 22% last year, and
25% in 2002.

Skills in high demand in IT enterprises that normally aren't
outsourced are for specialists in building out IT infrastructure,
including for database-management systems and Web infrastructure.
Other categories in demand include customer-relationship management
and enterprise resource planning.

"Application-development skills also continue to be highly sought
after, as are Oracle and Java application-management and networking
experience," Schafer said. "The consistency with which these skill
sets are mentioned is a strong indicator that not enough is being done
to develop these capabilities."

Not surprisingly, pay has increased for the most in-demand positions.

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