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Lawyers and Outsourcing Deals
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 1, 2009
...vation to be handed to its competitor tomorrow.
Contrast this with the innovation provisions that outsourcers seek. They usually want ownership and the ability to commercialize innovation paid for by... ...quot;whether." To this end, lets look at the lawyers' place in outsourcing deals.
First, take the role of in-house counsel. Even in the most hostile of environments, they have at least three...
50 Ways to Leave your Outsourcer
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on April 28, 2009
...y, I find this practice to be both ethically and economically unsound. Furthermore, I can also see outsourcers saying that services will be halted until payment is made - giving the leverage to the ou...
A More Pessimistic View of Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 2, 2009
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In today's Tech Trader Daily section of Barron's a pessimistic view of the Indian outsourcing industry this year. Wachovia's Edward Caso points out that "demand remains lackluster and decision making slow," and also poin...
Please Don't Take Away Our Tax Breaks!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...ave a greater effect ultimately.
That being said, it is instructive to look at the reactions from outsourcers as they face the end of a fiscal advantage that they've enjoyed during the last deca...
Security is just broken
in The CIO Weblog, on January 15, 2009
...gainst their interests to truly solve your vulnerabilities. Most outsourcing competes against other outsourcers or your internal processes. With security outsourcers, they are facing your fears, and t...
Recession impacts India based outsourcing
in The CIO Weblog, on November 12, 2008
...eed to expand capacity at rates precluding internal staffing and training... a ripe environment for outsourcers. And in bad times, those same enterprises would be fearful of bringing on new hires, and...
The Fall of Finance
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 29, 2008
...have guessed?
Bringing it back to outsourcing, this could be both the best and worst of times for outsourcers. Best at least for those outsourcers who's primary business was to build value into t...
Indian Outsourcing During the Credit Crunch
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 28, 2008
...ing recently.
Of course, this creates an opportunity for potential customers in other industries. Outsourcers will, no doubt, have seats and well-trained employees available - and be in a position to...
Its Time for Tata, Infosys, Wipro, Satyam and Others to Invest!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 16, 2008
...bal economy, it is becoming increasingly clear to this author that it is time for the large Indian outsourcers, such as Tata , Infosys , Wipro and Satyam , to step up to the plate and invest in t...
Why is Outsourcing the Political Whipping Boy?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 1, 2008
...s and Ford are designed and built abroad. In many ways, Toyota is more American than GM right now.
Outsourcers need to do more than sloganeer - the statements about how outsourcing "benefits&quo... ... shareholder groups - have used outsourcing and offshoring to further extract rents from the other stakeholder groups - generally represented by the center-left and far-right.
These groups make inter...
India instability may drive offshoring to China
in The CIO Weblog, on July 30, 2008
...gpile , the latest developments in Bangalore are sure to be unwelcome news to Indian offshore outsourcers.
While unrest and terrorism have not been unknown in India over the past decades, to th... ... after the hue and cry from industry observers the terrorists will realize their opportunity to take on two birds with one stone: while striking directly at India, they may also inflict significan...
The Legal Farm Team
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 6, 2008
..., Khoj Badami
In an interesting trend reported in The Hindu today ( link ), Legal Process Outsourcers may be acting as the training ground, or farm teams, for domestic Indian law firms.
I s...
Will Outsourcing Follow the Auto Industry?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 4, 2008
... In a recent article in the IT Examiner (India), Harsha Pramod described a nascent move by Indian outsourcers to open US-based offices.
Whether or not these new branch offices have the staying powe...
Buying and Selling Services
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 25, 2008
...nt posting , Arun Purohit described an interesting disconnect between the sales approach of Indian outsourcers and the purchase approach of American (at least some) customers. I think he's sp...
India Internet outage update
in The CIO Weblog, on February 3, 2008
...k-solid contingencies for more significant outages almost surely is now front and center for Indian outsourcers....
Outsourcing On The Way Out?
in Networking for Pros, on December 18, 2007
...l be keen. This will force outsourcing firms to sign more smaller clients and will also require the outsourcers to reduce their pricing. Further, buyers will be looking for shorter contracts to allow ...
Thoughts for the Outsourcing Future
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 28, 2007
...ia, where the sector employs 1.6 million people and indirectly supports six million others, leading outsourcers are diversifying geographically. Tata Consultancy Service, a branch of the giant Tata ...
The Evolution of HR Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 28, 2007
...s to HR outsourcing. This could be considered as a clear definition of RPO:
RPO is when a company outsourcers its recruitment process in order to get more access and also save on cost. It is done fo...
Nasscom on China's IT Software Services Industry Evolution
in The CIO Weblog, on August 22, 2007
...easing number of 'unemployable' resources, pressures of dealing with more evolved (western) outsourcers and intensifying competition. Given this, Chinese Government and industry has taken a sy... ...(western) outsourcers and intensifying competition. Given this, Chinese Government and industry has taken a systematic approach towards addressing the above challenges with ICT oriented industry polic...
Indian Outsourcers to Continue Acquisitions!
in The CIO Weblog, on August 21, 2007
...ply [of people who can come to the United States] that's a problem." while other Indian IT outsourcers could follow Wipro's recent example by acquiring American IT services firms in comin...
Wipro's Acquisition of Infocrossing - Summary
in The CIO Weblog, on August 16, 2007
...n IT company in the United States, is part of an ongoing trend by offshore applications development outsourcers "wanting to expand to full-service" companies, he said. "It's not new...
