Archive for November, 2008

Credit crisis dents big-ticket IT deals

Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Business Standard DATE: Nov 10th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: The size of the deals is getting smaller in the IT/BPO world. Except for a few exceptions like the buyout of Citi BPO by ... Read more..

EA scouting for outsourcing firms in India

Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: LiveMint DATE: Nov 10th, 2008 ARTICLE The world’s largest game developer, Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), is scouting for Indian partners to outsource game development and reduce costs. Head of Los Angeles-based EA’s worldwide ... Read more..

Siemens IT Solutions and Services John Evers Jr. as CEO

Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Press Release DATE: Nov 9th, 2008 Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS), a provider of IT technology solutions, and a Division of Siemens, has named John E. Evers Jr. President and ... Read more..

MindTree to reshuffle senior management, business units

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: EconomicTimes DATE: Nov 6th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: Aztecsoft is an offshore product development firm. The OPD market was supposed to grow exponentially before the crisis hit the markets and we still believe ... Read more..

ACS plans to move additional high end jobs offshore to manage cost

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Computer World DATE: Nov 4th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: This is an interesting message from ACS. For corporate clients ACS could possibly push to move the work offshore to low cost locations ( ... Read more..

IT firms change billing plan to tackle slowdown

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: LiveMint DATE: Nov 4th, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: Moving from a time and material model to a fixed price model is definately a trend vendors will like to push but as the article ... Read more..

RR Donnelly does legal work for DuPont offshore

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Metropolitan Corporate Counsel DATE: Nov 4th, 2008 ARTICLE The Editor interviews Mary Ann Kim , Director of Legal Solutions at RR Donnelley and Vincent M. Catanzaro, Discovery Counsel and Litigation Support Manager ... Read more..

Motorola confirms layoffs in India

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: LiveMint DATE: Nov 4, 2008 ARTICLE US mobile phone maker Motorola Inc. has said its India operations will face job cuts as part of a plan to shed 3,000 jobs, or about ... Read more..

Bank bail-outs to hit IT spending and offshoring – TowerGroup

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Finextra DATE: Nov 3rd, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: The Government bailout plan has the potential for firms getting the money to reduce or pull back on their offshoring activities. The taxpayers which are ... Read more..

Target cos not willing to sell: HTMT Global

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: The Hindu DATE: Nov 3rd, 2008 Mohit Soapbox: This is an interesting point of view from HTMT and we find very similar trends in the markets. The sellers are still reluctant to ... Read more..