Archive for May, 2008

Former D&B Director to Head Analytics at Dexterity

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..

Gurgaon residents rise up against malls - price of growth

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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, ... Read more..

Infosys, BBVA in strategic partnership

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..

Capita moving jobs to India

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..

High oil prices reversing impacts of globalization, outsourcing of jobs: CIBC

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..

TCS sees short-term credit crunch impact

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..

Headstrong sets up centre in Hyderabad

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

    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 ... Read more..

In India, Parents Become Part of the hiring picture

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..

Spread the word: 49 million Indians log on to internet in ‘08

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..

Warburg Pincus eyes majority stake in Firstsource

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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 ... Read more..