Monday, January 31, 2005

Xansa to Hire 7000 in India

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Silicon India reports UK based IT services company Xansa will expand its workforce by 7000 in India. "At present we have about 3,000...

Medium Size Companies Lead HR Outsourcing

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Medium-sized companies are set to lead the way in signing HR outsourcing deals during 2005, after a large rise in contracts last year. In 20...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Outsourcing Works For Beauty China

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Yahoo Finance reports Beauty China Holdings, a small Hong Kong-based, Singapore-listed cosmetics concern, has quietly doubled its sales and...

EDS, Towers Perrin Form Outsourcing Company

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Newsday.com reports Electronic Data Systems Corp. has agreed to pay about $420 million to create a personnel-services company with consulti...
Thursday, January 13, 2005

Employees Can Benefit From Outsourcing

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Computerworld reports a company's move to outsourcing can sometimes strike fear in employees who see their jobs as endangered, if done ...
Monday, January 10, 2005

New Head of Outsourcing Operations at HP

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ZDNet reports Hewlett-Packard has named Steve Smith as its new senior vice president of managed services, a division of HP Services that ru...

Russia Outsourcing Challenges

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CRM News reports Russia needs new infrastructure. Russia lacks the wealth of basic Internet "backbone" infrastructure already in ...
Friday, January 07, 2005

Offshore Outsourcing Spending Creeps

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News.com reports spending on information technology projects farmed out to low-cost places like India should grow by 1 percent this year, a...
Sunday, January 02, 2005

India BPO is Ready for 2005

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HindustanTimes.com/UK reports India outsourcing companies and BPO companies are poised for a good year as outsourcing fears subside in the ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Home-shoring

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InformationWeek reports some companies are moving call centers into homes keeping employees production and trimming costs. "The hom...
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Monday, December 27, 2004

Is Outsourcing of U.S. Jobs Bad or Good?

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Seattle Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports the outsourcing debate continues with a debate between Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson and Col...

Separating Outsourcing Fact from Hysteria

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TCS: Tech Central Station reports the debate over outsourcing and its impact on the US economy reached a high level of what can only be des...

Recruiting Overseas

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Spokane Journal of Business reports American Industries International Inc., have been in the business of recruiting nurses, pharmacists, an...
Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Outsource to Arkansas

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MSN Money reports an Arkansas woman believes that companies can send jobs to rural areas and save just as much as they could sending them t...
Sunday, December 19, 2004

Domestic Outsourcing Boom in India

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Express India reports India based IT outsourcing service providers are now scrambling to provide for the 3.5 million small and medium sized...
Friday, December 17, 2004

US Regulators Eye Indian BPO Firms

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CRM News reports auditors from the U.S. could come down to India to check the BPO companies or even conduct them remotely. Expecting audits...
Sunday, December 12, 2004

Outsourcing Custom Car Design

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Channelnewsasia.com reports India's custom automobile design industry is gaining popularity due to the increasing popularity of compani...
Friday, December 10, 2004

Offshore Outsourcing Growth

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ZDNet reports research firm Gartner published a study Monday saying "offshore outsourcing isn't as widespread as people think,...
Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Outsourcing Illness Diagnoses

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The Seattle Times reports radiologists in Australia, India, Israel and Lebanon are reading scans on U.S. patients spurred by a shortage of ...

Outsourcing Debt Collection

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Sify.com reports debt collection is becoming another area of outsourcing moving to India. According to a news report, units of General Elec...
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Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Outsourcing Growth Predicted at 5.9%

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ComputerWeekly.com reports outsourcing growth is predicted at 5.9% a year. "IT job exports are forecast to increase by a compound a...
Saturday, November 27, 2004

The HR BPO Opportunity

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Financial Express reports outsourcing of human resource services or HR BPO was emerging as the next big opportunity for Indian BPOs with th...
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Canada Nearshoring

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International Herald Tribune reports Canada is gaining favour as an outsourcing partner due to its stability, proximity and cultural simila...
Thursday, November 25, 2004

Europeans Working for India Outsourcers

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BBC News reports entry and mid-level employees are being recruited from European countries to work in India. "Prashant Sahni, chief...
Tuesday, November 23, 2004

CTG Wins Outsourcing Award

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Yahoo Finance press release reports CTG, an international IT solutions company was named the "Best Outsourcing Solution" winner a...
Sunday, November 21, 2004

Outsourcing Accelerating

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International Herald Tribune reports a new report commissioned by a bipartisan congressional commission said 406,000 U.S. jobs would migrat...
Thursday, November 18, 2004

Training Phillipines Outsourcing Firms

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ABS-CBNNEWS.COM reports the latest trend among medical transcription companies in the Phillipines is to provide Technical Education and Ski...