Open Source And IT Outsourcers
in The CIO Weblog, on July 14, 2007
... I read this about how the ecosystem is working between the open source providers and the outsourcers. Below are some highlights from it.
Several Open Source firms have mentioned that India...
Syntel - The best kept secret in IT Services, Not Anymore!!!
in The CIO Weblog, on July 2, 2007
...ar 2006 Onshore Billable headcount 1,405 India Billable headcount 4,006
So while most of Indian Outsourcers were growing their market share exponentially in the market, Syntel first had to get to ...
Gartner IT Expo - Sourcing related information
in The CIO Weblog, on May 31, 2007
...alternative destinations. According to Gartner Vice President Ian Marriott, enterprises considering outsourcers should establish a formal country selection process, with the three top criteria being:
...
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 30, 2007
...ption of this article:
Here's how it works: Just like head hunters , recruitment process outsourcers often make cold calls to identify employees--say, accountants or computer programmers--w... ...lly with the arrival of Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). Usually headhunters are the ones who take charge of this process but most of these headhunters are outsourcing their job somewhere else i...
The Forrester Wave: North American Outsourcing Applications - Q1 2007
in The CIO Weblog, on March 27, 2007
...ers of AO providers are a generally satisfied bunch, although they share the view that applications outsourcers across the board must be more proactive in demonstrating both business and technical val... ... Forrester have released a report with their take on the Vendor comparison in the NorthAmerica, Application Outsourcing Market, IBM and Accenture still lead the market, of course closely followed by...
Indian IT Services - Size Does Matter
in The CIO Weblog, on March 20, 2007
...nd medium-size outsourcing companies in India are getting marginalized as customers look for larger outsourcers with big brands and strong financial results, according to Forrester Research.Staff too ...
CIOs Expect IT Organizations to Keep Growing - Baseline
in The CIO Weblog, on August 16, 2006
...dd full-time staff in the next year. The need for IT labor is leading companies to hire more outsourcers and contractors, but not necessarily at the expense of their in-house staff. In fact, on...
Application Maintenance - The trend to Latin America
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 5, 2006
...mx/en) and TechBA (www.techba.com) provide U.S. companies a way to identify and evaluate Mexican IT outsourcers.
"The nearshore model has produced great results for our clients," says Lui...
iBP - Intelligent Business Processes
in The CIO Weblog, on June 26, 2006
...atisfaction.The company has also placed a call center application on the desktops of workers in its outsourcers' facilities. It uses analytics to determine potential cross-selling opportunities ba...
Acquisition must for Indian companies
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 23, 2006
... and the " buy or be bought " trend by the outsourcing majors.
It predicts that leading outsourcers will make aggressive moves to protect their businesses. These will range from acquiring ...
IT Survivors - Staying Alive In A Software Job
in Java Entrepreneur, on December 26, 2005
...d thing is whether it is the people themselves or the companies that employ them that push back the outsourcers won't tolerate it. Fewer hours worked per day and stretched deadlines means more exp... ... very fresh, open and honest look at what it is like these days for an IT professional in India. My takeaway from the article is that all is not well in the Indian IT industry. Being asked to work 14-...
5 Issues Challenging Every CIO
in The CIO Weblog, on September 24, 2005
Today's enterprise world, technology heads are faced with increasing pressure to comply with government regulations while securing their enterprises to the utmost degree and, of course, achieving efficiencies and cost savings.
VAR Business spoke to five enterprise CIOs about how they ap...
2005 IT Service Provider Scorecard
in The CIO Weblog, on September 7, 2005
...t leads among consultants for client satisfaction.
Infosys is strong in client satisfaction among outsourcers.
IBM leads among providers that firms plan to hire in 2005.
Hewlett-Packard has gain...
Gartner on Offshoring
in The CIO Weblog, on June 23, 2005
... offshore and near-shore outsourcing by 2007" Gartner's report identifies five areas where outsourcers should apply more thought before taking the plunge:
Unrealized cost savings : Companie... ...should apply more thought before taking the plunge:
Unrealized cost savings : Companies forget to take into account Hidden expenses for things like infrastructure, communications, travel and cultu...
Outsourcing Hits The Mainstream
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 19, 2005
... increasing diversity of industries in the outsourcing arena would weaken the market share of early outsourcers like financial services and communications.
Notably, Ryan Powell, author of the Datamon...
Eastern European IT Outsourcers Take Aim at EU
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 17, 2005
Eastern European outsourcing companies are now looking for business in the EU because of the declining US dollar.
It is no longer economical for both the US and Eastern European countries to do business with each other. Rising costs have turned away US companies that outsource to keep busine...
Frequently Asked Questions on Offshore Outsourcing (Part 1)
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 29, 2005
...cials services firms -- retail banking, investment banks, and insurance -- are the leading offshore outsourcers. GE Capital, American Express and Citigroup are the leading companies involved in outsou...
What's Your Style for Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 1, 2004
...h supplies foreign labor at the customer site (on-site). This is a common practice amongst offshore outsourcers such as Tata Consultancy, Infosys, and Accenture. They use H-1B and L-1 guestworker visa...
TCS is India's Outsourcing King
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 29, 2004
... A recent report compares the 3 most famous of the Indian outsourcers on the basis of investment potential.
A survey conducted by EquityMaster shows that TCS is a clear favorite.
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