Archive for July, 2009

TCS looking to grow BPO business to a $ 3 billion business

Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Date: July 18th, 2009 TCS is looking to grow their BPO business to $ 3 billion over the next five years. This is an ambitious plan , given their revenue from ... Read more..

Agilent estimates $300 to $315 million savings by offshoring to India

Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: EconomicTimes DATE: July 19th, 2009 In an interview with Parmeet Ahuja, head of Agilent India, he discussed the strategy of Agilent in India and how the company plans to make India ... Read more..

TCS files for no H1B visa this fiscal

Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: The Hindu DATE: July 18th, 2009 Tata Consultancy Services has not filed for a single H1B visa this year mainly due to its focus on shifting more work to low-cost destinations ... Read more..

CSC SIGNS $115 MILLION IT SERVICES RENEWAL AGREEMENT WITH HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM

Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Posted in DEALS | No Comments »

SOURCE: Press Release DATE: July 15th, 2009 CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today that it has signed a new information technology outsourcing services renewal contract with Henry Ford Health System, one of the ... Read more..

Accenture acquires Nokia’s Symbian services

Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: CNET Date:  July 17th, 2009 In a move that will further increase Symbian's independence from Nokia, the Finnish phone manufacturer has agreed to sell its Symbian Professional Services unit to technology ... Read more..

Cognizant signs deal with Invensys PLC, will acquire 400 employees in India

Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

DATE: July 17th, 2009 Cognizant has signed a multi year deal with Invensys group, a global solution provider in the process and manufacturing space. There was noise about Cognizant looking to ... Read more..

Digital River outsources 120 jobs to Sitel

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: examiner.com DATE: July 16th, 2009 Digital River Inc., an Eden Prairie based e-commerce company announces today that it will be laying off 120 of its employees. The layoffs will be seen ... Read more..

Viterra, a Canada based grain company looking to outsource work to Infosys

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in DEALS | No Comments »

SOURCE: CBCNews.ca Date: July 16th, 2009   A Regina-based grain company — Viterra — is looking to Bangalore, India, for some of its office support work. The company announced Thursday that a total of ... Read more..

BT to move 2000 jobs back to UK from India

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Express Buzz Date: July 15th, 2009 SOURCE BT chief executive Ian Livingston has announced that the company will revert at least 2,000 call centre jobs from India back to Britain. The company has ... Read more..

Dow extends technology services agreement with IBM through 2014

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in DEALS | No Comments »

DATE: JULY 15th, 2009 SOURCE: Press Release IBM today announced it has signed a five-year information technology (IT) services agreement with The Dow Chemical Company. As part of the global agreement, IBM ... Read more..