Outsourcing Consolidation Wave

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Forbes.com reports the business-process outsourcing sector is in the midst of a consolidation wave. "The most important factor in a...

Offshore Outsourcing Healthcare

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InfoWorld reports healthcare organizations not considering offshore outsourcing are missing out on significant cost savings, but administra...
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Monday, November 15, 2004

Microsoft Goes to India

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Times Online reports Microsoft dramatically increased its presence in India, opening a major new campus on the subcontinent and unveiling a...
Thursday, November 11, 2004

GE Sells India Outsourcing Unit

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INDOlink reports General Electric sold a majority stake in its Indian outsourcing arm for $500m to two private equity firms. The deal gives...
Tuesday, November 09, 2004

China Competing For India Outsourcing

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Yahoo Sigapore reports some companies are looking to China for their offshore software applications as rates rise in India. "China...

More UK Firms Outsourcing

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Gulf Daily News reports British companies are under pressure to outsource parts of their business to remain competitive. A total 51 per ...
Friday, November 05, 2004

India Outsourcers Happy

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International Herald Tribune reports outsourcing companies in India are jubilant over the re-election of President George W. Bush. ...

Outsourcing Explained

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The Cornell Daily Sun reports a thoughtful essay by Benjamin Gruenbaum entitled 'Outsourcing: Bad for the Economy or Misunderstood Phen...
Thursday, November 04, 2004

Managing Outsourcing Contracts

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Computerworld reports many companies do not review multiyear outsourcing service contracts until they are completed. It is important to reg...
Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Outsourcing Continues After Election

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Forbes reports Indian business leaders said outsourcing will continue after the election no matter who wins. Now, with president Bush the w...
Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Indian Outsourcing Pros Helping China

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The Economic Times reports Chinese companies are showing interest in Indian company professionals for their expertise. As the Chinese look ...
Thursday, October 28, 2004

10 Facts You Should Know About Outsourcing

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News.com reports on the 10 facts you should know about outsourcing. This is a good summary about the issues related to offshore outsourcing...

Firms See Mixed Results in Outsourcing

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News.com reports a survey of US and European companies has found that less than half consider outsourcing financial functions to be cost-ef...

India Uses Canada as Back-Door to US

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Metro reports Indian companies are opening back doors into the United States by setting up shop in Canada. The idea is to offer alternat...
Monday, October 25, 2004

Is Outsourcing Worth IT Job Loss?

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CIO News asks what is happening in respect to technology jobs in the current environment. Is the global environment a drain on technology j...

Skills Shortage Threaten Indian Outsourcing

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Gulf Daily News reports India's outsourcing industry faces a major 'talent challenge' as a lack of skilled employees threatens ...
Friday, October 22, 2004

Outsourcing Medical Treatment

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MSNBC reports a story of man who outsourced his heart surgery to India for a fraction of what it would have cost him in the US. Taking h...

Outsourcing Continues in US

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Sify.com reports the practice of moving American jobs overseas continues and should pick up after the presidential election. ''S...
Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Outsourcing Europe Gains Acceptance

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CIOL reports the practice of outsourcing business, long popular in the United States and Britain, is gaining in acceptance in continental E...

Outsourcing Lawyers

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Money reports attorneys are the latest to see their jobs being outsourced. A number of U.S. companies, including members of the Fortune 500...
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Offshore IT Outsourcing Growing 20 Percent

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InformationWeek reports the worldwide market for offshore IT services will grow to $17 billion in 2008 from $7 billion in 2003. The worl...
Monday, October 18, 2004

Indian Outsourcing Sees Growth

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EE Times reports semiannual results of India's top three software services exporting organizations released this week show that growth ...

Salaries Up. Outsourcing Overblown?

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InformationWeek reports the lid on IT salaries is beginning to lift, and IT specialists should see gains of as much as 10 to 15 percent ove...
Monday, October 11, 2004

UK Insurance Company Outsources

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Independent News in the UK reports Royal and Sun Alliance, one of the biggest inurance firms in the country, will outsource more than 1,100...
Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Outsourcing to India Helps Prudential

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The Times of India reports Prudential saved 60 million pounds by outsourcing call centers and back office operations to India 18 months ago...

Indian Diaspora Helped Outsourcing

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ITworld.com reports India professionals, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs of Indian origin helped promote India as an outsourcing dest...
Friday, October 01, 2004

Schwarzenegger Terminates Outsourcing Bill

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The Mercury News reports California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation aimed at preventing the outsourcing of California job...

Good Outsourcing Vietnam!

