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Jobs of the future: No office, no paycheque
Comment As technology changes how we do business, the way we work is morphing as well. Over the past decade, the internet has moved from a technical dream to a robust business infrastructure, spawning a new era... [08 Oct 2008]
Back to reality for Bangalore
Comment More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? The head of the business... [30 Sep 2008]
Indian outsourcers haemorrhaging staff
News Attrition rates in the country's business process outsourcing (BPO) industry are about eight per cent higher than the national average, according to a report by global consulting firm the Hay Group. More on outsourcing…... [05 Sep 2008]
Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment Legal experts, procurement, technical, business and alike are also brought in from throughout the organisation but all with "real jobs" that they go back to. More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing... [20 Aug 2008]
Indian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? Peter Allen, partner and managing... [18 Jul 2008]
Aviva strikes $1bn BPO deal
News The world's fifth largest insurance group, owner of Norwich Union, struck an eight-year deal with Indian outsourcer WNS Global Services to run its business process outsourcing operations. More on outsourcing… Gov't... [11 Jul 2008]
"Mega" outsourcing deals decline
News More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? Analyst Gartner say the figures reflect a... [11 Jun 2008]
How outsourcing saved Zurich's IT
Case Study In 2003 Zurich Financial Service's sprawling IT department consisted of more than 7,500 employees and 30 CIOs separately servicing different parts of the business. More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off'... [10 Jun 2008]
EDS customers advised to look for price cuts
News More on outsourcing… ¦ Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals ¦ Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract ¦ Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? EDS and HP's collective services... [21 May 2008]
Lloyds TSB offshores 450 tech jobs to India
News More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? Group IT is the backbone of the... [19 May 2008]
HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS
News The two companies collective services businesses, as of the end of each company's 2007 fiscal year, had annual revenues of more than $38bn and 210,000 employees, doing business in more than 80 countries. [13 May 2008]
Outsourcing: Not just about cutting costs?
News Instead the key is to treat outsourcers as an arm of the business, with customers expecting suppliers to have intimate knowledge of their workings and to get access to top-flight skills across the globe from their... [12 May 2008]
Tech to tackle India's poverty
News Change is stirring in the heart of rural India as computer-filled business process outsourcing (BPO) units spring up next to rough shacks, and village patients receive diagnoses from doctors hundreds of miles away via... [23 Apr 2008]
Huawei's $1bn R&D pot 'matches Western rivals'
News Although Xu has a marketing moniker, he has a background in developing the business' international relationships and his views are uncharacteristically candid. He is at pains to emphasise the core value the company's... [06 Sep 2007]
Symantec eyes up ID management space
News Symantec CEO John Thompson mentioned those fields as areas the company is interested in as it tries to become a single-source supplier for management of data centres and protection of data and online... [09 May 2006]