Steve Mezak, CEO, Accelerance

There’s been much press lately about how outsourcing software development is dead. The reason this line of thinking has taken hold is because the stereotypical outsourcing model no longer works – that is, hiring an army of cheap developers in far-off exotic lands that only have marginal technical and communication skills. This approach, long favored by number-crunching CFOs, has proven to be a nightmare for everyone else, as unmotivated and unskilled partners slow down work, fail to deliver on quality, and cost more in the end.