Archive for February, 2010

BCBS keeps IT jobs local

inshoreblog on Feb 19th 2010

Interesting article in the Healthcare News about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan deciding to keep IT jobs local by investing in an Inshore IT delivery center. More and more companies are beginning to look around in their backyard and realizing that the US is after all still a very strong destination for global sourcing, [...]

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USCIS directive “clarifying” employer-employee relationship in H-1B adjudication

inshoreblog on Feb 12th 2010

On January 09, 2010 the USCIS issued a directive clarifying the meaning of employer-employee relationship in the adjudication of H-1B visa requests. Effectively kills the H-1 staffing business.

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Computerworld captures essence of Inshore value

inshoreblog on Feb 10th 2010

Patrick Thibodeau’s article on Systems In Motion captures the essence of the Inshore operating model very well. Must read article available here. Couple of points stand out. SIM is the latest IT firm boasting a domestic business model designed to compete with offshore providers. SIM, though, has a different approach than the oft-used strategy of [...]

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Economic Times writes semi-factual article on System In Motion

inshoreblog on Feb 7th 2010

Systems In Motion got great coverage in the Feb 8th Economic Times, but there were also a number of factual errors. Without delving into some of the opinions presented, and with all due respect and thanks to Pankaj for the coverage, we’d like to clarify a few factual points from the article.

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