This week, I got an email from our anchor at the corporate blog team that read
Hi Mohan
You’ve not been writing on the MOIT blog, wanted to check with you if you plan to write or I should get the blog archived.
Thanks/Rahil
Reading the note, I realized how long it had been since I posted on this blog; I obviously had a decision to make: should I get this blog archived or should I get back to continually posting here?
I have been neck-deep in “this and that” and haven’t got the muse to resume blogging back on this forum.
Here is a cross-post from my recent entry on our EA blog based on the recently published Enterprise Architecture Survey which I helped conduct and author.
I will be back soon to continue my observations on Offshoring, Globalization and sourcing
Continue reading "My offshoring blog is also a recruiting tool?!" »
For those interested in contributing to research, here is an interesting invitation to participate in "Duke's 4th annual Offshoring Research Survey" Note from Jeff Russell, Managing Director of Offshoring Research Network:
We are requesting your assistance to help us to increase the number of participants in the 4th annual Offshoring Research Network (ORN) client-side survey co-sponsored by the Conference Board. There are currently 789 companies in the panel study and we would like to increase participation in 2007! Participants should be familiar with strategy for either a business unit or company wide and if currently offshoring, details of specific projects. The survey also collects data on companies that are considering or have decided not to offshore these activities. The survey will close January 15th.
To take the survey, register at the following link using the key “duke” and log in to the Offshoring Research Network (KEY: duke)
The survey can generally be completed in 15-20 minutes. As a benefit of participation, you will:
* Receive the complete analyses of survey results broken down by function (ITO, BPO, etc.), industry and country (U.S./Germany/U.K., etc.)
* Receive an invitation to attend the January debriefing at Duke to network, share lessons/best practices, and discuss future directions for research
* Share ideas in a secure offshoring forum
* Receive personalized benchmarking report (not yet available)
* Access to Duke researched case studiesORN has been collecting firm level data for four years specific to such functional areas such as IT, Customer Service, Business Processes, Engineering, R&D, and Product Design in lower cost countries. Last year the survey was extended to the European Union with five partner universities. The research focuses on key performance metrics, sources of value, risks, future plans, etc.
Further details on Offshoring Research Network homepage and Research FAQ
Personal note: I am not a member of ORN, though I may participate in the research/survey
Over the long labor-day weekend, I was reflecting on my avtar as a corporate blogger, given that it has been a little over a year since we launched this blog.
The idea for this blog was seeded by Vijay of our corporate marketing group who asked if I wanted to explore some topics based on my book on a platform that would be a blank canvas available to me. I jumped at the opportunity.
During the course of the year, I have posted on various aspects of sourcing, offshoring and technology management. A few of my blog posts generated several comments and exchanges while others probably ended up in the blogsphere vaccum. As I continue to post, I muse on the business of technology sourcing.
Continue reading "A year of blogging on Offshoring IT Services" »
Thus far I have been the primary author of this blog. To add new perspectives, I plan to collaborate and invite other authors to also add their inputs and perspectives.
It is a pleasure to have Professor San Murugesan from Southern Cross University, Australia join us in sharing his views on offshoring and globalization in this blog. His research areas include Information retrieval, Wireless Internet Technologies and Applications, Web Engineering, IT adoption, Globalization and Offshoring.
