June 15, 2006
Outsourcing breeds on trust
Trust between outsourcing partners is an absolute essential for any successful outsourcing contract. However, there have been recent reports in the media that have led to certain nagging doubts and suspicion regarding outsourcing deals with countries like China. Clearly, it is not a healthy trend to single out countries on the basis of security issues for data; all countries have faced this problem in the recent past, including India.
The outsourcing markets in countries like India and China continue to rise phenomenally, and the outsourcing phenomenon is on a crest in spite of doubts in the Western media regarding the safety of outsourced data. Leading companies such as IBM, HP, Microsoft, Siemens, Unisys, and Electronic Data Systems continue to pump resources into China, contributing to the spiraling of the outsourcing boom.
All this is in contrast to the signal sent by the U.S. government recently that China's leading manufacturer Lenavo is not entirely trustworthy:
The U.S. Department of State said it won't use Lenovo computers on a classified network because of ongoing concerns about the company's Chinese government ties.
Whether this statement will temporarily slow down the outsourced work from the U.S. to China remains to be seen. However, considering the state of the outsourcing market, it seems unlikely.
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