Global CIO: New Tech Firm Hiring Hundreds In U.S. To Take On The World -- InformationWeek

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Global CIO: New Tech Firm Hiring Hundreds In U.S. To Take On The World

Two offshore-services execs and a prominent American CIO plan to open IT-services centers across the U.S. as low-risk and and price-competitive alternatives to offshore providers.

By Bob Evans

InformationWeek

Can a U.S.-based IT-services firm staffed with hundreds of American employees working in this country compete on a global scale with offshore providers, global-services firms, and boutique consultancies? A startup founded by two offshore-services executives and a prominent American CIO are betting millions of dollars that their company can do exactly that with a new approach called "inshoring."

Called Systems In Motion, the company's plan is to create a handful of U.S.-based centers offering world-class IT services at competitive prices and with less risk, fewer regulatory obstacles, and a level of flexibility and nimbleness that today's high-change global business environment requires.

The startup company expects to get up to speed quickly by utilizing leading-edge technologies and infrastrucuture such as Salesforce.com's Force.com, Amazon's Web Services, and Zephyr Cloud Platform to keep costs low and project cycles short, and to position itself on the front edge of transformative approaches that many enterprises are just beginning to fully comprehend.

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