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Recession and Talent Management Global Services The currency of business success today is talent, yet rarely do organizations have an overarching talent strategy. When economies turn weak, workforce expenditures may seem nonessential. However, business performance is dependent on talent in all economies Outsourced Development Growing: Should You Worry? eWeek A recent study from Computer Economics from earlier this month highlights that very point. A few things are certain: Some application development is being farmed out; When budgets were done for 2008, your CIO and CFO were feeling cautious about the economy; And, new hiring is fairly flat Outsourcing Uptick Result of Slow Economy CIO Advisory firm TPI, which tracks large outsourcing deals, reported that the number of outsourcing contracts awarded in the first half of the year is the highest it's been in more than 10 years Demand for BPO Apps to Dive if U.S. Economic Crisis Continues Computerworld Currently, most Asia-Pacific countries see a year-on-year increase in contact center infrastructure invesment Companies See Information Risk as an Afterthought When Outsourcing IT Web Wire Despite awareness of the information security risks associated with outsourcing projects and well publicized cases of data loss or theft, many companies still ignore the potential problems until it is too late. That is the warning highlighted by the Information Security Forum (ISF) an independent organization with some 300 major business and public sector members from around the world Slowing Economy Gives Way to Global Role Reversals Washington Post The global slowdown stemming in part from the deepening U.S. financial crisis is hitting the world's richest nations the hardest even as emerging nations, some with once-fragile economies, are proving relatively resilient NelsonHall BPO Index Identifies Short-term Slowdown in BPO Contract Signings Resulting From Credit Crunch Market Watch NelsonHall's BPO Index shows that the BPO market has been impacted by the credit crunch with a decline in contract signings as organizations rethink their business and sourcing strategies Banking, IT to See Muted Salary Hike of 8 to 12 Percent Economic Times The blue-eyed sectors such as banking and financial services, IT, BPO, real estate and auto, which usually steal the show in terms of highest salary hikes, are going to significantly cut down on increments this year Is Outsourcing Outrageous? MarketWatch One of the biggest bogeymen in the current campaign is outsourcing. During the primary fight, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton pounded the drum about the damage done to American workers by outsourcing and outdid each other in promising to stop it through tax policies and renegotiating trade agreements Rupee Fall May Not Help IT Companies in Q1 Business Standard The impact of wage increases in the first quarter; a stagnant global economy; and margin pressure owing to inflation are expected to impact the rupee-term fortunes of Indian IT firms that will declare their quarterly results for the April to June 30 quarter beginning this week Outsourcing Deals Being Re-evaluated in Weak Economy Search CIO IT outsourcing remains steady at most large companies, but the weak dollar and service issues are causing some CIOs to reconsider their decisions. And that's not all--loss of flexibility and control can also be factors Co.s Moving Out of Outsourcing Business The Economic Times Outsourcing vendors could see more and more clients move back customer-service work onshore or in-house, according to the Black Book of Outsourcings latest report |
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