Small Town America Is Offshore Alternative for Some Companies

October 29, 2007

It remains to be seen how Indian outsourcing firms will deal with a convergence of market forces that experts say could make the country a less popular offshore destination. But folks appear to be keen to explore alternatives. (China, Romania, Mexico and Poland were among the candidates mentioned in comments to my previous post on India.)

Add to that list Corsicana, Texas, and Helena, Mont., two cities where Northrop Grumman is recruiting IT specialists and software engineers, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Ann All

Full Story: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/sts/?p=238

(Many thanks to Mike Sheard of iConnect Montana http://www.iconnectmontana.com/ for passing this along. Russ)

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