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IRELAND'S TECHNOLOGY sector should reposition itself as a location providing "near-shore" services to European companies that do not want to outsource to India or China.

Jim Champy, a best-selling author on management and outsourcing in particular, who is also chairman of consulting with US IT services firm Perot Systems, made his comments in Dublin yesterday.