August 2006 IT Organization Survey: CIOs Expect IT Organizations to Keep Growing - ' Large companies are '
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relying on contractors, outsourcers and H1B visa holders.">
Finding 2. Large companies are relying on contractors, outsourcers and H1B visa holders.
Though the makeup of the IT labor force is shifting slowly, the use of foreign outsourced labor is picking up, at the expense of both in-house staff and independent contractors. Foreigners on H1B visas are a significant presence mainly at large companies. There's not much support among IT executives to boost H1B quotas—except at companies that already rely heavily on contractors and outsourcers.
Research Guide:
Finding 1: IT organizations are getting larger, not smaller.
Finding 2: Large companies are relying on contractors, outsourcers and H1B visa holders.
Read our previous surveys on the IT organization's current state and future:
The IT Organization: Why is Morale So Bad? (November 2004)
The Future of IT (January 2005)
The Future of IT 2004 : What's in Store for Today and Tomorrow? (January 2004)
Related stories:
The Downside of Managing Up: Can a CIO Be Too Strategic? (February 2005)
Culture Clash – Special Issue on Alignment issue (October 15, 2004)
Labor Pains (October 2003)
Case study: Johnson & Johnson and Managing IT (December 2001)
IT's Enduring Image Crisis (from eweek.com)
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