RE: Outsourcing IT

Yeah, I think I said that once already today. :-)

There is a company in Illinois with a very similar name. In fact, I'd have
bet money it was MSI, but guess not. I had several friends who contracted
with them for the state and it was a 100% Indian owned company who farmed
most of their non-local (i.e., contracts that could be performed without
requiring a body on site) contracts back to India.

But that's been a few years ago so they may have a new name by this time
too.


I sit corrected.




-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Earl
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 5:15 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Outsourcing IT

Shannon,

Definitely not true. You must be thinking of someone else. MSI System
Integrators is headquartered in Omaha, and is owned by families in
Omaha. They have offices in a number of cities in the Midwest and west,
and have attracted many experienced former IBM Rochester staff to their
senior management team. The outsourcing that they do is run through an
Ops center in Omaha (I've seen it).

Again, I think you may have them confused with someone else.

jte

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shannon ODonnell
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:30 PM
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Subject: RE: Outsourcing IT

If I remember correctly, MSI is an Indian (the country, not
Native American
:-) based company whose home offices are in India and who
farms a large portion of their outsourcing work back to
India. They have a lot of the state contracts in Illinois
and Missouri too, in addition to many small businesses.



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Earl
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:19 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Outsourcing IT

Anne,

In addition to IBM Global Services, there is an IBM Business
partner in the Midwest called MSI (msiinet.com) who provides
both hosted and remote system administration facilities.
Global Services (I think) concentrates on big outsourcing
contracts, and MSI does both Large shop and small shop. Many
times these companies will bring over existing staff and
integrate them into the outsourcer.

You may also check with local IBM System Integrators in your
customer's area because this is an area of increasing
attention and competition.
The best companies have ISO (and other) certifications that
suggest they use professional IT standards and practices.

HTH,

jte

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anne Lucas
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:54 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Outsourcing IT

This is a question most of us would rather not discuss, but

do any of

you know of reputable companies who do outsourcing for small
businesses?
If so, would you please send me a private email at
alucas@xxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks!


.....Anne

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