Information technology executives are faced with delivering ―more with less.  This is an oxymoron of course as less is actually accomplished with less.  Many technology executives have approached this challenge by buying into offshore services in order to deliver on initiatives in their technology portfolio while looking to achieve lower costs through a lower hourly rate.  The hourly rate may indeed be low but what of the effective cost of delivery? Delivery factors play a large part in the effective return on the offshore investment.  A different approach to long distance outsourcing (call it ―farshore) does exist and is proving itself to be quite effective.  This experience report explores the advantages of this alternative approach and offers technology executives an opportunity to explore execution practices and services that actually increase the delivery value of utilizing distributed teams.