Comments for The Peningo Opinion Blog http://blog.peningo.com As Americans, the time has come to reclaim our IT Industry. We must Outsource the Outsourcers!!! Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Peningo Systems Selected to Provide WebSphere Commerce Development and Support Consulting Services by Dana http://blog.peningo.com/2007/07/22/peningo-systems-selected-to-provide-websphere-commerce-development-and-support-consulting-services/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Dana Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:34:11 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/07/22/peningo-systems-selected-to-provide-websphere-commerce-development-and-support-consulting-services/#comment-916 This is great info to know. This is great info to know.

]]> Comment on A New Strategy For End Clients looking to hire IT Consultants by Cary King http://blog.peningo.com/2007/10/01/a-new-strategy-for-end-clients-looking-to-hire-it-consultants/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Cary King Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:02:56 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/10/01/a-new-strategy-for-end-clients-looking-to-hire-it-consultants/#comment-100 Your comments about the "Prestigious Ones" amuses me. I was the person responsible for developing the details of the Peregrine Maturity Model solutions used by the vendor and partners alike. They were designed as a marketing and sales tool to give the customers something tangible to understand the cost and scope of basic implementations. If they're now being used as actual implementation models by the client or vendors or partners, then that may be part of the problem. A dirty secret of implementations is that considerably more than 50% of IT Service and Asset Management implementations (HP/Peregrine/CA/Remedy) fail to achieve their business objectives. It turns out that the most often reported cause of failure is caused by human change issues. ITAM and ITSM are three quarters people and process and one quarter technology. Like most system development failures, the issues are in the architecture and design phases, not the actual coding phase. Your comments about the “Prestigious Ones” amuses me.

I was the person responsible for developing the details of the Peregrine Maturity Model solutions used by the vendor and partners alike. They were designed as a marketing and sales tool to give the customers something tangible to understand the cost and scope of basic implementations.

If they’re now being used as actual implementation models by the client or vendors or partners, then that may be part of the problem.

A dirty secret of implementations is that considerably more than 50% of IT Service and Asset Management implementations (HP/Peregrine/CA/Remedy) fail to achieve their business objectives. It turns out that the most often reported cause of failure is caused by human change issues. ITAM and ITSM are three quarters people and process and one quarter technology.

Like most system development failures, the issues are in the architecture and design phases, not the actual coding phase.

]]> Comment on Lou Dobbs – Must Address the IT Industry’s “Perfect Storm” – The L-1 Visa combined with the OffShoring of IT Jobs by Majicman http://blog.peningo.com/2007/07/10/lou-dobbs-%e2%80%93-must-address-the-it-industry%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cperfect-storm%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-the-l-1-visa-combined-with-the-offshoring-of-it-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Majicman Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:53:09 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/07/10/lou-dobbs-%e2%80%93-must-address-the-it-industry%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cperfect-storm%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-the-l-1-visa-combined-with-the-offshoring-of-it-jobs/#comment-88 You are so right on run for president we need some one like you live long and properious and long keep on going !!!! You are so right on run for president we need some one like you live long and properious and long keep on going !!!!

]]> Comment on The Offshoring Outsourcers of American IT Jobs – Major Importers of “Third World Attitudes” by Hoggtapper http://blog.peningo.com/2007/04/19/the-offshoring-outsourcers-of-american-it-jobs-major-importers-of-third-world-attitudes/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Hoggtapper Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:13:01 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/04/12/the-offshoring-outsourcers-of-american-it-jobs-major-importers-of-third-world-attitudes/#comment-75 Before conceding agreement with certian core aspects of the previous comment, allow me to assert that the post itself was by no means racist. In turn, condemning begins to reveal a level of a misplaced level of sensitivity (who's paranoid now???) about such things. So disregarding that element of "Reality"s contribution, I'll proceed. The elemental free-market premise captured in the comment's second paragraph is right on, and for my money the situation and the story itself go no further. That, Reality, is the reality. Good call. But then the comment really fell off the rails. The nonsense about reaping what you sow... American's being pampered... etc., is both bitter and biased. Apparently working FAR more hours, and retiring at more advanced ages than any other nation in the developed world equates to being pampered? Further the comment only sees fit to focus only on the export dimension of our global trade dynamics... which tees up the balance of what becomes a basically anti-American rant. For the majority of the past three decades the US has had a trade imbalance; we consistently import more than we export. In turn we inject more capital into foreign markets then we derive from same. Leaving this fact-- not theory-- out of the opinion part of the comment was unfortunate, but presumably necessary to beat up the U.S. By now I've already acknowledged the previous comment more than it ultimately deserves, so I'll move on & wrap up. Basically, any business (American, Icelandic, or Vietnamese) has a constant obligation to manage/reduce overhead to some proper balance point at which efficiency is maximized. That's basic, Adam Smith, 101 level econ. Like it or not, that's what this the outsourcing phenomnon is about. My sense is that the POV of this blog is that American businesses should embrace & honor an additional obligation; to not abandon the American worker. Without commenting on the merits of that position, we should all agree that it's this or any bloggers perogative to throw such thoughts out there. Good luck. Before conceding agreement with certian core aspects of the previous comment, allow me to assert that the post itself was by no means racist. In turn, condemning begins to reveal a level of a misplaced level of sensitivity (who’s paranoid now???) about such things. So disregarding that element of “Reality”s contribution, I’ll proceed.

