You may recall the disruption of Internet service to India and the Middle East which caused a great deal of consternation (but little practical degradation of off-shored services) last...
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BT has announced today that it will be setting up a global operations center in Gurgaon, India, employing 300 locals and joining similar centers in Hungary, China, and Brazil in the global telecom...
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For a story with such import as that of the four cut cables affecting traffic to the Middle East and the Indian sub-continent in January and early February this year there sure has been very little...
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Tata Consultancy Services has landed a $120 million, multi-year deal to handle "comprehensive" IT services for the Chrysler corporation. Although Tata's Manufacturing vertical is already...
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Whatever concerns may have been sparked by the recent undersea communication cable service disruptions do not seem to have affected anyone's plans for investing in heavy growth in India-based IT...
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Sure, some might call me irresponsible, but the ninja theory is at least as credible as some of the others floating around out there right now attempting to make some sense of the suspicious rash of...
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It's looking so far as if Indian outsourcing companies have dodged the bullet with respect to the potential catastrophe hinted at by the severing of two vital undersea data cables carrying...
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I've heard quite a few arguments regarding the ethics of off-shore outsourcing, and quite a few others about the ethics of soaring gas and oil prices in a year of record profits by oil companies....
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The undersea cables that carry the vast majority of Internet data between continents have often been seen as potential weak links in the system; expensive to install, complicated to troubleshoot and...
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Although most people tend to relate off-shore IT outsourcing market growth to Stateside staff reductions, the latest suggestion is that the growth is being driven more by demand from other off-shore...
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Although much of the hoopla over outsourcing and offshoring technology functions has died down in the press lately (a bit odd, considering the election year spooling up here in the US), the market...
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Microsoft and off-shoring mega-consultancy Infosys announced today that they will be slipping further into bed together, as Infosys creates a dedicated 400 seat facility (a "vendor offshore...
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Network World has published their 2007 IT salary survey and revealed that most of us aren't really happy with what we are making on the job these days. I am a bit curious as to whether or not...
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by prashanth on August 23, 2007
Gartner Inc's recent Magic Quadrant for North American Offshore Applications Services, 2007 report, According to Gartner, Magic Quadrant leaders "are performing well, have a clear vision of...
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by prashanth on August 22, 2007
Nasscom recently released a report a Whitepaper 'Tracing China's IT Software Services Industry Evolution',which this is the first in a quarterly series which will focus on regions that are...
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by prashanth on August 21, 2007
"Indian companies are sitting on a lot of cash, $500 million to $1 billion," said Ameet Nivsarkar, VP of research at Nasscom in an interview. Plus, "the valuation of Indian IT companies...
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by prashanth on August 16, 2007
Here are some slide screenshots: Infrastructure Management Services Enterprise Services HRD Source:1 Tags: Infosys - Analyst+meet - 2007 Prashanth Rai......
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by prashanth on August 16, 2007
On August 6, 2007, the Company announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited, for $18.70 per share in cash....
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by prashanth on August 05, 2007
Excerpts from Cognizants Q2 Results: Attrition - Employee attrition increased slightly to 17%, which is consistent with seasonal trends and attrition for the second quarter. This increase was due...
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Computerworld has a Q&A, Below are excerpts: What are the major trends you are seeing in the large global outsourcing deals you are advising on? Contract duration is coming down. The first- and...
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Forrester report titled "Not The Usual Suspects: Cost, Quality, And Client Service Benefits From Midtier Providers" highlight 3 companies that are not often written about or highlighted...
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TPI covers this topic in a report, below are some excerpts from the same: Software Technology Park India (STPI) scheme was introduced in the formative years of the information technology (IT) industry...
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