“Despite the increasing offshoring trend, many executives believe it is only a short term cost-cutting strategy. Eventually the cost of doing business in an offshore hub will increase to where the difference is no longer significant. In the competitive world labor market, the advantage will go to those countries with the highest productivity – those with the workers who can produce the most per dollar of cost. We have all heard the imperative, «Do more with less!» “, writes Susan Underhill, Vice President of HP Global Certification & Partner Education.