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Indian outsourcers haemorrhaging staff
News This means that BPO employees do not receive as much cash-in-hand as their peers in other industries. The country's largest IT and business process outsourcers Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and... [05 Sep 2008]
Nielsen to outsource IT in $1.2bn deal
News Nielsen provides TV and internet audience measurement and analysis of consumer behaviour for the packaged goods and retail industries, as well as business publications and trade shows. Media and information company... [19 Oct 2007]
Security key concern for VoIP rollouts
News The survey questioned 395 global executives from a range of industries. Martin Joy, CIO of risk consultancy Control Risks, said: "On balance convergence is seen as a plus but there are... [22 Mar 2007]
Hackers target poorly secured media companies
News Less than half (48 per cent) said they had an enterprise-wide business continuity programme - way below the level of readiness in other industries, with the average in the US running at 83 per cent. Over half of... [21 Jun 2006]
India faces offshore IT skills crisis by 2010
News He said in the report: "The skills and quality of the workforce need to be improved, since only 25 per cent of technical graduates and 10 to 15 per cent of general college graduates are suitable for employment in the offshore IT and BPO... [12 Dec 2005]
R&D spend not a sure ticket to success
News It accounted for 25 per cent of the total investment by the 1,000 companies, and was followed by the heath and automotive industries. A report out today from consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton failed to... [11 Oct 2005]
SAP chief tells Europe to reduce dependence on US
News The IT industry has the most potential to innovate, the fewest restrictions and the most impact on other industries, but the sector is dominated by the US and accounts for only 1.5 per cent of Germany's gross national... [11 Mar 2005]
IBM brings home the bacon with $1bn Danish deals
News IBM will also acquire Maersk Data, an IT consultancy owned by AP Moller-Maersk with expertise in the transportation, healthcare and agriculture industries, and DMData, an IT services company created by... [01 Dec 2004]
CIO Jury: Corporates get blogging bug
News The jury was split down the middle with six voting 'yes' and six voting 'no', although even they acknowledged there will be specific industries such as the media where it would work. Steve Anderson, IT partner at... [04 Aug 2004]
US readies for outsourcing backlash
News Countries that resort to protectionism end up hampering innovation and crippling their industries, which leads to lower economic growth and, ultimately, higher unemployment. I would caution people from becoming too... [08 Jan 2004]
Ecommerce consultancy iXL cuts back in Europe
News But as soon as the bubble burst, they lost clients and suffered as well.iXL added that it would be concentrating on specific industries and cited travel, retail and financial services as its first targets. [29 Nov 2000]
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