[BBLISA] Outsourcing or in-house IT?

[Bill Bogstad]

On 10/19/05, Scott Ehrlich <scott at ehrlichtronics.com> wrote:
> I've been part of the outsourced IT world for the past year or so.   I
> have found contracting a unique experience.
>
> My current contract _may_ be ending around summer 2006, thus I am
> contemplating what to do next, where, and when.
>
> I opted to visit finance.yahoo.com tonight to check on one popular agency,
> and found a WSJ pay-for title called "Computer Outsourcing Deals Fall".  I
> do not have a subscription, so I could not read the article, but I still
> found the title fascinating.

I don't know what that article says, but I did see another article elsewhere
recently that claimed the same thing (probably based on the same
numbers from Gartner or someone like that).   The title was someone
inaccurate though.
The article itself said that domestic outsourcing contracts to US firms
were decreasing in number.  It suggested that this was because end users
where contracting directly with overseas firms instead rather then
someone domestic.  If true, this isn't a good thing overall for domestic
IT support personnel.   If deciding between looking for domestic inhouse
vs. contract firm work; I might interpret this as a nudge towards inhouse.
If an organization has decided that it wants something inhouse then maybe
it will be stable.  If it's already decided to oursource what's to stop it from
going offshore.  Of course, that is all IMHO, your mileage may vary, depends
on the job requirements, etc.

As for the what's going on locally, I have no idea.  :-(

Good Luck,
Bill Bogstad