Consulting firm Accenture received a VAT ruling by the European courts. This ruling will also Affect other insurance and outsourcing companies. Last week, European courts decided that Accenture would...
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Japanese electronics company Hitachi Ltd. is now offering data storage services for multinational companies. According to Mituso Yamaguchi, chief strategy officer for information and telecommunication...
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American-based AIG Business Processing Services Inc. (BPSI) will hire more than 900 agents to support expansion in the Philippines. BPSI president Neil Elais said that the company's 600 strong...
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Research firm Gartner said that around 80 percent of companies that outsource customer service functions would fail by 2007. Gartner stated that a diminishing work force and unmanaged offshore...
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India's software and services outsourcing companies may be a target for terrorists group. Nevertheless, companies said that they are prepared to cope with the threat. On Friday, police seized...
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Hungary is attracting major outsourcing players as IBM and GE turns to the Eastern European country for their outsourcing needs. IBM will create 700 service outsourcing jobs in Hungary, while GE...
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UK company, Capgemini won a five-year �20 million IT outsourcing contract with British Energy (BE). They will provide outsourcing services for British Energy's 6,500 users and 300 servers. Under...
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Philippine-based SPI Technologies Inc. will acquire the medical transcription unit of KG Information Services and Technologies in a soon to be finalized all-cash deal. The acquisition will increase...
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Indonesia's outsourcing industry is hampered by negative perceptions and a limited talent pool. Utoyo S. Nurtanio, Accenture associate partner, said that foreign-based corporations are hesitant to...
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Fujitsu's contract with New South Wales Road and Traffic authority (RTA) has been extended. The company will provide RTA with data center outsourcing services for three more years, and has an...
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'HRO Today' featured an interview with Eva Schmatz discussing the newly formed Reference Standards Board (RSB). Schmatz, CEO of SUMMUS Research, and Joe Vales, Senior Partner at Vales...
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Analysts are now questioning how long would India's favorable currency differential with the US -- 44 Indian Rupees to 1 US Dollar -- drive the country's outsourcing boom. As India becomes...
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