
If you are seeking <A HREF="http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci1153592,00.html?track=sy183">offshore IT services in 2006,</A> chances are great your passage will be to India, an IT powerhouse that despite complaints about rising wages or crumbling infrastructure, captures between 80% and 90% of the total offshore dollars. Still, the rules for doing business in the global marketplace are changing. Companies are starting to tinker with the practice of bringing key people to the United States for training. The standard model allows offshore employees to learn at their master's feet, so to speak, and soak in the culture of the company, thereby strengthening the relationship and ensuring a good outcome. Another trend is the emergence of the hybrid "captive" center, where companies build their own facilities in India, hire 200 of their own employees, for example, and supplement the offshore workforce with twice as many outsourced workers from one of the big Indian IT providers.