Ehh, it's called offshoring for programmers too. Maybe "outsourcing" in some places. The Indian IT giants themselves call it the onsite / offshore model, with a

Ehh, it's called offshoring for programmers too. Maybe "outsourcing" in some places. The Indian IT giants themselves call it the onsite / offshore model, with a few "onsite" people -- liasons typically on H1B embedded in the clients' offices -- coordinating the much larger "offshore" teams.