The elemental free-market premise captured in the comment’s second paragraph is right on, and for my money the situation and the story itself go no further. That, Reality, is the reality. Good call.

But then the comment really fell off the rails. The nonsense about reaping what you sow… American’s being pampered… etc., is both bitter and biased.

Apparently working FAR more hours, and retiring at more advanced ages than any other nation in the developed world equates to being pampered? Further the comment only sees fit to focus only on the export dimension of our global trade dynamics… which tees up the balance of what becomes a basically anti-American rant. For the majority of the past three decades the US has had a trade imbalance; we consistently import more than we export. In turn we inject more capital into foreign markets then we derive from same. Leaving this fact– not theory– out of the opinion part of the comment was unfortunate, but presumably necessary to beat up the U.S.

By now I’ve already acknowledged the previous comment more than it ultimately deserves, so I’ll move on & wrap up.

Basically, any business (American, Icelandic, or Vietnamese) has a constant obligation to manage/reduce overhead to some proper balance point at which efficiency is maximized. That’s basic, Adam Smith, 101 level econ. Like it or not, that’s what this the outsourcing phenomnon is about. My sense is that the POV of this blog is that American businesses should embrace & honor an additional obligation; to not abandon the American worker.

Without commenting on the merits of that position, we should all agree that it’s this or any bloggers perogative to throw such thoughts out there.

Good luck.

]]> Comment on The Offshoring Outsourcers of American IT Jobs – Major Importers of “Third World Attitudes” by Reality http://blog.peningo.com/2007/04/19/the-offshoring-outsourcers-of-american-it-jobs-major-importers-of-third-world-attitudes/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Reality Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:20:34 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/04/12/the-offshoring-outsourcers-of-american-it-jobs-major-importers-of-third-world-attitudes/#comment-74 Such a paranoid and disparaging, if not racist post. And an incorrect one at that too! You don't understand the business basics and the capitalism that YOU introduced in the so-called Third World Countries. Why is it your prerogative to have plush jobs when you have people who can do the job as good, if not better as you can at half your price? You wouldn't buy a computer at $1200 at store X if store Y is giving the same for $600. Would you? Oh, well. Don’t answer that. I’ve done shopping around Thanksgiving Day! You reap what you sow. Americans have been pampered for far too long without lack of decent competition from the rest of the world. For years, the US companies made killing in non-US markets fuelling job growth in US. It was not YOUR job to begin with. The people in the rest of the world that US companies are selling to, paid for your bloated salaries. Now that the rest of the world that has more than half of world’s population, which was pushed and pushed and pushed by US to open markets, is learning to play the capitalism game by competing with efficiency and innovative business models, you are crying foul. News Flash! America is NOT the world! Bunch of hypocrites, you are! An American job outsourced does not necessarily equate Tax Evasion. Are you paying restitution for the families and traditional economies that US companies destroyed in the “third world”? Would you rather the American jobs are eliminated altogether when the business model is not viable and competition is trampling the company? Or would you have the company survive by any means and continue to create required jobs, make profits AND reward shareholders? If you were to levy "service taxes" etc, why shouldn’t the other countries levy similar taxes where US companies are killing traditional economies in the countries? Someone told us that you either be competitive or perish. Oh, wait! That was you, America! Such a paranoid and disparaging, if not racist post. And an incorrect one at that too! You don’t understand the business basics and the capitalism that YOU introduced in the so-called Third World Countries.

Why is it your prerogative to have plush jobs when you have people who can do the job as good, if not better as you can at half your price? You wouldn’t buy a computer at $1200 at store X if store Y is giving the same for $600. Would you? Oh, well. Don’t answer that. I’ve done shopping around Thanksgiving Day!

You reap what you sow. Americans have been pampered for far too long without lack of decent competition from the rest of the world. For years, the US companies made killing in non-US markets fuelling job growth in US. It was not YOUR job to begin with. The people in the rest of the world that US companies are selling to, paid for your bloated salaries. Now that the rest of the world that has more than half of world’s population, which was pushed and pushed and pushed by US to open markets, is learning to play the capitalism game by competing with efficiency and innovative business models, you are crying foul. News Flash! America is NOT the world! Bunch of hypocrites, you are!

