To maintain competitive advantage, US businesses that create, sell, or simply rely on technology must take advantage of the pools of talent that reside beyond the edges of our continent. The offshore movement that has become the norm for other businesses is rapidly becoming an essential part of the IT business plan as well.

Certain types of technology testing are particularly well suited to global outsourcing. At the same time, other types of testing are most wisely performed close to home. The optimal outsourced testing strategy takes advantage of testing talent across a global range of locations. Managing multiple outsourced partnerships, however, incurs costs, and working with testing operations on the other side of the world can pose significant challenges.