General Motors To Slash Outsourcing In IT Overhaul

gManZboy writes "GM's new CIO Randy Mott plans to bring nearly all IT work in-house as one piece of a sweeping IT overhaul. It's a high-risk strategy that's similar to what Mott drove at Hewlett-Packard. Today, about 90% of GM's IT services, from running data centers to writing applications, are provided by outsourcing companies such as HP/EDS, IBM, Capgemini, and Wipro, and only 10% are done by GM employees. Mott plans to flip those percentages in about three years--to 90% GM staff, 10% outsourcers. This will require a hiring binge. Mott's larger IT transformation plan doesn't emphasize budget cuts but centers on delivering more value from IT, much faster--at a time when the world's No. 2 automaker (Toyota is now No. 1) is still climbing out of bankruptcy protection and a $50 billion government bailout."

Comments

Re:In-house staff do have advantages

[LifesABeach]

I am hoping that GM is NOT going to ask for 10 million H1B Visa requests.

Re:Just about time

[kenh]

He should think about a career in politics - I heard about this one guy from Chicago (well, he wasn't born there - he was born in Hawaii, but that's another story) and he just bounced all the way to the top of his field without any major accomplishment after Law School.