An American job outsourced does not necessarily equate Tax Evasion. Are you paying restitution for the families and traditional economies that US companies destroyed in the “third world”? Would you rather the American jobs are eliminated altogether when the business model is not viable and competition is trampling the company? Or would you have the company survive by any means and continue to create required jobs, make profits AND reward shareholders? If you were to levy “service taxes” etc, why shouldn’t the other countries levy similar taxes where US companies are killing traditional economies in the countries?

Someone told us that you either be competitive or perish. Oh, wait! That was you, America!

]]> Comment on L-1 Visa – The Silent Killer to the IT Industry in the USA by marco http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-73 marco Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:31:48 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/#comment-73 H1B visa holders do pay social security and medicare taxes; so do their employers. H1B visa holders do pay social security and medicare taxes; so do their employers.

]]> Comment on L-1 Visa – The Silent Killer to the IT Industry in the USA by Stacy http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Stacy Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:36:43 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/#comment-70 Here's a link to a very nice article showing who are the big consumers of the H-1B visa's for year 2006. After looking at that Video and reading these articles, I now realize that the words of our industry leaders who are willing to go in front of the Senate to change the laws of our land, is absolute garbage!! They are doing it for only one purpose...... "Greed" !!! They don't care about America or the Americans they hurt ! http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9019458 Here’s a link to a very nice article showing who are the big consumers of the H-1B visa’s for year 2006. After looking at that Video and reading these articles, I now realize that the words of our industry leaders who are willing to go in front of the Senate to change the laws of our land, is absolute garbage!! They are doing it for only one purpose…… “Greed” !!! They don’t care about America or the Americans they hurt !

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9019458

]]> Comment on L-1 Visa – The Silent Killer to the IT Industry in the USA by Troy Stratford http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Troy Stratford Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:00:24 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/#comment-67 Here's another link to a Boston Globe Article regarding an Indian based Company that had to pay 2.4 Million to 600+ H-1B employees they have underpaid in violation of the spirit of the law.... http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/06/07/patni_to_pay_24_million_in_wage_case/?p1=MEWell_Pos3 Here’s another link to a Boston Globe Article regarding an Indian based Company that had to pay 2.4 Million to 600+ H-1B employees they have underpaid in violation of the spirit of the law….

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/06/07/patni_to_pay_24_million_in_wage_case/?p1=MEWell_Pos3

]]> Comment on L-1 Visa – The Silent Killer to the IT Industry in the USA by Troy Stratford http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Troy Stratford Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:20:47 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/#comment-66 Below is a link to a Video instructing Immigration Lawyers working with H1-B visa holders on how to disqualify Americans and basically defraud America....you must check out this video!!! (I know, it's a long link, but it works) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Famazingpetsvideo%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2007%2F06%2Fperm%2Dfake%2Djob%2Dads%2Ddefraud%2Damericans%2Dto%2Ehtml I found the link above in another Blog. the link to that Blog is: http://amazingpetsvideo.blogspot.com/2007/06/perm-fake-job-ads-defraud-americans-to.html Below is a link to a Video instructing Immigration Lawyers working with H1-B visa holders on how to disqualify Americans and basically defraud America….you must check out this video!!! (I know, it’s a long link, but it works)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Famazingpetsvideo%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2007%2F06%2Fperm%2Dfake%2Djob%2Dads%2Ddefraud%2Damericans%2Dto%2Ehtml

I found the link above in another Blog. the link to that Blog is:

http://amazingpetsvideo.blogspot.com/2007/06/perm-fake-job-ads-defraud-americans-to.html

]]> Comment on L-1 Visa – The Silent Killer to the IT Industry in the USA by blogmaster http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-65 blogmaster Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:22:13 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/06/18/l-1-visa-%e2%80%93-the-silent-killer-to-the-it-industry-in-the-usa/#comment-65 Here is an excellent article in the New York Times which follows up on some of the issues that was addressed in this post. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/technology/25tech.html Here is an excellent article in the New York Times which follows up on some of the issues that was addressed in this post.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/technology/25tech.html

