News for Offshoring
Monday, September 26, 2011
India launches campaign to boost credibility
Concerned about its reputation following a swathe of corruption cases, India has launched a “Credible India” campaign.
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Thursday, September 08, 2011
Department for Transport Chief Speaks Out Over Bombardier
Appearing before the Commons Transport Select Committee, Philip Hammond has spoken out following much criticism of his department’s decision to give a contract to build 1,200 trains and carriages to German manufacturer Siemens.
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Indian firms are eying up Western talent
Infosys is expanding into the US, where it expects to hire 1000 non-Indian staff in the near future, says Nandita Gurjar, Infosys’ Global Head of HR, who will this month relocate to the USA to oversee the hiring.
Nandita Gurjar, also commented that non-Indian employees will eventually constitute 15 per cent of Infosys’ total workforce. Gurjar says being based in its largest market will provides "a ground-level understanding of what areas we need to address as a global corporation".
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Capgemini launches Social Media Management service
Capgemini has introduced a new Social Media Management service, helping companies benefit from online social interactions.
The application takes insights from social media monitoring, and makes suggestions to improve operations and redesign processes. It also offers advice customer segmentation, social CRM and multi-channel strategy.
Social media conversations can be dealt with in real time via Capgemini's onshore and offshore Customer Interaction centres.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
National Outsourcing Association Chairman writes for the Guardian
National Outsourcing Association Chairman Martyn Hart writes for Guardian Government Computing today. The article comments on public sector ICT offshoring and the all-important exit strategy.
See the full article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/jul/21/noa-it-offshoring-exit-strategy
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Birmingham Council Scraps Offshoring Plan
Plans to cut 55 IT jobs from Birmingham City Councils call centre, and offshore them to India have been scrapped.
Service Birmingham, a joint venture between Capita and the council, relocated 17 roles in April and planned to outsource a further 38 in August.
Now, in the face of public and media pressure, the plan has been axed.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Capgemini Acquires Chinese IT Services Firm Praxis
Capgemini will acquire a 100% stake in Beijing-based Praxis Technology, a provider of IT and consulting services to the Chinese utility market.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
NASSCOM releases Corporate Governance Report
Advice to Indian outsourcers on fairness, transparency and ethical business
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
NOA Best Practice Awards open for entries
Seventh annual National Outsourcing Association Awards is now open for entries
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Strategic sourcing climbs value chain
Industry strengthens strategic position, says IAOP
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