Eugene Goland, Founder of OOBP.org, gave a presentation at the CIO Community of Practice Meeting in the Silicon Valley and participated in the round table discussion. The topic of this month's meeting was the practice of offshoring. Eugene Goland presented the details and advantages of using Russian software outsourcing firms. Topics discussed included security, means of communication, US job loss, and cost savings. The CIO Community of Practice consists of CIOs of the leading Silicon Valley's IT firms, such as Synopsis, Yahoo, Alcatel, and Symantec.