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Barclays to slash up to 350 more jobs
News We are disappointed at the job losses in the middle of a recession and disappointed that Barclays is still offshoring but are pleased at the extra security being offered at Radbroke," he said. Barclays has announced... [12 May 2009]
ID cards, Oracle, iPlayer and how to save your job...
News And silicon.com columnist Mark Kobayashi-Hillary posed the question Is offshoring to blame for job losses? ID cards, Oracle's move for Sun and the ever-interesting issue of how to keep hold of your job were three of the... [08 May 2009]
Revealed: Secrets to outsourcing success
News UK multinationals have this week laid bare their sometimes rocky relationship with outsourcing and described how offshoring is helping them survive the recession. Speaking at the FT Outsourcing and... [01 May 2009]
Recession bringing offshored work back to UK
News As the recession forces companies to become leaner and the comparative savings from offshoring diminish, banks and businesses are considering returning work back to the UK. Speaking at the FT Global Outsourcing and... [28 Apr 2009]
Crunch bunch can't get enough of cheap BPO
News While everywhere from Egypt to Thailand is being cast as the next offshoring hotspot, India's slice of the business process outsourcing (BPO) pie is only going to get bigger. According to Gartner, Indian companies' share... [21 Apr 2009]
Is offshoring to blame for job losses?
Comment The recession has brought on the offshoring backlash. It's not that the process of offshoring has become any more risky - in fact with the amount of experience possessed by some suppliers, it is anything... [02 Apr 2009]
Outsourcing Association to Be Founded in Central and Eastern Europe
White Paper Outsourcing Associated bodies and Branch Associations from the Baltics, Ukraine, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania established Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association to promote CEE region as competitive alternative to other... [01 Apr 2009]
Outsourcing 2.0: What's the new India?
News Report co-author professor Leslie Willcocks said today the global growth in IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) in various new countries across the globe will allow businesses to gamble on many different offshoring... [31 Mar 2009]
Inbox: Government IT ignoring red lights?
Comment Offshoring IT jobs is bad for the UK, says the Naked CIO. It looks like the Naked CIO has jumped on the anti-offshoring-buy-British bandwagon. That's a fact, because in a downturn everyone fears for... [30 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Five steps to reduce outsourcing risk
Comment In reality, there are very few instances of political or social upheaval having any impact on offshoring or outsourcing. Outsourcing relationships carry some inherent uncertainty but there are ways to minimise any... [25 Mar 2009]
Naked CIO: Buy British
Comment Offshoring IT jobs is bad for the UK, says the Naked CIO. In my personal experience the offshoring of vital resources and labour is costly in reducing the quality of products, due to lack of... [23 Mar 2009]
CIOs' technology plans unveiled
News Offshoring also got a mention in the survey, with India the country most likely to be used, followed by China. Protecting their IT infrastructure - and making it work a bit harder - are two key areas of focus for IT... [12 Mar 2009]
Drunk Facebook pics, iPlayer, BT and outsourcing hotspots
News India's dominance of the IT outsourcing market could be set to waver in the future, however, with consultant KPMG predicting that Brisbane and Belfast are set to be the next offshoring hotspots. February started with a... [05 Mar 2009]
Indian tech giants to transform UK government?
News Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing Tax payer still owed millions by EDS Cheat Sheet: Offshoring Special Report: Inside India India's tech giants are in the running to manage major new government IT projects... [16 Feb 2009]
Financial firms cut outsourcing
News However, we expect outsourcing and offshoring activity in the financial sector to pick up during 2009. Financial companies worldwide have slashed the number of new outsourcing contracts by a third as they slow their... [12 Feb 2009]
