Mexico’s I.T. offshoring industry ranks as #3 in Gartner’s global rankings, lagging behind only India and the Philippines, according to analyst Frances Karamouzis. Its ambition is to take second place. Given that Mexico now claims to graduate 130,000 engineers every year — which is more than the U.S. — this may not be impossible. At an event hosted by Mexico’s I.T. confederation, CANIETI, I was asked for advice on how the country can achieve this objective.
I told them to not to waste resources on catching up, but to instead leapfrog India. Indian industry is a victim of its own success and is trying to defend a sinking turf. That is one of the reasons I canceled my trip to India this month — the Indian industry confederation NASSCOM was unable to focus on the future.
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