Archive for August, 2010

Supply side challenges for IT/BPO in India

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Featured, Headline, Opinions | No Comments »

With the market demand ramping up for Indian IT and BPO vendors, finding and keeping right talent is once again becoming an important vendor management discussion for the clients and ... Read more..

Firstsource – Moving away from offshore only BPO model

Thursday, August 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: EconomicTimes DATE: August 25th, 2010 In an interview with FirstSource new CEO, Matthew Vallance the article talks about the future growth strategies FirstSource is looking to grow their BPO business ( ... Read more..

Patni Computer Secures Seven-Year Contract With Serco Learning

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: StockMarketNews DATE: August 24th, 2010   IT and BPO services provider Patni Computer Systems Ltd. said it had secured a seven-year contract for the development and delivery of 'Progresso'--Serco's new information management ... Read more..

Mid size/small IT offshoring firms gaps widens with larger firms

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

DATE: August 24th, 2010 SOURCE: EconomicTimes The quarterly results are out for most of the offshoring vendors large and small for the quarter ending June 2010. Where the results show a back ... Read more..

Wipro inks deal with Arcor Mittal

Monday, August 16th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

SOURCE: Press Release DATE: August 15th, 2010 Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited, announced that it has entered into a five year agreement with ArcelorMittal, a steel company, ... Read more..

Is India ready to put to work the demographic advantage it has ?

Friday, August 13th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Interesting article in Wall Street yesterday on the shift in demographics and how that affects Nation's Wealth by David Wessel (LINK ).  The article quotes Dominique Strauss-Kahn who believes that ... Read more..

Infosys Q1, 2011 : Facts, Earnings & Learnings

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Posted in Earnings, Fact Sheet | No Comments »

Q1,2011 Earnings: Quarter Ending June 2010 FACTS 38 new clients added. # of active clients - 590 341 million dollar clients, 26 50+ million dollar clients Top 10 client contribute 26.1% of revenue 137 Global Fortune ... Read more..

Prohibiting Ohio Public Funds from offering offshoring services

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

DATE: August 9th, 2010 SOURCE: GovMonitor Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today issued an executive order that prohibits the expenditure of public funds for services provided offshore. “Outsourcing jobs does not reflect Ohio values,” ... Read more..