ADVISORY/How Can Companies Mitigate the Risks Inherent in Offshore Outsourcing?Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ADVISORY... for Monday Monday: see week. (Sept. 15) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Sapient sa·pi·ent adj. Having great wisdom and discernment. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapi Joins Offshore Solutions Panel Led by Gartner (Gartner, Inc., Stamford, CT, www.gartner.com) The largest information technology consulting firm that specializes in research and analysis. Founded in 1979 by Gideon Gartner, it has grown through acquisitions, including Dataquest in 1995 and Techrepublic in 2000. Analyst at Brainstorm's San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Nearshore near·shore n. The region of land extending from the backshore to the beginning of the offshore zone. near and Offshore Outsourcing Offshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the product or service will be sold or consumed. Conference
WHAT: -- What do companies need to know when considering offshore
outsourcing?
-- What risks are involved in global project sourcing and
what strategies can mitigate those risks?
Joe Murphy, vice president of Application Management Services
for IT services firm Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE), will join
moderator Ted Kempf, a Gartner analyst, and other leading
companies in a panel discussion exploring the benefits and
risks associated with global sourcing strategies at the
Brainstorm San Francisco Nearshore and Offshore Outsourcing
Conference.
The panel will identify best practices in leveraging offshore
outsourcing as a vehicle to reduce costs and maximize return
on investment. In addition, panelists will examine vendor
relationships and identify obstacles to success.
Murphy will tap into his 22 years of IT and outsourcing
experience to provide attendees with the critical information
companies need to consider before embarking on a global
sourcing strategy. In doing so, he will compare the types of
outsourcing projects that succeed with those that fail. He
will also contribute his thoughts on how to avoid some of the
most common, but frequently overlooked pitfalls. Finally, he
will share his perspective on where the outsourcing industry
is headed and what companies and IT managers must do to
prepare for the changes ahead.
Additional panel participants include executives from the
following companies:
-- Syntel
-- Cognizant
-- BirlaSoft
-- Mindtree
WHEN: September 15-16, 2003
Offshore Solutions Panel: September 15, 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: Hyatt Regency Burlingame
1333 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA
CONTACT FOR
INTERVIEW Carrie Kalish
AND PHOTO: 212-537-8024
ckalish@gcigroup.com
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