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 The Economic Times: Sanyo to launch new electric hybrid bicycle
Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. on Monday unveiled a new electric hybrid bicycle that can triple the user's pedal power to make it easier to climb hills.
The Economic Times: YouTube, the latest terror tool
Islamic extremists are being instructed on how to use the popular video-sharing site YouTube as a way to disseminate propaganda videos, a US-based terrorism monitor said.
The Economic Times: How technology helped Mum terrorists
Terror was not only in the blood but also in the 'cells' of terrorists who last week executed the worst-ever attack on India, it has emerged.
The Economic Times: MySpace delivers video to mobile phones, devices
MySpace users with mobile phones are about to find out if they can walk and watch TV at the same time.
The Economic Times: Tech biggies vie for bank integration deals
India’s top tech coslike Infosys, Satyam & TCS are bidding against transnational rivals like IBM, Accenture for several integration contract. Global IT hubs | Top IT cos
rediff: Mumbai terror puts IT, BPO firms on high alert
The Mumbai terror attacks have once again put Indian IT and business process outsourcing firms on high alert. Over the next four to five weeks, many of these firms plan to meet or video-conference with their clients to update them of the country's security scenario.
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 Computerworld: U.S. report sees major terror attack by 2013, ignores cyberattack risk
A new Congress-mandated report skips over the threat of cyberattacks and focuses almost exclusively on nuclear and biological weapons.
Computerworld: Obama's DHS pick may find support for raising H-1B cap at confirmation hearing
Janet Napolitano, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, is a supporter of expanding the H-1B visa program. She will face a nomination hearing headed by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who has been both an advocate and a critic of the program.
The Economic Times: Tech Mahindra launches new division
Mahindra Group company Tech Mahindra has launched a workforce management business which would offer well-screened high-end contract resources with attractive, fit-for-purpose model.
InformationWeek Outsourcing News
IT-BPO lobby to take up layoff issue with Nasscom
IIT graduate, McKinsey consultant, Redefines ‘success’
UK's Serco buys InfoVision for $75 mn
Genpact yet to feel slowdown impact: CEO
Obama win and BPOs: Can we talk of self-respect?
More Outsourcing News
Tata Elxsi wants to step up growth, plans Rs 45 crore capex
Now, publishing BPO booms in India
 HP lands $675 million outsourcing contract with Unilever
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·Will the Recession End Offshore Outsourcing?
I recall sitting on a panel at an outsourcing conference in New York City back in 2004 when the major spike in offshore outsourcing kicked into gear. There were protesters outside, demonstrating their frustration about U.S. jobs "moving offshore". In response, an attorney declared, "outsourcing provides a great opportunity for the U.S.-we can "offload low-value jobs and focus on higher-value, more innovative work". I ...
·Offshore Outsourcing: Quantifying ROI
Read any case study and you'll probably encounter overblown statistics that say offshore outsourcing reduced costs by 50 percent, reduced number of defects in production by 25 percent, reduced time to launch application by 40 percent and so on. Some even go a step further and extrapolate these figures to 'business value'. Example: launch time reduced by 10 weeks implies 10 weeks of additional revenue or reduced costs ...
·CIOs face additional pressures
Last year we talked about CIOs - who are both the masters and the victims of doubletalk and who are under enormous pressure to provide more to their users and at the same time, trying to keep spending under control.
·Wipro delays Atlanta center
Indian outsourcer Wipro is delaying establishing a software development center in Atlanta, Georgia, reflecting the impact of the global economic downturn on the company's expansion plans.
·CSC expands IT services in China
CSC is opening new IT services delivery center in the Chinese coastal city of Tianjin on Tuesday, and has begun construction of a new data center for both global and local service.
·China looks to second-tier cities for tech talent
A recent promotional swing through Silicon Valley by representatives of the Xi'an municipal government called attention to some of China's second-tier technology cities. Although Beijing remains the first choice for technology talent, rising costs for personnel and real estate have led many companies to consider other locations in the country. Here is a look at five prominent up-and-coming Chinese technology hubs.
