Stock Valuations of IT Outsourcing Firms Up
March 13, 2010

The Information Technology business in India has been making progress at a rapid pace converting cost benefits and technical superiority into swelling revenues for the last ten years. Although share prices of these IT firms have dwindled amid the recession phase, they are rebounding as a recovery takes form in developing markets. Read more

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Rural Outsourcing Not About Anti-Globalization/Patriotism But Alternative To Offshoring
March 8, 2010

CEOs of some companies are now promoting outsourcing to rural areas in the U.S. as an alternative to offshoring. In addition, this is not about anti-globalization or generating nationalism to generate business. Read more

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Outsourcing by small companies
March 3, 2010

One would imagine that outsourcing is something that concerns only large corporations, who would have the resources necessary to be able to create infrastructure overseas, which could then be harnessed to reap enormous economies of scale. Well there is some truth in it, but small businesses too can reap the benefits of outsourcing by understanding that the benefits that accrue are substantial. Read more

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Wipro Wins Outsourcing Contract After Indian Bank Terminates Deal With Beleaguered Satyam
March 1, 2010

In a recent deal, Wipro has acquired a major contract from India’s Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) for $21 million after ending an earlier agreement with Satyam Computer Services. Read more

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Outsourcing 2010: repairing of crisis contracts?
February 25, 2010

Because of the economic crisis have many companies deployed aggressive scenario’s to cut cost. This resulted among others in stretching the definition of ‘non-core’ activities in order to outsource them to an external party (including selling off offshore captives to cash rich vendors). Read more

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Is Silicon Valley doomed?
February 14, 2010

Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation has just released their 2010 Index of Silicon Valley and the results are not so rosy. In fact, the report concluded that Silicon Valley faces a steep climb out of the current economic downturn and this contradicts the perception that the Valley is a place that can continually reinvent itself. Read more

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Backshoring-Reverse Globalization
February 8, 2010

In recent years, “backshoring” has occasionally been noticed by outsourcing observers (including us) and the media. However, backshoring may increasingly become the buzzword of the future as the global economic downturn is proving to be a game changer for outsourcing and globalization in general. In fact, here are some backshoring trends or statistics that have recently been mentioned by the media: Read more

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Outsourcing in 2010
January 31, 2010

The last decade saw outsourcing  come into its own as a global multibillion dollar industry that had the ability to turn around economies and arouse a great deal of passionate debate on its desirability or otherwise. As we hit the second decade of the new millennium, what are the challenges that this industry faces and what are the opportunities? Read more

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Is post-contract verification in an outsourcing is good?
January 27, 2010

Post-contract verification is basically a process for adjusting the price for the services based on the results of due diligence taking place after contract signature rather than before. This carries all the obvious risks and uncertainties about price renegotiation at a time when bargaining power has shifted from the customer to the service provider. So why have customers agreed to adopt this approach? The following may provide some explanation: Read more

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Rebound in Confidence Expected in Outsourcing Sector
January 26, 2010

Although most industries are expecting a slow recovery at best, reports suggest that the outsourcing sector is on the heels of a boom. In the upcoming months, the demand for outsourcing is likely to climb, say analysts. Read more

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