We are launching our survey contests today - your chance to win one of three great Hardcover Books. The first book is "The World is flat - brief history of the twenty-first century" written...
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Japan's NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) has awarded a two-year outsourcing contract to SlashSupport. The outsourcing deal will earn the Indian tech support company about $10 million over...
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EDB Business Partner ASA, a Norwegian-based IT group, has won a three-year IT operating services contract from the St. Olavs University Hospital in Trondheim, Norway. Under the estimated NOK115...
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IBM has been awarded an outsourcing agreement by electronics manufacturer Solectron. IBM will manage US-based Solectron's $1.2 billion annual indirect procurement services bill. Under the...
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With the many challenges facing large pharmaceutical companies nowadays there is a need to reduce development costs by as much as 30-40%, while at the same time significantly shortening development...
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According to the latest Forrester research, the global outsourcing industry could face extensive consolidation in the next two years so much so that top-tier Indian firms will have to rely on...
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Consultancy and outsourcing major Accenture has signed an application outsourcing contract with XM Canada to provide customer care and business platform support. Under a previous agreement, Accenture...
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Leading technology and outsourcing firm Capgemini plans to expand its operations in India and increase its workforce in the country to 10,000 by 2007. Paul Hermelin, CEO of Capgemini, said, "We...
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Avon Products Inc. plans to dismiss 600 customer service representatives in the US in the next two years. Company officials said that Avon will outsource these jobs overseas. The beauty products...
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Mincom Managed Services, a software and services provider, has won a three-year IT outsourcing deal with CountryLink, a company part of New South Wales government-owned Rail Corporation. Under the...
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Luxoft, Inc. was named as one of the 35 Rising Stars in the 2006 Global Outsourcing 100 list. The company, Russia's leading software developer and IT service exporter, was also named as one of the...
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Vertex Financial Services, the BPO arm of United Utilities, has won a five-year, £45 million mortgage outsourcing contract with Deutsche Bank (DB). Under the agreement, Vertex will provide outsourced...
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According to a report, Apple Computer will set up a new technical support center in Bangalore, India. Thy also plan to hire up to 3,000 staff by the end of 2007. The Bangalore unit will be Apple's...
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Marlabs, Inc. has set up a new center in Bangalore, India dedicated to legal process outsourcing (LPO). The LPO center already has 100 professionals with plans to increase to 500 workers by 2007. With...
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Darwin Partners Inc., a provider of IT services, will merge with Suzsoft Co., Ltd., a China-based provider of outsourced application development, quality assurance, and localization services. The...
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According to the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the country could corner as many as 450,000 call center jobs from the offshoring operations of US corporations over the next five...
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Filed in archive by Danny on March 04, 2006
Perot Systems Corporation has acquired eServ, a leading provider of high-end product engineering outsourcing services, for $21 million. Perot may add another $7 million if the Illinois-based company...
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Turkish-based industrial group, Zorlu, has signed a 7-year, $25 million outsourcing agreement with IBM. IBM will take over Zorlu's IT infrastructure to bring about an expected 30 percent cost...
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