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To: Amy J who wrote (67656)	4/19/2005 11:48:12 AM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Amy, RE: offshoring Perhaps people aren't blindly following the offshoring trend after all. On the front page of today's Financial Times, "Companies question outsource benefits". Here's the quick summary: "Many large companies that outsourced information technology and other services are bringing operations back in-house after failing to achieve expected savings, according to a survey. Almost three-quarters of companies questioned experienced significant problems with outsourcing projects and a quarter had brought functions back in-house, the study by Deloitte Consulting found. " For those of you that have an FT subscription, here's the link: news.ft.com This just reinforces my opinion that coporations won't just blindly follow a trend that doesn't work if it is a bad trend. The fact that Silicon Valley VCs are pushing this particular trend in spite of its ill-advise is mostly indicative of how far behind the times Silicon Valley VCs are.