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Outsourcing shifts past Bangalore, Mumbai
News While India remains popular with the top 50 outsourcing companies, vendors are progressively creating more bases in cities such as Chennai, Noida and Hyderabad.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, India, Outsourcing Company, Pune, Chennai, Silicon.com, outsource, Bangalore
India's IT growth to slow down in 2009
News Country's IT and IT-enabled services sector is still expected to expand 10.8 percent this year, but growth will be lowest expansion in five years, IDC predicts.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, E-government, Growth, Conference, India, International Data Corp., Indian Company, Hardware, financial
Malaysia keeps lofty spot for global services
News Country keeps third position in AT Kearney 2009 Index of Top 50 outsourcing locations, but must remain wary of upcoming rivals in region, says government official.
Tags: Offshoring, Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Services, Outsourcing, Single Sign-on, India, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia
What landlords can learn from techies
Blogs Now and then, I get this urge to make the world a better place. Then there are these quirky ideas that come along. T...
'Vista capable' suit no longer class-action
News A judge declines to dismiss the suit against Microsoft, but rules that each PC buyer has to bring his own legal action when seeking redress.
Tags: Lawsuits, Windows Vista, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Class Action, inflation, class action suit, e-mail, Microsoft Windows XP
Gartner: Outsourcing prices to fall 10 percent
News The analyst firm predicts that, following six years of growth, the outsourcing and services markets will face a period of significant price reductions.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Gartner Inc., help desk, application hosting, network, information technology, data center, analyst, pricing strategy
Retail e-commerce falls 3 percent in fourth quarter
News It's the first quarterly decline for online retail sales in at least eight years, according to a report released Thursday by ComScore.
Tags: Layoffs, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, E-business, E-commerce Sale, Video, Sales, Staples Inc., Forecasting, ComScore Networks Inc.
Can politics and technology go hand-in-hand in India?
Blogs Nine months back, when the Tata group chairman Ratan Tata unveiled the US$2,500 small car--Tata Nano--all eyes had turne...
Reflections of an eternal optimist
Blogs We are left with very few hours of 2008--a rather volatile and difficult year for most of us. I have been meeting quite ...
India's BJP chases Obama's online election magic
News Supporters of party leader L.K. Advani are blogging away and perfecting his Web site. Their inspiration: the U.S. Presidential campaign.
Tags: Web 2.0, India, Cell Phone, Bharatiya Janata Party, New Delhi, phone, leader, Prime Minister, Internet, U.S. Congress
Philippine carriers eye various growth areas
News As analysts expect phone sales in the country to fall this year, mobile operators mull revenue sources such as data traffic services, to overcome any handset sale slump.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Philippines, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Wireless, phone, 3G
Sub-prime BCM certification in Asia
Blogs What does it really mean for an individual to be "certified" in business continuity? Like the euphemism "sub-prime",...
India's offshore edge to last for 30 years
News India will maintain its low-cost IT skills advantage in the offshore outsourcing market for at least another 30 years, according to a new study.
Tags: Outsourcing
Art and science in sourcing
Blogs People involved in service delivery and sourcing often experience a challenging dichotomy in their jobs. On the one...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
India, China keep cost-advantage for next 20 years
News World's top two offshore outsourcing locations will continue to dominate, an AT Kearney study reveals.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