]]> Comment on Offshoring of IT Jobs is the wrong move – Let’s CheckMate the Outsoucers by Chris Charlwood http://blog.peningo.com/2007/05/24/offshoring-of-it-jobs-is-the-wrong-move-lets-checkmate-the-outsoucers/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Chris Charlwood Fri, 25 May 2007 18:49:38 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/05/24/offshoring-of-it-jobs-is-the-wrong-move-lets-checkmate-the-outsoucers/#comment-39 I had been offshoring software development work for some years now, and had an interesting thing happen. The Ukrainian developer that I had hired (who was/is absolutely outstanding) eventually moved to the US as a result of my business and connections. He is now a tax paying US resident! :) Some maybe interested in an article I wrote re the Myths of Outsouring Software Development Offshore: http://www.charlwood.com/top_7_myths_of_outsourcing_software_development_offshore.html I had been offshoring software development work for some years now, and had an interesting thing happen. The Ukrainian developer that I had hired (who was/is absolutely outstanding) eventually moved to the US as a result of my business and connections. He is now a tax paying US resident! :)

Some maybe interested in an article I wrote re the Myths of Outsouring Software Development Offshore: http://www.charlwood.com/top_7_myths_of_outsourcing_software_development_offshore.html

]]> Comment on Outsource the Outsourcers by Leo http://blog.peningo.com/2007/03/19/outsource-the-outsourcers/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Leo Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:31:39 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/03/19/outsource-the-outsourcers/#comment-5 The outsourcing of IT jobs is cheating the End Clients who are presented with reduced choices that may fit into the Large IT organizations mark-up schemes, closing the possibility of giving access to the End Client of excellent USA talent that are compliant with all the USA laws. The States have defined taxable, all income that is derived from Business that the recepient of the services is located within the boundaries of the State. For example if the Consultant resides in New York and the services are provided in California, such services would be taxable in California. Now enters the outsourcers and like the example above the consultant instead of residing in New York resides for example in New Delhi India. Still the services recipient is within the boundaries of California, yet believe it or not California is cheated of that tax base. I agree with the suggested response "Outsource the Outsourcers" The outsourcing of IT jobs is cheating the End Clients who are presented with reduced choices that may fit into the Large IT organizations mark-up schemes, closing the possibility of giving access to the End Client of excellent USA talent that are compliant with all the USA laws.

The States have defined taxable, all income that is derived from Business that the recepient of the services is located within the boundaries of the State. For example if the Consultant resides in New York and the services are provided in California, such services would be taxable in California.

Now enters the outsourcers and like the example above the consultant instead of residing in New York resides for example in New Delhi India. Still the services recipient is within the boundaries of California, yet believe it or not California is cheated of that tax base. I agree with the suggested response “Outsource the Outsourcers”

]]> Comment on Offshoring IT Jobs to support Operations in the USA is a form of “Tax Evasion” by Eddie http://blog.peningo.com/2007/03/20/is-offshoring-it-jobs-to-support-operations-in-the-usa-a-form-of-tax-evasion/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Eddie Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:50:04 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/03/20/is-offshoring-it-jobs-to-support-operations-in-the-usa-a-form-of-tax-evasion/#comment-4 I totally agree!!! There is no doubt that the Corporations are all turning to OffShoring of IT Jobs as the new wave for business. The problem is, if nothing is done, who is going to pay for America? We need to do something, like place a Sales Tax on all Offshore work that is Supporting US Based Operations (i.e. Computer/Software Development, Customer / Technical Helpdesk support, Basic Administration, Tax Preparation (Oh the Irony), etc. etc.) . Offshoring is Tax Evasion!!! I totally agree!!! There is no doubt that the Corporations are all turning to OffShoring of IT Jobs as the new wave for business. The problem is, if nothing is done, who is going to pay for America? We need to do something, like place a Sales Tax on all Offshore work that is Supporting US Based Operations (i.e. Computer/Software Development, Customer / Technical Helpdesk support, Basic Administration, Tax Preparation (Oh the Irony), etc. etc.) . Offshoring is Tax Evasion!!!

]]> Comment on Outsource the Outsourcers by Eddie http://blog.peningo.com/2007/03/19/outsource-the-outsourcers/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Eddie Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:58:15 +0000 http://blog.peningo.com/2007/03/19/outsource-the-outsourcers/#comment-2 Yes, the Outsourcer have gone too far, they're Offshoring as many IT jobs as they can to support their operations in the USA without ever paying for the payroll taxes (ie. Federal, State, FICA, Medicare and in some case local city taxes) that Americans pay!!!! We as Americans cannot allow this to happen any more!! Who is going to pay for America? To me, the concept of Offshoring IT Jobs is one of the greatest Tax Evasion schemes of all time! Yes, the Outsourcer have gone too far, they’re Offshoring as many IT jobs as they can to support their operations in the USA without ever paying for the payroll taxes (ie. Federal, State, FICA, Medicare and in some case local city taxes) that Americans pay!!!! We as Americans cannot allow this to happen any more!! Who is going to pay for America?

To me, the concept of Offshoring IT Jobs is one of the greatest Tax Evasion schemes of all time!

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