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International Herald Tribune reports Vietnam is making a big push into becoming an outsourcing destination. Mathematics has been a strong s...
Wednesday, September 29, 2004

India Ready for Windows XP Lite

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vnunet.com reports a cut-down version of Windows XP is being released in India and other developing technology markets like Thailand, Malay...
Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Outsourcing: Transitional Service Agreements

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NEWS.com.au reports companies that centralise IT services with an outsourcer or a shared services group need to design deals that can be br...
Monday, September 27, 2004

Outsourcing Creates Jobs in Singapore

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The Straight Times reports the Singapore unemployment rate is expected to drop as firms restructure and outsource work, according to labour...

Singapore Identifies 12 Outsourcing Services

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The Straight Times reports the Singapore government has identified 12 services which can be outsourced to private companies as part of an o...
Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Is Offshoring Slowing Down?

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BusinessWeek Online reports the wage gap between the US and Asia is quickly narrowing which could diminish the cost savings of sending work...

Don't Forget Security When Outsourcing

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Computerworld reports many companies fail to take into account cultural differences that may affect their security when outsourcing, accord...
Monday, September 20, 2004

India's Outsourcing Faces Skills Shortage

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CRM News reporst India's outsourcing industry is expected to face a shortage of 262,000 professionals by 2012. Kiran Karnik, president ...
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Lower Telecom Costs Boost Outsourcing to South America

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allAfrica.com reports policy changes announced this month by the communications ministry of South Africa will lead to globally competitive ...
Friday, September 17, 2004

Outsourcing R and D to India

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EE Times reports India is attracting research and development outsourcing projects according to a strudy by Research and Markets of Ireland...

Offshoring Goes Mainstream

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vnunet.com reports Unisys chief and others foresee easier outsourcing ahead and indicators suggest offshore outsourcing has entered the mai...
Friday, September 10, 2004

Big Growth for India Outsourcing Company

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Reuters.com reports WNS Global Services, India's largest independent back-office provider, is growing revenue by 50 to 60 percent. ...

Kerry on Outsourcing

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Kansas City Star reports Sen. John Kerry pledged to eliminate a tax break that U.S. companies get for foreign operations. Most likely this ...
Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Outsourcing's Impact

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Fool.com reports on the impact of outsourcing in America and it's effect on jobs. "What we need is a way of determining whether...
Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Philippines Joins OutsourceWorld

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Philippines newspaper ABS-CBNNEWS.COM reports the Philippines is set to join OutsourceWorld, which will be held in New York City next month...
Monday, September 06, 2004

Outsourcing Countered by Foreign Firms In US

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SeattlePi.com reports foreign companies have created millions of jobs in the United States, far outpacing the amount of work that American ...
Friday, September 03, 2004

Malaysia Emerging as a Top Outsourcing Destination

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Space Wire reports Malaysia is competing to become one of Asia's top outsourcing destinations according to Malaysian Prime Minister Abd...
Thursday, September 02, 2004

More Outsourcing After Elections

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Indian published Business Standard reports American firms and independent IT vendors are for the most part marking time, waiting for the US...
Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Outsourcing is Pruning America

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Market Week blog offers a unique view on outsourcing as the pruning of American jobs. In other words, America moves low return business to ...
Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Will US Collapse Without Outsourcing?

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Sify.com reports an interview with N. Sivakumar, author of the book Debugging Indian Computer Programmers: Dude, Did I Steal Your Job? whi...

Outsourcing CEOs Get Big Pay Hikes

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Forbes.com reports U.S. companies that outsourced the most jobs in 2003 offered big pay increases to their chief executives. "The s...
Thursday, August 26, 2004

India Infosys is Outsourcing in China

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InfoWorld reports Indian outsourcing company Infosys Technologies Ltd. is running out of space in it's first location in China and look...

Outsourcing Media and Publishing

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The Times of India reports Reuters move to outsource editorial jobs to India has signaled a new era in global media and publishing. ...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Outsourcing Debate Continues at Chip Conference

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InfoWorld reports a conference at Stanford University between opponents and proponents of offshore outsourcing resulted in clashing opinion...
Monday, August 23, 2004

Barclays Buys 50% Stake In Offshore Outsourcer

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ComputerWeekly.com reports Barclays Bank is to acquire a 50% stake in Mumbai, India based Intelent Global Services, the business process ou...
Friday, August 20, 2004

Top IT Firms Threaten to Leave Bangalore

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The Inquirer reports some leading IT companies are threatening to pull out of Bangalore, India if conditions do not improve. "Repre...

Is Outsourcing Breaking the Law?

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The Straits Times reports a customer of British bank Lloyds TSB claims its plans to outsource work to India could be breaking British Law. ...
Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Philippines Outsourcing Future

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Reuters reports the Philippines economy and it's recent graduates worry about how the United States will approach outsourcing in the ne...
Monday, August 09, 2004

Confusion over Outsourcing

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News.com clears the confusion over outsourcing in an interview with John McCarthy, VP, Forrester Research. His orginal study, published in ...

