Chinese capital Beijing is encouraging Indian software and service companies to set up operations in the city. Zhang Gong, vice-director of Beijing Municipal Development and Reform, said, "We...
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Philippine software engineering firm, Webworks OS, reported excess gains of $500,000 in its first year of operations. This was attributed to an increase in foreign projects. Joey Gurango, CEO of...
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India's software outsourcing revenues will reach 17.3 billion by the end of the current fiscal year on March 2005. This is a large increase from last year's revenues of $12.8 billion....
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Adaptis, BPO provider for the healthcare industry, launched its new consulting services by signing a deal with the Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM). Adaptis will provide business process mapping which...
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Motoring services company AA signed a �50m outsourcing deal with IBM. Under the deal, IBM will set up AA's new IT infrastructure and introduce a pay-as-you-go utility computing environment....
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A study by ACA Research said that 60 percent of call centers in the Asian major outsourcing markets expect to expand in the next 12 months. India leads predicted growth at 64 percent, followed by the...
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The Joint Forum, a forum created to deal with issues common to the banking, securities and insurance sectors, released the report, 'Outsourcing in Financial Services'. The report details the...
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According to analysts, the Philippines would overtake India's global lead in call center operations with projected revenues of $3.6 billion in five years. "This is the trend that we see...
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A new survey revealed that customers hang up more frequently during call center assisted phone calls. The survey commissioned by Dimension Data showed that customers who abandon calls increased to...
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As offshore outsourcing grows in the next three years, Eastern European countries like the Czech Republic and Poland will challenge India and China as the leading destinations for outsourcing. In a...
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Costa Rica's outsourcing industry is growing strong as it builds on existing outsourcing contracts, and improves its IT expertise. The country is now part of the multi-billion outsourcing deal...
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Affiliated Computers Services, Inc. (ACS) won a $120 million business process outsourcing deal with Delta Air Lines. acs will perform human resources (HR) services -- payroll, HR information services,...
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German automation company, Systeme Lauer, plans to setup an Indian subsidiary in the following months. The company will survey Indian's automation industry and plan its marketing strategy from the...
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abacus, a South African-based IT recruitment company, stated that about 1.2 million IT jobs in Europe will move offshore within the next decade. Moreover, most of these jobs will be lost by the United...
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Prompted by the success of their initial Indian outsourcing unit, bank of America (BoA) will open its second unit in Mumbai this summer. The second unit is described as 'the next generation'...
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Philippine property developer, Megaworld Corporation, will construct a PHP3 billion high-rise building providing new office space for the country's growing BPO and IT sector. The high-rise will be...
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The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) reported that bad infrastructure, increasing labor costs and a decreasing talent pool might halt India's IT outsourcing...
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Gary Chambers was able to turn his seven-year canoeing hobby into a business. With limited resources, Chambers turned to outsourcing to start Soulbouter, a branded kayaking clothing line. With his...
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Market research firm, Gartner said that IT services sector grew 6.7 percent in 2004 -- $607.8 billion in 2004 compared to $596.6 billion in 2003. However, they added that with the US dollar's...
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