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Old Mutual Announces Deal With T-Systems
Outsourcing company T-Systems SA's R2.58 Billion deal with Old Mutual will change the way outsourcing contracts work, as it moves away from a traditional service level-based approach.
How Well Do You Know Your Outsourcing Service Providers?
A new mobile app for iPhone and iPad called GlobalSourcer breaks barriers by offering information about outsourcing service providers in ITO and BPO sectors to the public.
Energy & Utilities Sector Focus For WNS
WNS (Holdings), a provider of global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services, announced its collaboration with Knowledge Relay LLC, a provider of Operational Business Intelligence products and services, to offer Data-to-Decision (D2D) services to its global clients in the Energy and Utilities segment, through user-driven, self-service operational business intelligence solutions.
Luxoft Teams Up With Atmel to Complement its Application Development Services
Luxoft, a provider of advanced application and software engineering outsourcing services, has announced its collaboration with Atmel(R) Corporation, a player in microcontroller, touch technology and wireless solutions, to offer a broad range of wireless application development and quality assurance services designed specifically for ZigBee(R) Smart Energy(TM) standards.
London Councils Look to Outsource Back-Office Functions
Westminster City Council, on behalf of many other local London authorities, has revealed details of a framework agreement for councils to outsource back-office functions, in a bid to improve efficiency and cut costs.
Obama Wants Less Offshoring, as Vendors See U.S. Shift
Signs of a turn in the IT services market from offshoring to domestic providers. President Barack Obama is trying to encourage U.S. companies not to send work overseas. This might not be as hard a job as it seems for some types of IT work.
Economic Slowdown to Hit IT Budgets in Europe, N America
Gartner Executive Programs' Worldwide Survey of More Than 2,300 CIOs Shows Flat IT Budgets in 2012, but IT Organizations Must Deliver on Multiple Priorities. Survey Shows CIOs are Using Technology to "Amplify" the Enterprise.
IT Outsourcing Deals Worth $1B in Limbo
The fate of over a billion dollars worth of information technology (IT) outsourcing contracts is in a limbo after on Thursdays Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 licences of telecom firms. For, the order comes at a time when both Indian and multi-national IT firms like Wipro, Tech Mahindra and IBM, besides business process firms such as Firstsource, Intelenet and Aegis, have signed multi-million dollar deals with telecom firms including Uninor, Etisalat DB, Videocon and Idea.
IBM to Help Oil and Gas Companies Monitor and Reduce Environmental Impact
IBM has been selected for a global research project to develop the worlds first integrated environmental monitoring system aimed at helping oil and gas companies minimize the environmental impact of their operations.
Promax Applications Group Announces Strategic Partnership With Wipro Technologies
Promax Applications Group, a world-leading specialist in trade promotions planning, management and optimization solutions, has announced its Strategic Partnership with Wipro Technologies to offer Trade promotions optimization, management and predictive analytics solutions to its Consumer Goods clients across the globe.
Large Contracts Lift European Outsourcing Market to All-Time High
Information Services Group, a technology insights, market intelligence and advisory services company, has released data showing a surge of large contracts in the fourth quarter lifted the outsourcing market in Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA) to a record performance for 2011.
IT Outsourcing Deal Size Data Shows Decade-Long Decline
An analysis of last year's outsourcing activity reveals the continuation of a decade-long decline in deal size. While the numbers of mega-deals and mid-range contracts awarded each year has remained relatively stable since 2002, those valued at $100M or less have more than tripled, according quarterly data from outsourcing consultancy Information Services Group (formerly TPI).
Telenor Keen to Broaden IT Outsourcing Pact with Wipro Beyond India
Norway's Telenor, which retails mobile services under the Uninor brand, plans to broaden its IT outsourcing pact with Wipro beyond India to ring in cost efficiencies in other Asian markets where it is a mobile operator.
HCL to hire 10,000 in US, Europe Over Five Years
At the World Economic Forum, Indian IT major HCL Technologies announced that the company will create 10,000 local jobs in Europe and the US over the next five years.
India's Outsourcing Firms Doing Just Fine
While western politicians yabber on about bringing jobs back home, third-quarter results for Indias top three IT outsourcers show just how hard it is to reverse the offshoring trend.
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Obama: Discourage Outsourcing and Encourage Insourcing
President Barack Obama says U.S. companies should be concerned for keeping jobs at home, rather than getting tax benefits for moving them overseas.
Accenture: Context-based Services Set to Emerge in 2012
Businesses are now able to derive new revenue streams from context-based services, in which real-world and digital data are reconciled in order to provide new services and value to existing or potential customers.
Outsourcing Megadeals Hit Fourth-Quarter Peak
Study by Information Services Group show 2011 outsourcing large and medium-sized contracts hit record highs as BPO and ITO sectors continue to thrive
WNS Collaborates with coAction.com for End-to-End, Order-to-Cash Solutions
WNS, a provider of global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services,announced its collaboration with coAction.com, a provider of advanced business collaboration software, to further strengthen its capabilities in Order-to-Cash (O2C) solutions.
BPO Firms Answer to US Insourcing: Tap Local Market
Lorelie Cadiz, Aegis PeopleSupport Inc. senior marketing manager, said the Anti-Outsourcing Bill pending in the United States congress will not affect the firms global operations.
Steria and Microsoft Launch Workplace On Command
Said to be the first virtualised enterprise workplace accessible via a web portal from any device, anytime, anywhere
TCS Inaugurates Silicon Valley Customer Collaboration Center in Santa Clara, California
Global HQ for its Mobility Solutions Unit and Next Gen Solutions Unit to be located here
IBM Completes Acquisition of Emptoris to Expand Smarter Commerce Initiative
IBM announced it has completed its acquisition of Emptoris Inc. The acquisition expands IBM's cloud-based analytics offerings that provide supply chain intelligence leading to better inventory management and cost efficiencies.
India Inc to Obama: We Are Creating Jobs in US, Europe
With HCL Technologies announcing 10,000 jobs for locals in the US and Europe, India Inc chose the WEF meet to send a strong message that Indian IT firms are creating and not stealing jobs in troubled western economies.
Telenor Keen to Broaden IT Outsourcing Pact With Wipro Beyond India
Norway's Telenor, which retails mobile services under the Uninor brand, plans to broaden its IT outsourcing pact with Wipro beyond India to ring in cost efficiencies in other Asian markets where it is a mobile operator.
BPO Sector Sets Sights on High-Value Services
After shrugging off a pending anti-outsourcing bill in the US Congress, the government said the countrys business process outsourcing (BPO) industry has set its sights on higher-value areas of the industry to sustain the growth started by call centers.
Miami University Plans Procurement Modernization with Accentures Support
Accenture is working with Ohios Miami University on a strategic sourcing initiative to help the University reduce its total cost of goods and services.
Increasing Interest in Private Cloud
DynamicOps, cloud services provider, reported a 300 percent growth in the private cloud market through 2011. INetU, a managed hosting provider,last summer added a sixth data center. Rockspace, a cloud service provider,posted double-digit growth courtesy multiplying demand for cloud services. All these examples indicate that private cloud-based solutions will continue to grow.
Stampen to Outsource IT Operations to Tieto
Media group Stampen, Sweden, has decided to outsource a large part of its IT operations to Tieto. The agreement runs over five years and includes a consolidation of Stampen's IT environment into Tieto's data centre, operation of business-critical systems and the introduction of a new workplace concept for around 2500 employees.
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EventGlobal Services Conference 2012
DateMar 15 2012 To Jan 1 1900
Venue/CityNew York City
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