Australia: Looking for alternative locations, skills
For some Australian outsourcers, India is not the only choice.
Because legal hurdles and cultural differences, some companies from Down
Under are now looking out for alternative destinations like Vietnam,
Myanmar and the Philippines, according to a report by Ambition Technology
Market Trends and Reports.
According to the report, one in six Australian organizations have
undertaken offshoring projects. But at the same time, it noted that a
number of companies were dissatisfied with some of the projects like
software development and are, therefore, taking it back and doing it
in-house.
But that doesn't mean Australia is outsourcing less. On the other hand,
the report predicted strong demand for other IT functions like maintaining
customer relationship management [CRM] solutions, which have replaced the
trend towards enterprise resource planning [ERP} software.
It was also reported that Australian companies pay a premium for critical
IT skills, particularly senior architects, network architects, wireless,
security, data management and business intelligence.
