Category: Nearshore IT

At 3:40 AM on October 7, ransomware began taking down part of IDCF Cloud, the cloud service run by SoftBank subsidiary IDC Frontier. By the time the company finished counting, 495 companies and local governments were affected, according to BleepingComputer. The IDCF Cloud ransomware attack ended with a message no IT leader wants to receive…

For two decades, nearshore software outsourcing sold a simple promise: more engineering hours for less money, delivered from a time zone close enough to overlap with your workday. That model built a multibillion-dollar industry. In 2026, it is no longer enough. The question technical decision-makers are asking their nearshore partners has changed from “how many…