Eye on Offshoring: Lessons From the Tsunami

Computerworld
While government and relief agencies around the world continue to funnel humanitarian aid to the victims of the Asian tsunami, multinational businesses are scrambling to assess their exposure to disasters of this sort, not just in terms of their own people and facilities around the world, but also to the suppliers of services they are ever more reliant upon. Businesses that have offshored services to India, China and other distant locations must understand the impact a natural disaster can have on their suppliers' facilities and infrastructures just as clearly as they understand their own vulnerabilities, and they must make plans to recover from any such disasters, wherever they may strike. more...