CIO Insight has published a short presentation describing the pros and cons of outsourcing to places other than India.

http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Outsourcing/9-Alternatives-to-Indian-Outsourcing-411423/

The channel insider magazine from Ziff Davis has published a short slideshow reporting some vertical market solution providers have felt their customers cutting back on IT spending:

• 19% construction market
• 25% manufacturing market
• 33% retail market
• 41% financial market

The slideshow can be viewed here.

The Application Partner Business Council held its annual member meeting on the day before Progress' AP Kickoff a month ago. Our membership has surged to twenty companies and they had lively discussions during the half-day meeting in Palm Beach. The following is a summary with links to details:

In Feburary, PSC laid off 100 employees worldwide. While only a very small number were related to application partners, the APBC board of directors met with Jerry Kelly and Derek Ross quickly to find answers to questions APs were asking.

APBC members can read the entire set of questions they asked and the answers from the VP of Worldwide Sales and the Regional Manager for US East in our online discussion forum. Click here to jump right to the article on the Feb 2009 layoffs.