Uncovering the Issues of Philippine Outsourcing Industry……

Outsourcing has been regarded as one of the flourishing industries in the Philippines. It provides opportunities to thousand of Filipinos, especially to fresh college graduates, and has contributed to the growth of the country’s economy. The outsourcing industry shows a considerable amount of good performance to make it possibly as one of the nation’s leading industries at some point. However, such possibility might remain as such if the industry can’t overcome the present issues that are thrown against it. So what are these issues?

From a solid rock combination of political and economic perspective, outsourcing has been viewed as an exemplification of how developed nations exploit the resources of the developing ones. Most offshore companies engage in outsourcing in order to cut costs. If they outsource their operations and activities, they actually save costs because of the despicable labor wage in developing countries. Along this line, who are at the disadvantaged position? Of course, there is no need to explicitly stating the answer because it is obvious. But the thing is, the workers will not demand anything because at their present condition, they just need an employment with a salary that compromise to national standards. But if you critically think about it, Filipino outsourcing workers deserve a better working condition which is being kept in the subsurface as of the moment.

Another issue that confronts the industry is that the country is often viewed as politically unstable. The expansion of outsourcing downward south might be uneasy as there are negative advisories to this area. While it is true that only isolated areas have unstable political climate. Still, this won’t convince the foreign investors to establish business in those areas in an outright manner.

Much has been said about the issues that plagued the Philippine Outsourcing Industry in an article that is brief as this. Though there are still so many to point out, still, those are enough for one to think whether the industry is confident enough to face these challenges or not. Whatever the outcome or possible development, that is something for everyone to speculate as for the mean time.

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A Fundamental Connection between Business and IT

Business has always been a dynamic field in the global community. From time to time, its character changes whenever there are advances in other fields especially in information and communication technology. If one would trace back over the years or perhaps even from the first moment humans transact business with each other, business and the means of communication and information seems to have this fundamental connection that will never be severed regardless of time, place, and the people engaging in it. The varied IT tools and the means of communication directly affects the quality and quantity of business deals. Hence, it affects the outcomes of these transactions and held a significant role in the overall conduct of business.

The present means of doing business is a case in point. As information technology gets immensely sophisticated, business seems to have been revolutionized virtually in all of its aspects. From the managing of a company’s administration up to the assessment of its performance, the advances in IT have always been making these things more efficient, effective, and surprisingly wonderful. For instance, outsourcing in web development and graphics design becomes a trend and even done off-shored. These would not be possible if not for the enhancement and sophistication of varied IT tools in data management, communication means, software development, among others.

The advances in business are not made realize without the help of information technology. The enhanced ways and means in doing business are quite unimaginable in the earlier decades where IT is still at the tips of where it is now. The quality of information and communication technology determines the quality of business transactions. For this reason, the idea that IT and business are fundamentally interlinked with each other is real. And this idea will resonate throughout the marching of time and will always be that way until a presently unthinkable circumstance will disprove this claim.

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The Brilliance of Outsourcing ( insights on Web Development services)

When the Internet started to become a popular means of easily acquiring information, firms started to realize that something could be made out of that. And it is the opportunity to enhance their sales, performance, and in effect increase their profit. They were right. Over the years, the Internet has kept its promise. It boosts the overall performance of business firms in a way that is unprecedented and exceptional. It is undeniable that the Internet is a revolutionary tool which makes human life better and sophisticated. And for businesses, moving towards this advancement would mean needing the help of web developers and programmers to make their presence felt in the World Wide Web.

Web development refers to any activities relating to web sites and the Internet. This aims to create a virtual space, which enable companies to advertise their products and services to consumers around the globe. As more and more businesses realize the importance of having an online presence, the demand for web development has grown immensely. Many web development companies have sprouted as the demand increased. They even continually update their services by including web support agents, interactive graphic designs, enhanced web programming, search engine optimization, among other advances to better suit their client’s need.

One of the amazing advances of web development is that it is now done through outsourcing. Outsourcing web development is one of the most engaged businesses nowadays. With U.S. as one of the leading country who engages in outsourcing, it is undeniable that the industry has gained enough momentum for its continued growth. Developing countries, which are the outsourcing destinations like Philippines, have also benefited from this recent phenomenon. Though there are criticisms that through outsourcing, developed nations have taken advantage of the despicable labor wage in developing nations, the thought that it provides employment opportunities weighs more and makes everyone lauds the industry so much.

With outsourcing web development, the skills and talents of those from the developing nations are incorporated to the dynamics of the global community. Hence, this would be an added value for those people who might be unemployed if not for these advances and whose potentialities were, in the past, unrecognized. All in all, the current conditions brought by the revolutions in information technology provided an array of opportunities for businessmen and ordinary people alike. For this reason, the continued growth and influence of the IT industry will be sustained until such time a new advancement will rise up.

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a bit of history….

Being new to the IT world, I always find myself confused with the terms and processes that are present in such field. Though my task is more on blogging, still, it is inevitable for me to be familiar and understand, as deep as I can, to the nature and the core concepts that are fundamental to the IT industry. It leads me to question what’s the reason for the establishment of the said Industry? Who’s responsible for it? And how does it affect the global social and commercial landscape?

With a bit of a research, I came to find the following answers to satisfy my own inquiry and might as well yours. I won’t promise that these answers will absolutely clear all the doubts about the origin of the IT world, rather I just opt to give the readers some hint and key ideas that will be informative to a questioning mind.

The development of the IT Industry is almost exactly synonymous with the development and popularity of the internet or the information superhighway. It was not until 1983 that internet came into being and became subject to regulation in the early 90s. The campaign for investing on the internet was not easy. As one of its proponents in the US, AL Gore actually experience difficulties in convincing the people in general or the business sector to believe on the possibilities and opportunities that an information superhighway can give. It started way back in the 70s, but conservative politicians are being skeptical to the usefulness of the internet. After lots of campaigns and heated debates against the skeptics, the Gore Bill was approved in the U.S. legislation and legitimizes the said system that is now getting popular throughout the world.

With the rise of the internet, all sorts of human affairs rises up to a higher level; a level that is more efficient, effective, and impressive. Social networking sites grow very popular as the years gone by, even commerce via the net seems unstoppable to anticipate. Hence, the way humans deal with each other in all fields seems revolutionized most especially in doing business. The IT industry offers a lot of things in improving the sales and performance of companies. IT outsourcing, search engine optimization, name it and they have it all. All for the cause of improving the access of clients to products and services and as well presenting the things that a company can offer. Isn’t this wonderful? This ideas and concepts may be unknown decades ago, but they now holds importance in this world where complexity and sophistication is the name of the game. And the IT industry can help someone with that.

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