Outsourcing is one of the most prevalent trends in today's business environment. Nearly every company outsources some part of its business. For example, the accounts receivable collections, janitorial, and payroll functions are outsourced so frequently that it has become, over the last few decades,...
In addition, for each of the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we capitalized $25.8 million, $23.9 million and $17.8 million, respectively, of external consulting and payroll and payroll-related costs related to the development of internal-use software used by us to deliver our ...