·Cisco plans more globalization centers
Cisco will set up more globalization centers in the next two to three years, a company executive said on Tuesday.
·How to renegotiate an outsourcing contract
Sitting down with a vendor to renegotiate an existing outsourcing contract can be a challenging task. David Patzwald, CIO of Schneider Electric North America, offers the following suggestions for how to make your negotiation sessions a fruitful-not frustrating-experience.
·Infosys revenue, profit growth slows
Infosys Technologies, India's second largest outsourcer, Friday reported slower growth in revenue and profits for the quarter ended September 30, reflecting the impact of the economic crisis in the U.S., its largest market.
·Outsourcer Tata to acquire Citigroup's Indian back office for $505M
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest outsourcer, has reached an agreement to acquire Citigroup's interest in Citigroup Global Services, its business process outsourcing (BPO) arm in India, for about US$505 million in cash.
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·Will the Recession End Offshore Outsourcing?
I recall sitting on a panel at an outsourcing conference in New York City back in 2004 when the major spike in offshore outsourcing kicked into gear. There were protesters outside, demonstrating their frustration about U.S. jobs "moving offshore". In response, an attorney declared, "outsourcing provides a great opportunity for the U.S.-we can "offload low-value jobs and focus on higher-value, more innovative work". I ...
·Offshore Outsourcing: Quantifying ROI
Read any case study and you'll probably encounter overblown statistics that say offshore outsourcing reduced costs by 50 percent, reduced number of defects in production by 25 percent, reduced time to launch application by 40 percent and so on. Some even go a step further and extrapolate these figures to 'business value'. Example: launch time reduced by 10 weeks implies 10 weeks of additional revenue or reduced costs ...
·CIOs face additional pressures
Last year we talked about CIOs - who are both the masters and the victims of doubletalk and who are under enormous pressure to provide more to their users and at the same time, trying to keep spending under control.
·Wipro delays Atlanta center
Indian outsourcer Wipro is delaying establishing a software development center in Atlanta, Georgia, reflecting the impact of the global economic downturn on the company's expansion plans.
·CSC expands IT services in China
CSC is opening new IT services delivery center in the Chinese coastal city of Tianjin on Tuesday, and has begun construction of a new data center for both global and local service.
·China looks to second-tier cities for tech talent
A recent promotional swing through Silicon Valley by representatives of the Xi'an municipal government called attention to some of China's second-tier technology cities. Although Beijing remains the first choice for technology talent, rising costs for personnel and real estate have led many companies to consider other locations in the country. Here is a look at five prominent up-and-coming Chinese technology hubs.
·Cisco plans more globalization centers
Cisco will set up more globalization centers in the next two to three years, a company executive said on Tuesday.
·How to renegotiate an outsourcing contract
Sitting down with a vendor to renegotiate an existing outsourcing contract can be a challenging task. David Patzwald, CIO of Schneider Electric North America, offers the following suggestions for how to make your negotiation sessions a fruitful-not frustrating-experience.
·Infosys revenue, profit growth slows
Infosys Technologies, India's second largest outsourcer, Friday reported slower growth in revenue and profits for the quarter ended September 30, reflecting the impact of the economic crisis in the U.S., its largest market.
·Outsourcer Tata to acquire Citigroup's Indian back office for $505M
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest outsourcer, has reached an agreement to acquire Citigroup's interest in Citigroup Global Services, its business process outsourcing (BPO) arm in India, for about US$505 million in cash.
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·The Economic Times
The Economic Times: Latest business, finance, markets, stocks, company news from India.
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·Mumbai terror puts IT, BPO firms on high alert
The Mumbai terror attacks have once again put Indian IT and business process outsourcing firms on high alert. Over the next four to five weeks, many of these firms plan to meet or video-conference with their clients to update them of the country's security scenario.
