US executives offer Philippines outsourcing advice

09.05.2006

The ITAA official presented an overview of offshore outsourcing in the U.S., with companies forecasted to spend nearly US$ 6.2 billion on offshoring by 2008.

Childs said U.S. tech companies continue to focus heavily on India and China when it comes to offshore software work.

She said, however, that the Philippines has an advantage when it comes to 'proximity to client base,' referring to the close affinity of the country to the U.S. in terms of culture and English-language fluency.