Indian technology outsourcing companies are no longer content to remain in the background but want to be in the lead. Top Indian tech companies were long satisfied with doing software maintenance and database upgrading work for US and European firms like Citigroup Inc. and BT Group PLC (who were looking for cost effective solutions). But…
A recent study by Gartner, an IT research and advisory firm predicts that more and more business process outsourcing (BPO) service providers in India will cease their operations because of the economic meltdown. At least 25% of the top service providers will find it difficult to sustain themselves and will not be an independent business…
With high cost structures during a recession, many Nordic countries are looking towards India to help them cut those costs by almost 30-40%. Some of the biggest banks in the Nordic region, NORDEA AB, Svenska Handelsbanken and SEB are looking at outsourcing technology to India. According to a senior official of an offshore advisory firm,…
BusinessWeek published an article dated 25th September, 2009 about the world’s outsourcing market being worth $373 billion. The new Canadian research firm, XMB Global, predicts India and China as the leading outsourcing countries with a growing market of 14.4% this year, with India generating revenues of US$48 billion and China at US$28 billion. Vincent Altez,…
China has brought out a set of policy measures to help the growth of outsourcing industries as the government felt that the existing growth model, which has been in place for the past 30 years, needed to be revamped. The old model of manufacturing and exporting to consumers in the developed economies, China feels, is…
