Archive for May, 2008
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Former D&B Director to Head Analytics at Dexterity
SOURCE: Press Release DATE: May 30th, 2008 Indian-based KPO firm Dexterity has appointed Dr. Jayendra Ramesan as Practice Head – Analytics. Dr Ramesan is a former Director, Sales and Marketing Analytics at Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) – U
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Gurgaon residents rise up against malls – price of growth
SOURCE: The Telegraph India DATE: May 27th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: Gurgaon is in a number of ways a microcosm of development/growth in India. A hub for KPO work in India, with new roads, growing retail, commercial, residential locations it is bus
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Infosys, BBVA in strategic partnership
SOURCE: Business Standard DATE: May 29th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: Finacle is still a small percentage of revenue for Infosys and from their earning call recently does not seem like there will be a big push to make this a major part of revenue. I w
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Capita moving jobs to India
SOURCE: BBC News DATE: May 28th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: These are some recent wins by Capita early quarter of this year and their contract with Prudential Marsh Ltd - to transform and deliver Marsh UK's back office administration funct
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High oil prices reversing impacts of globalization, outsourcing of jobs: CIBC
SOURCE: Canadian Press DATE: May 28th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: Will oil prices reverse globalization trends ? Travel cost is a relatively smaller part of direct services industry cost compared to manufacturing and goods. The cost of oil going up ha
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TCS sees short-term credit crunch impact
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: May 29th, 2008 MOHIT SOAPBOX: 41% of business for TCS comes from financial services. I wonder if TCS is willing to make large acquisitions to grow in organically. TCS has been through a couple of management restructuring no
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Headstrong sets up centre in Hyderabad
The new CoE will focus on delivering high–end business and technology solutions for the global securities and capital markets industry. The focus would remain on offering specialised financial services supporting derivatives
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In India, Parents Become Part of the hiring picture
SOURCE: Wall Street Journal DATE: May 27th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: This is an interesting social impact of globalization. Though the number of women employees in the Indian work force are still a minor component but the fact that there are women em
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Spread the word: 49 million Indians log on to internet in ‘08
SOURCE: EconomicTimes DATE: May 19th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: These are encouraging statistics and reflect growth in the internet connectivity but I wonder how much of this is within corporates and what percentage is residential. The broadband gr
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Warburg Pincus eyes majority stake in Firstsource
SOURCE: Times of India DATE: May 26th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: The article talks about a possible merger of WNS and Firstsource if indeed Warburg is looking to get a stake in Firstsource. WNS recently had announced their financial results for the l
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