Despite the ongoing controversy over outsourcing, an end to the practice <A HREF="http://esp.eweek.com/article/Outsourcing+Is+Here+To+Stay/182045_1.aspx?kc=EWESPEMLP092906STR2">seems nowhere in sight.</A> In fact, outsourcing ticked up slightly in 2005, according to research by CIOInsight. CIOInsight found that outsourcing increased by 2 percent at small and midsize businesses and by 5.4 percent at large corporations. Since outsourcing remains a popular method with boardrooms for curtailing IT costs, channel companies should pay attention to the types of services and technology that are being outsourced. For instance, application and Web development and systems integration are among the most commonly outsourced activities. Solution providers with expertise in these areas should be trying to get some of the business that hasn't yet slipped offshore before it does.