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The article focuses on global technology solutions company Mindtree which uses right-sourcing method to offer mixed work delivery solutions. It states that Mindtree has $435 million revenues and has headquarters in Gainesville, Florida, Warren, New Jersey, and Bangalore, India. According to Scott Staples, president of Mindtree's Americas, they enable their clients to gain competitive advantage through next generation global delivery models, expert frameworks, and agile methodologies.

The article focuses on the rising trend of reshoring or insourcing in the U.S. which involves bringing outsourced or offshored jobs back to the country. It mentions General Motor Corp.'s decision to bring 10,000 information technology (IT) jobs back to the U.S. It also cites the comments of Scott Staples, a consultant of the periodical "InformationWeek."

The article discusses outsourcing deals, which expired in 2012 in the U.S. According to the market research and advisory company Information Services Group Inc., 901 outsourcing deals with a value of 25 billion U.S. dollar expired in 2012. It further mentions that outsourcing companies are accessing options including new contracts of shorter duration, mixing matching services from multiple service providers, and assigning offshore business functions to U.S. based out sourcing companies.

The article offers various suggestions by the U.S.-based outsourcing advisory firm Pace Harmon to mitigate risks involved in insourcing services. It suggests that companies should focus on the cost of ownership by assessing monthly service charges, asset costs and project fees. They should fill in gaps between present infrastructure and one to be insourced. They should also ensure the readiness of processes related to incident management and business continuity testing.