UK likes Nearshoring

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News.com reports nearshore outsourcing to Eastern bloc countires by the United Kingdom is favored as opposed to offshore destinations like ...
Saturday, August 07, 2004

IBM Outsourcing to South Africa

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ComputerWeekly.com reports IBM is using South Africa as a back-up to India for is outsourcing needs. "Abdul Mohammed, IBM's bus...
Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Microsoft Denies Outsourcing Longhorn

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Reuters.com reports Microsoft denied reports that is was outsourcing development of its next version of Windows to contractors in India. ...

Outsourcing IT Education

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InformationWeek Reports Virginia Tech is teaming with an Indian business school to offer a master's degree in information technology. ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2004

India Easing Tax on Outsourcing

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Sify.com reports India will ease the tax burden on multinationals outsourcing work to units in India. "The rule change removes a d...

Atlanta, Georgia Firms Outsource India

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KansasCity.com reports Atlanta, Georgia based First Consulting Group will hire 160 programmers in Bangalore to develop software for Atlant...

$1.3 Billion Global Outsourcing Deal

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UK based vnunet.com reports Zurich Financial Services has outsourced its global IT applications to Computer Sciences Corporation in a seve...
Monday, July 26, 2004

Oracle Looking to China

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Yahoo! News is reporting Oracle Corp. is looking to increase its research capacity in China. "California-based Oracle, the world...
Saturday, July 24, 2004

Outsourcing Pushs Wipro Profits

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Gulf Daily News reports India's third-largest software exporter, Wipro, profits grew by 83% in the first fiscal quarter from the previo...
Thursday, July 22, 2004

Does Offshore Outsourcing Criticism Matter?

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InformationWeek reports the public perceptions of outsourcing will have no impact on decisions to outsource jobs for many companies. Or at...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Big IT Outsoucing

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InformationWeek reports big outsourcing deals valued at more than $1 Billion are projected to grow this year. This is according to a surve...
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Friday, July 16, 2004

Business Council of Australia on Offshoring

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The Australian reports the Business Council of Australia has release a position paper on offshoring information technology and other servi...

Kerry Changes Mind on Outsourcing

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Sify.com reports US presidential candidate John Kerry has changed is position on outsourcing . He vows to maintain good relations with Indi...
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

U.S. States are Offshoring Plenty

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ZDNet reports U.S. states are offshoring $75 million worth of contract work by at least 18 companies. This is according to a report releas...
Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Downsides of Offshoring

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CRM News reports another article on best practices for offshoring and possible downsides if these practices are not followed. This is a go...
Monday, July 12, 2004

A Fool's Take on Offshore Outsourcing

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Fool.com writes about the complexities concerning the offshore outsourcing debate. "It's a complex issue. Supporters argue tha...

Offshoring? Not So Much.

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destinationCRM.com is reporting offshore outsourcing is not as widespread as once believed. This is according to a recent poll of 275 CFOs...
Friday, July 09, 2004

Sprint Signs $400M Outsourcing Deal with IBM

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Computerworld reports Sprint has signed a five year outsourcing deal with IBM worth more than $400 million. 1,000 Sprint IT employees will...

More Offshoring Dos and Don'ts

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Silicon.com has a special report on offshore outsourcing dos and don'ts . The most important tip we frequently see repeated in articles...
Thursday, July 08, 2004

US Will Increase Outsourcing Q4

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Sify.com reports Silicon Valley investor is predicting Q4 will see an increase in outsourcing after the presidential elections. "...
Wednesday, July 07, 2004

Urged To Offshore

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The Arizona Republic reports U.S. companies are being urged to speed up offshoring practices to save money and improve quality. The Boston...

Offshoring Puts Consumers First

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According to MIT Sloan Professor Michael Treacy in an eWeek article, offshore outsourcing is a business model that favors the consumer. Lo...

Schwarzenegger Considers Outsourcing

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AlterNet reports Governor Schwarzenegger is considering outsourcing the way the state of California purchases goods and services with a Ca...
Monday, July 05, 2004

Safe Careers and Outsourcing Fears

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SeatlePI.com talks about the fear of outsourcing in America and how it is affecting career planning. Jobs that require a worker's phys...
Friday, July 02, 2004

Dalian, China To Become Outsourcing Hotspot

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Oakland Tribune Online reports the Chinese city of Dalian has expanded its software park to become a desirable center for offshore outsourc...

Plant Outsourcing?

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ABS-CBNNEWS.COM has an interesting, if not humerous, article on outsourcing plants. Yes, the plants in your office building can and probab...
Thursday, July 01, 2004

Hidden Costs of Offshoring

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IT Manager's Journal talks about some of the problems companies have experienced with offshoring . "Evan Burks, senior vice pre...