Archive for March, 2009
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
According to a recent annual survey by BDO Seidman, LLP, 62% of chief financial officers (CFOs) at leading U.S. technology businesses indicted that the United States would be their primary outsourcing destination in 2009, compared to 16% for China and 13% for India; 19% companies report no interest in additional ...
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
According to a research paper published on Monday by Gartner, prices of IT outsourcing services will shrink 5 to 20 percent through 2010 due to the uncertain economic climate, IT budget constraints and competition between vendors.
This fall in prices will occur due to increasing competition in the market between traditional ...
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Saturday, March 21st, 2009
According to a recent research by Ovum, the global market for software and systems testing services will reach over $56 billion in 2013.
Testing services will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.5 percent from 2008 to 2013, faster than most other IT services. However, it grows at ...
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
China has become “the key assignment location” in the region, according to a recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers survey. The results were skewed partly by the fact that an increasing number of companies have their regional headquarters in China so that is where the senior people are located. In addition, PWC also found ...
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Friday, March 6th, 2009
After a year that experienced terrorist attacks in Mumbai, kidnapping for profit in Mexico, and the unexpected meltdown of Satyam, corporate America's CIOs appear now seeking offshore destinations that are: "safer, more stable, more secure," rather than "better, faster, cheaper" approach from early days. Risk factors for offshore outsourcing like ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
According to Wachovia analyst Edward Caso, Indian IT outsourcing group is likely to take another leg down. He suggests that most of the companies will issue guidance below Street expectations, due to that “demand remains lackluster and decision making slow.”
Customers budgets are down 10%-20% this year, he contends, but ...
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