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Offhsoring news and analysis from Network World
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The latest offshoring articles on NetworkWorld.com.
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Offshore outsourcing: what role will recession play?
The ongoing credit crisis is a concern for everyone in nearly every industry-fear of lost jobs, foreclosed homes and bankrupt businesses. But those lost jobs are likely to further bolster the booming offshore outsourcing market-so the experts predicted.
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India's HCL outbids Infosys for Axon
Indian outsourcer HCL Technologies has outbid larger rival Infosys Technologies for Axon Group, a U.K. vendor of SAP-related consulting and services.
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Indian outsourcers will be hit by US financial crisis
Indian outsourcers will be hit by the continuing crisis in the U.S. financial services sector, according to analysts.
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Kenya BPO society lobbies for license fee reduction
The Kenya Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Society has urged the Communication Commission of Kenya to reduce the annual license fee for BPO businesses. The group wants the fee lower from 100,000 Kenyan shillings (US$1,516) to 10,000 shillings in order to attract more investors.
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Infosys crosses the Rubicon with Axon buy
The agreement for SAP consultancy Axon to sell out to Indian offshoring giant Infosys Technologies for about £407m ($752.6 million) comes at the same time as HP is reportedly about to complete its capture of EDS. 'May you live in interesting times' goes the old saying and, for the ICT services sector, these certainly are interesting times. But CIOs might note that the saying was, apparently, also a curse.
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Infosys plans to acquire UK services company
Indian outsourcer Infosys Technologies said Monday that it has agreed to terms for a recommended cash offer for Axon Group, a vendor in the U.K. of consultancy and services around software from SAP.
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Indian outsourcer launches skills program at Kenya BPO
An Indian call and contact center has launched the LiveBean Scholarship Program for contact center professionals in Kenya.
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Has offshoring harmed U.S. IT workers? One researcher says 'no'
The word "offshoring" might send shivers down the spine of IT pros who are unemployed or fearful of losing their jobs. But how much impact does offshoring - the outsourcing of IT functions to foreign countries - really have on employment prospects in the United States? Despite alarming forecasts from some analyst firms, one new study concludes that the impact is minimal.
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Offshoring R&D to India on the upswing
Offshoring R&D (research and development) to India is currently a US$9.35 billion industry, with R&D centers owned by multinational companies accounting for about $5.83 billion of this market, according to management consultancy Zinnov.
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British insurer Aviva sells Indian back-office operation
British insurance company Aviva has sold its back-office subsidiary in India and Sri Lanka to WNS, a BPO (business process outsourcing) company in Mumbai that already provides back-office services to Aviva.
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