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World's outsourcing revenue worth $373B
News Global market will grow 14.4 percent by year-end, led by top performers India, China and the Philippines, which will account for 77.6 percent of total revenue.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Outsourcing, IT Services, India, Philippines, research company, recession, financial, China
Open source adoption 'anomaly' in Philippines
News Country's private sector is unexpected early adopters of open source, which analysts say will be further boosted by entrance of Google's upcoming Chrome OS.
Tags: Open source, Support, Open-source Software, Philippines, Google Inc., International Data Corp., Survey, Asia-Pacific, Open source, Melvin G. Calimag
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
Asean's upper hand in its numbers
News Member countries can compete more effectively with top IT offshore outsourcing locations India and China, if they pool their manpower resources, a new study finds.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Philippines faces IT skills shortage
News New study reveals insufficient pool of skilled labor to sustain the Philippines' overall IT market growth of 3 percent in the next five years.
Tags: Recruiting
HR issues to affect Philippine BPO
News While country's robust outsourcing market will remain unaffected by financial crisis, it will have to deal with talent crunch and employee demand for higher pay.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Employee communications, Philippines, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Compensation, Washington Mutual Inc., Business Process, BPO
Eight Asian ICT predictions for 2008
News Linux will gain more ground as an enterprise platform while mobile-commerce will see better adoption across the region, says research house XMG.
Tags: Operating systems, Mobile commerce, Outsourcing
India, China hold offshoring ground
News Asia's leading offshore outsourcing locations maintain their dominance, while the Philippines outperforms Malaysia, study shows.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Offshoring
M'sia aims high in outsourcing bid
News Malaysia says its focus on high-value competencies will fend off competitors such as the Philippines, in its bid to be a global outsourcing hub.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Economic downturn backs Philippine BPO
News Current economic slowdown boosts business process outsourcing market in the Philippines, as companies look for ways to cut cost, says analyst.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Philippines, Business Process, BPO, Spain, Germany, Human Resources, revenue
Software leasing to be a Philippine fad?
News The option to lease--rather than buy--can offer smaller businesses in the Philippines a good opportunity to address their software needs.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Business applications, SMB
Philippine BPOs to benefit from crisis
News As global economy sinks amid financial meltdown, Philippine outsourcing firms will benefit from new foreign contracts, says Aussie call center tech provider.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Cost control, Business, Contact Center, Philippines, Tool, Business Process Outsourcing Industry, Business Process
Green IT, spending dominate CIO agenda
News Maximizing technology spend early in the year, and setting eco-friendly targets may just be some of the resolutions that IT heads in Asia should make in 2008.
Tags: Green IT, IT budgeting, IT Governance
BPO firm buyout 'forced' by US recession
News Analyst says merger between PeopleSupport and India's Aegis is likely the result of cost-cutting measures and the need to streamline operations.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Mergers, India, Philippines, Business Process, BPO, phone, recession, job
Asia to firmly embrace mobile commerce
News Mobile users in the Asia-Pacific region will help boost m-commerce to an 18.4 percent growth this year, driven largely by applications such as mobile payments.
Tags: E-commerce
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