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US, Europe tighten IT spend as India, China boom
News IT budgets are being slashed in the US and Europe as bullish growth in China, India and Russia leaves the Western tech industry in the shade. Meanwhile IT spending for 2008 in China, Russia and India is... [11 Sep 2008]
The rise of the 'Brics'
Comment It actually stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China and was coined by the investment bank Goldman Sachs when they published a report titled Dreaming of Brics in 2003. Russia still suffers somewhat... [18 Dec 2007]
Top 10 outsourcing stories of the year
News One of the major themes was that China will increasingly challenge India as the top outsourcing destination, while Brazil, Egypt, Poland and Russia will emerge as prime locations. Not surprisingly... [18 Dec 2007]
Revealed: The top 30 offshoring destinations
News The Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) dominate a list ranking the top 30 global offshoring locations. Russia Analyst group Gartner assessed 30 countries for their... [11 Dec 2007]
UK to be top global talent hotspot
News The other Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) - Brazil and Russia - will fare less well. Brazil will fall one place to nineteenth, while Russia will fall out of the top 10 and... [26 Sep 2007]
Five hot outsourcing trends to watch
News Beyond the Bric bloc of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China - or 'Bricm' including Mexico), small-time, near-shore developing nations, such as Egypt and Poland, are rising up the agenda. While the scenario of China... [06 Jul 2007]
UK wary of offshoring to Brics
News Three-quarters of UK directors believe organisations in the developed world are better equipped technologically to take on international work than those in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - the so-called... [21 Jun 2007]
India is top of the Brics
News We asked which of the Bric countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - readers are most likely to be attracted to in terms of offshoring activity in the next decade. Russia came next,... [02 May 2007]
Deutsche Bank: Why we use India and Russia
News So why would it work with this supplier, at sites in Russia, rather than have more work carried out in its established offshore locations - such as Bangalore, Mumbai or Manila - where it has captive operations or works... [15 Mar 2007]
UK businesses taught how to expand overseas
News UK businesses interested in expanding overseas will be able to get advice from a series of government-run seminars focusing on development into the so-called 'Bric' countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China. [05 Feb 2007]
Asia goes global
AS Analysis He said: "Now you've got that platform, you have people in Turkey trading with people in the UK who are trading with people in Russia - forget China. Quocirca's Longbottom said: "TCS can't compete by being an Indian... [25 Sep 2006]
Editor's Blog: Some offshoring fallacies
Comment As with Bric - a common abbreviation these days for the developing giants Brazil, Russia, India and China - he used the acronym Switch. At the end of a long day, two long-time silicon.com contributors, Dr Richard Sykes... [06 Sep 2006]
UK firms to drive offshore outsourcing boom
News But Marriott said that many organisations are increasingly looking at nearshore destinations among the former Eastern Bloc countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia. [25 Apr 2006]
India still first choice for offshore outsourcing
News India will face increasing competition from Brazil, China, Mexico and the 'nearshore' eastern European countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia but Gartner says only China comes close in the... [21 Sep 2005]
Is it still OK to say offshoring?
News For much of the past two years, the business world has been happy to trumpet the benefits of sending technology work and other tasks offshore to lower-cost labour markets such as India and Russia. Does this mean that... [27 Sep 2004]
