Eastern Europe to challenge Asia in outsourcing

[Renew Deal]

Global offshoring of IT services, manufacturing, and other business functions will continue to grow over the next three years, with countries in Eastern Europe taking on India and China as leading destinations, according to a recent report.

http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=BA7450:1F5CC8F

[TO Kid]

1. I'm surprised it hasn't happened berfore

In the early 1990s I worked with several Bulgarian programmers in Toronto. They were a very talented bunch, accustomed to creating very efficient code for systems with slower CPUs, less memory and less storage than we were accustomed to.

[idlisambar]

2. A somewhat related item

There was a story a while back about Eastern European fashion models traveling to India to take jobs for much less than the going rate. Some Indian models were not happy about the new competition.

On edit, here is a story on it...

Some Indian models voiced their concerns at the IFW. "Using foreigners in ads just for the heck of it adds to the misery of upcoming models," said Rajat Raina. Another top model, Meher Bhasin, who runs a grooming school for upcoming models, said, "Foreigners are fair and that's what makes them become hot property."

Some Indian models complain that several impoverished Eastern European girls too are doing the rounds, charging little, thus undercutting the income of regular professional models. "Most of the foreigners are not serious about making a career here, but they land plum jobs," said Upen Patel, who modeled for Raymond until he was replaced by Blair.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FH06Df04.html