The US Patent and Trademark Office published IBM’s application to patent a system that automates the process of offshoring IT jobs. The IBM gave layoff notices to 5,000 US workers, the critics argue that the timing of IBM’s patent application clearly gave the reason for the layoffs. The layoffs, critics argue that the timing of IBM’s patent application clearly gave the reason. The another interesting fact is the time when IBM submitted the application. The register said that it was submitted the application in September 2007, just a week before the IBM withdrew its offshoring p0atent, at the time the Big blue said that the first patent was an error, it breached an IBM policy introduced in 2006 that vetted business method applications for the significants technical content. The method and system for the strategic global resource sourcing, it is a computerized system that automates the process of sending jobs to the global locations based on the advantage each locations offers.
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