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India edgy about outsourcing newbies?

News  Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing  Tax payer still owed millions by EDS  Cheat Sheet: Offshoring  Special Report: Inside India India's fears that other countries are undercutting its dominance of the global...

Tags: india, offshoring, outsourcing

[06 May 2008]

Photos: Discover high-tech India

Photo The Cyber Gateway seen here was built in phase two of Hitec City's development and houses major offshoring operations with companies including Dell, Microsoft and Oracle starting out in the building before opening their own campuses.

Tags: offshoring, india, outsourcing

[28 Apr 2008]

Tech to tackle India's poverty

News  Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing  Tax payer still owed millions by EDS  Cheat Sheet: Offshoring  Special Report: Inside India Villagers in India are turning to technology to lift them out of the deprivation that...

Tags: csr, india, outsourcing

[23 Apr 2008]

China key to Indian IT growth

News  Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing  Tax payer still owed millions by EDS  Cheat Sheet: Offshoring  Special Report: Inside India This will help Satyam achieve its ambition of increasing its international offshoring...

Tags: satyam, offshore, outsource, centres

[21 Apr 2008]

Naked CIO: The true cost of IT

Comment But I have always been a proponent of grass-roots innovation as is evident in my objections to offshoring and outsourcing. It's all very well trying to put price tags on everything the IT department does.

Tags: value, cost allocation, projects, departments

[21 Apr 2008]

BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down

News Globalisation was another change Verwaayen did not shrink from - urging businesses to recognise offshoring as a reality of doing business in the 21st century, and one he said can be "better and cheaper".

Tags: ofcom, bt, verwaayen

[08 Apr 2008]

The Naked CIO: IT staff disloyalty

Comment The issues with offshoring and outsourcing that are having such an impact on IT employment are a result of this casual attitude in the UK's IT worker community. Those in favour of outsourcing or offshoring critical IT functions are bound to take...

Tags: recruitment, loyalty, skills, offshoring

[31 Mar 2008]

Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...

News Back to the present day and India is looking in danger of losing its crown as king of the offshoring destinations. This month, silicon.com has been busy wrestling with Android. Not manhandling tin men but exploring Google's new operating system for...

Tags: android, outsourcing, india, linkedin

[27 Mar 2008]

The CIO shopping list

Comment A quarter of CIOs said they will be outsourcing this year - mainly on the infrastructure, rather than application development/maintenance side - but none said they will be offshoring. Pressure to justify IT budgets and get better value for money...

Tags: cio agenda, tech, agenda, list

[26 Mar 2008]

India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs

News In a trend becoming known as 'reverse offshoring' Wipro and Indian rivals Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are using this tactic as they are forced to expand deeper into western countries to extend their global reach.

Tags: wipro, premji, tax, consultancy

[20 Mar 2008]

The Naked CIO: Offshore - or off their trolley?

Comment The outsourcing and offshoring debate rages on. Yet I believe passionately that outsourcing and offshoring can neither save money nor improve efficiency. But what is it about managed services and offshoring that make me so opinionated?

Tags: outsourcing, managed services, offshoring, evidence

[10 Mar 2008]

India losing status as offshore king?

News India is losing its stranglehold as the offshoring destination of choice as China, Morocco and Hungary gain ground. Special Report: Inside India In February 2007 silicon.com's Steve Ranger visited the Indian tech hotspots of Bangalore, Hyderabad...

Tags: offshoring, india, outsourcing, china

[03 Mar 2008]

It's time Indian IT took the lead

Comment Offshoring - not just about the costs So can it change? Richard Sykes reports. Nasscom's Leadership Forum closed with a session called 'Taking India to the next level of global leadership', designed to spark debate ahead of the Indian IT trade body...

Tags: india, software, innovation, outsourcing

[20 Feb 2008]

Offshoring - not just about the costs

Comment Offshoring to India is often discussed in terms of staff cost-cutting. More expert comment on offshoring: But speakers at this year's Nasscom Leadership Forum are emphasising it's much more than that, reports silicon.com editorial board member...

Tags: india, bpo, skills, offshore

[18 Feb 2008]

Can the government offshore with confidence?

Comment The government can see the attractions of offshoring IT but has yet to decide whether to push these services for the public sector. So what's stopping it, asks Georgina O'Toole of analyst Ovum. The government's attitude to offshore IT services has...

Tags: offshoring, dwp, john suffolk, departments

[14 Feb 2008]

Grad IT training masterfully fast tracked

News Previously, IT grads could expect to gain entry-level experience on the job but this vital experience can no longer be guaranteed as technological advances and offshoring are squeezing out many traditional entry-level IT roles.

Tags: grads, jobs, skills, track

[24 Jan 2008]

How to write a killer CV

Comment Outsourcing and offshoring A sharp CV really does count, says Cathy Holley of headhunters Boyden UK Global Executive Search - and certain facts matter more than your skills at tortoise husbandry. Office insights…   Bored and underpaid?

Tags: careers, job-hunting, cvs, skills

[17 Jan 2008]

Bored and underpaid? You're not alone…

News  How the staffing crisis is deepening& How techie salaries are faring& Offshoring still a hot potato   Banks hardest hit by staff crisis  Industry falling out of love with IT grads

Tags: skills, techies, jobs

[17 Jan 2008]

India top choice for UK outsourcing

News The number of UK organisations nearshoring or offshoring leapt from 47 per cent to 57 per cent last year - with all of them offshoring some or all of that work to India. But offshoring IT is not costing British workers he said, as the UK does not...

Tags: china, outsourcing, india, interfaces

[11 Jan 2008]

Creating Competitive Advantage Through Converged Communications

whitepaper In a quest for increased profitability and efficiency, the outsourcing and offshoring of non-core competencies to geographic areas with high-skilled and low-cost labour availability have become increasingly popular.

Tags: tcp - ip

[08 Jan 2008]

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