Thiruvenkateswaran Ramachandran is a test delivery management and consulting professional whose areas of expertise include test centers of excellence, test process optimization, and relationship management. The document discusses trends in global software testing outsourcing, including a 24% increase in outsourcing contract value from 2011 to 2012. It also provides guidance on transitioning from internal to outsourced testing services, starting small, continuously evaluating vendors, and leveraging a global talent pool for cost management. The future of outsourcing is predicted to involve trends like cloud computing, big data, mobility, and nearshoring, with the outsourced IT services market growing to $281 billion by 2015.