APPENDIX BOffshore, Near-shore, and Remote Development

Are Managed Services Right for You? The Question of Outsourcing

Many business strategists today tell their leadership it is essential that organizations concentrate on core competencies—they believe that any skill not directly attributable to the core of the business should be shunted to other organizations that have that specific core competency as a primary part of their value-added delivery. In essence, they believe that any skill (HR, IT, financial, and so on) that doesn’t directly contribute to the company’s bottom line is extraneous and subject to consolidation and outsourcing or what is commonly referred to as managed services. The goals are to

Focus on what the business knows

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