Friday, April 9th, 2004

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Event

3:02p

Offshore battle or battle off shore? Sen. John Kerry, the likely Democratic nominee, announced he would require companies to provide employees three months' notice in the case of jobs being shifted abroad, among other measures. Business search engine: ---> IBM to buy India's No. 3 outsourcing company Technology Trends Forum: Software Offshoring Tues., April 13, 8:00 - 11:00 AM Silicon Valley Bank, Newton, MA ( Software Offshoring is one of the most critical, controversial, and strategic issues facing Massachusetts software companies today... On the plus side, the financial arguments for offshoring are compelling. The sector is hot; myriads of system integrators and consultancies claim successes and huge cost savings. Investors and CEOs are pushing technology organizations hard to adopt offshore development strategies. Yet the downsides of offshoring are equally clear. The loss of IT jobs to foreign companies has become a major political issue... ) (Comment on this)

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