[oceanview]

IBM is offshoring IT, HR, call centers/customer support, accounting/finance, purchasing, payroll services. do you realize how many positions we are talking about if taken to the limit?

what jobs functions at IBM aren't viewed as a commodity? Right now, its the executive suite, sales and marketing, legal and intellectual property, program management. Those are the only ones they aren't considering offshoring right now. And give the Indians time to learn the business, in five years, program mgmt will be going also.

[_Jim]

IBM is offshoring IT, HR, call centers/customer support, accounting/finance, purchasing, payroll services. do you realize how many positions we are talking about if taken to the limit?

I look for IBM to 'go away' - as many big compamies are like to do - WHERE will those jobs be then?

End result; this 'out sourcing' is just a last breath move to keep the 'firm' alive ...

[_Jim]

what jobs functions at IBM aren't viewed as a commodity? Right now, its the executive suite, sales and marketing, legal and intellectual property, program management.

How many BD (business divisions) does IBM currently have?

I think you've only scratched the surface as far as job classifications go at that behemoth known as IBM ...

IBM, IMO is not near the leader that they a) once were and b) could have been - given a plethora of bad decisions throughout their history; like a lot of businesses, they made a lot of decisions though their history with just the smallest percentage more right then their competition during those years ...