Value from Global Sourcing: Benefits Beyond Cost

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Value from Global SourcingBenefits Beyond Cost

• Ronan McGrath
• CIO Rogers Communications Inc.
• Chair, Information Technology Association of
  Canada

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Rogers Communications Inc.
Rogers Communications (TSX RCI NYSE RG) is a
diversified Canadian communications and media
company engaged in three primary lines of
business. Rogers Wireless is Canada's largest
wireless voice and data communications services
provider and the country's only carrier operating
on the world standard GSM/GPRS technology
platform Rogers Cable is Canada's largest cable
television provider offering cable television,
high-speed Internet access, telephony and data
networking services and video retailing and
Rogers Media is Canada's premier collection of
category leading media assets with businesses in
radio, television broadcasting, television
shopping, publishing and sports entertainment.
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• The Information Technology Association of Canada
• The authoritative voice of the ICT industry in
  Canada
• Representing over 1300 ICT firms from all parts
  of Canada
• Including RIM, Nortel, ATI, Cognos, Corel

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ICT in Canada

• ICT sector output 57 billion
• 70 of ICT products manufactured in Canada are
  exported
• Most RD intensive sector (5 billion)
• Highly educated work force first in G-7 in
  education spending
• Nearly 600,000 Canadians employed (31M pop.)
• Strong, seasoned nearshore BPO industry

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The Global Sourcing Value Matrix

• Cost
• Potential to accelerate time to market
• Potential to free resources for priority tasks
• Access to new sources of innovation
• Access to new markets

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Potential to Accelerate Time to Market

• Case Macadamian Technologies for Corel

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Potential to free Resources for Priority Tasks

• Case EDS Advanced Solutions for Government
  of British Columbia
• xwave for State of Maine

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Access to New Sources of Innovation
Case SAP
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Access to New Markets
Case Nortel and Sasken
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The Flight of the Creative Classby Richard
Florida

• Canadas big three city regions have
  concentrations of the creative class rivaling
  those of leading American regions. Smaller
  Canadian city regions are, if anything, more
  impressive.
• Canadian regions also do well on tolerance and
  by virtue of having quickly repositioned
  themselves from industrial to creative economy
  regions, Canadas population centres score highly
  on technological competitiveness, too. Toronto,
  Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa and Calgary all have
  concentrations of high tech that rival U.S.
  cities.

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NASSCOM / ITAC MOU

• Advance trade in ICT between India and Canada
• Foster business relationships for our members
• Exchange knowledge

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