·BPO offer to new recruits optional: Wipro
Wipro said on Monday that offers made by it to some of the campus recruits to join the company's BPO division is optional and in no way intended to pressure them to join the outsourcing section.
·Terror strike: Drug firms may lose outsourcing deals
Indian drug makers may lose out on outsourcing contracts as overseas pharmaceutical companies defer their visits to the country in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks, according to industry experts.
·Broadband, BlackBerrys save the day for IT, BPO
For instance, India's largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services -- which is headquartered in south Mumbai where terror struck -- asked its employees to operate out of any of the offices in north Mumbai until further advice. Similarly, Aegis BPO that has a corporate office in Mumbai has asked its employees in Mumbai to operate from home as they all have broadband connections and BlackBerry(s), said Aparup Sengupta, CE ...
·IT-BPO union to file PIL against 'extended' working hours
The Indian arm of the Union for Information & Technology Enabled Services is planning to file a public interest litigation against the alleged 'arbitrary policy' of many Indian and multinational IT/ITeS firms in India who have, for the past two months, reportedly been enforcing longer working hours that violate the daily eight-hour working mandate of the Indian Factories Act, 1948.
·Mindteck to move 70% outsourcing work to India
After going through a series of mergers and acquisitions, Mindteck, a Bangalore-headquartered IT services company, is looking to consolidate its various businesses which will see more work being moved offshore, to locations in India.
·BPO attrition down 5-15%
Industry insiders as well as sector experts said that companies are unlikely to miss this opportunity to rationalise bloated boom-time salaries.
·BT job cuts may hurt Indian BPOs
'It is too early to know country-specific job cuts. The majority of the job cuts will be in the UK with the rest peppered around the world and not just in India,' said a statement from BT. This, say analysts, may impact its India outsourcing partners like Tech Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, and HCL Technologies which together get around Rs 4,000 crore revenue from BT annually.
·Obama win and BPOs: Can we talk of self-respect?
Looking for crumbs from Obama doesn't say much for India Shining.
·Comments on outsourcing need not bother us: Chidambaram
"A comment here and a comment there (on outsourcing of services to India) should not bother us. . . once Obama is in office, he will realise that it is an interconnected world and countries have to work together," he said.
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·Sanyo to launch new electric hybrid bicycle
Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. on Monday unveiled a new electric hybrid bicycle that can triple the user's pedal power to make it easier to climb hills.
·YouTube, the latest terror tool
Islamic extremists are being instructed on how to use the popular video-sharing site YouTube as a way to disseminate propaganda videos, a US-based terrorism monitor said.
·How technology helped Mum terrorists
Terror was not only in the blood but also in the 'cells' of terrorists who last week executed the worst-ever attack on India, it has emerged.
·MySpace delivers video to mobile phones, devices
MySpace users with mobile phones are about to find out if they can walk and watch TV at the same time.
·Tech biggies vie for bank integration deals
India’s top tech coslike Infosys, Satyam & TCS are bidding against transnational rivals like IBM, Accenture for several integration contract. Global IT hubs | Top IT cos
·Tech Mahindra launches new division
Mahindra Group company Tech Mahindra has launched a workforce management business which would offer well-screened high-end contract resources with attractive, fit-for-purpose model.
·Techies protest Wipro BPO recruitment
The students, who were earlier selected for engineering jobs by the IT major, say the company is now recruiting them as BPO employees.
·Let's begin by saving $10 per staff: Infosys CEO Kris
Savings of $10 as a one-time effort from each one would translate to a saving of close to $1,000,000. Blackstone buys IT biz of CMS | Outsourcing costs may go up
·Facing credit crunch: Wipro seeing a few cancellations, more delays
Wipro is seeing few customers cancel contracts & more downsizing deals as a result of global economic crisis, joint CEO. IT service megavendors I Top 15 BPOs
·Outsourcing costs may creep up
Most industry leaders are still unanimous that the perception of India as an outsourcing destination will remain unchanged.
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