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Outsourcing? Offshore? Students Need to Know

Outsourcing? Offshore? Students Need to Know. Dr. Antonio M. Lopez, Jr. Department of Computer Sciences and Computer Engineering Xavier University of Louisiana One Drexel Drive, Campus Box 50 New Orleans, LA 70125 Voice: 504.520.5248 Fax: 504.520.7908 Email: tlopez@xula.edu

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Outsourcing? Offshore? Students Need to Know

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  1. Outsourcing? Offshore? Students Need to Know Dr. Antonio M. Lopez, Jr. Department of Computer Sciences and Computer Engineering Xavier University of Louisiana One Drexel Drive, Campus Box 50 New Orleans, LA 70125 Voice: 504.520.5248 Fax: 504.520.7908 Email: tlopez@xula.edu WebPages: www.xula.edu/~tlopez

  2. Media Hype High-End Technology Work Not Immune to Outsourcing -- New York Times, June 16, 2004 If the heart and soul of computing is programming and it is being auctioned off to the lowest bidder offshore, what is the future for me?

  3. Computing disciplines:What’s in a name? Computer Science Computer Engineering Software Engineering Information Systems Information Sciences Information Technology Computer Information Systems Computer Information Sciences Management Information Systems

  4. Outsourcing and Offshore Outsourcing means that an organization has contracted with an outside service provider for the performance of some specific function. IT outsourcing is outsourcing where the contracting is for various information systems functions such as managing of data centers, help desk, hardware support, software maintenance, network maintenance, etc. IT outsourcing offshore is IT outsourcing that employs non-U.S. citizens on non-U.S. soil.

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  12. But then again …

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