Some tech companies rethink their outsourcing strategies

The global economic crisis, as well as pressure from the Obama administration to keep jobs at home, may be causing some tech executives to rethink their outsourcing strategies.

A new survey of chief financial officers suggests these perilous times are causing some to consider outsourcing operations to other regions of the United States rather than overseas. While there is no evidence of a major shift in outsourcing — and while some experts think the bad economy will actually accelerate the movement of U.S. jobs to developing countries — the recession clearly has caused corporations to reassess their global strategies.

By John Boudreau

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