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Market & outsourcing watch
2004
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Find papers, articles, opinions - developed
by EuroITX.com and others - as well as
news and links on ICT and off-shore outsourcing market
development in Europe and globally.
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Offshore outsourcing is reshaping the
global IT map |
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UNECE:
The major force moving the world
industry of information and
communication technology (ICT) in the
post-bubble era is the spread of
international outsourcing. |
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Offshore IT services in South Africa |
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Too many
players in the lower-end services
sub-sector, there is bound to be a
shake-up. |
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CeBit 2005: dedicated exhibition area
on outsourcing |
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For the
first time, CeBit 2005 will have a
3000 sqm area dedicated to
outsourcing. Exhibitors include India,
China, Malaysia, Philippines,
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand,
Vietnam, Czech Republic, Romania,
Bulgaria, Russia and the Baltics.
Accompanying the exhibition is an
international forum featuring key IT
outsourcing issues. |
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Offshore research |
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VENTORO
has released its 2005 offshore
outsourcing research. The research is
based on the opinion of 5231 business
executives across North America and
Europe. For the research 303 offshore
vendors in 12 countries were also
polled. The report is downloadable free
of charge from Ventoro's web site. |
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Offshore opportunity analyser |
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Be
prepared! You are about to pay USD
800,- per page (10 page report). Major
credit cards are accepted... |
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Russia to increase outsourcing market
share
More:
70-80% annual growth expected |
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Russia
plans to invest USD 470 million in the
creation of a programming center in
the city of Dubna, Moscow. The center
will produce software for Russian and
foreign companies. |
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Growing demand for outsourcing in
Europe |
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BPO is
driving growth. |
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Czech Republic: serious competition to
India (and other outsourcing nations) |
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According
to A.T. Kearney’s 2004 study the Czech
Republic is the 4th best location for
offshore services in the world... Do
you hear that? |
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Onshore outsourcing = home sourcing |
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Countries
and companies around the globe realise
the potentials of their own homeland.
An example from the USA but also have
been seen in France. |
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Outsourcing legal document management |
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It is not
rocket science, but specific needs
must be addressed adequately. |
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Fujitsu Australia to move work to the
Philippines |
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FUJITSU
is pushing its Australian operations
to move work to its low-cost
Philippines subsidiary in an effort to
be more competitive in the
increasingly cost-conscious IT
services sector. |
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Be a specialist and focus on
outsourcing |
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Cognizant's view on offshoring and the
latest trends in outsourcing. |
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Offshored |
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The
bottom line is boosted but negative
sentiment is growing. A US outlook of
offshore outsourcing. |
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Offshore outlook - 2008 |
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About 20%
growth is expected till 2008 |
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Lesson for developing nations |
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How the
Indian diaspora helped the outsourcing
movement to grow. |
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September |
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Offshore outsourcing firms have
difficult life in Europe |
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European
businesses are increasingly opting to
use onshore IT services firms,
according to an IDC research. Leading
Indian outsourcing firms will count
only 1.3 per cent of total IT services
spending in Western Europe. |
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Data privacy and Security
(PDF) |
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The paper
provides insight into security laws in
place to ensure data confidentiality
in an onshore-offshore environment. |
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Mapping offshore markets - 2004
(PDF) |
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A
comparison of various offshore
locations world wide. |
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Offshore outsourcing risk evaluator
::
Risk evaluator home |
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The tool
quickly gauge preparedness and
capabilities for success comparing
best practices compiled from about 100
offshore cases. |
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European top companies plan to
outsource more |
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About 20%
of the top European companies plan to
outsource work over the next two
years. The preferred destination is
central and eastern Europe. |
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Offshore billing rates in India - 2004 |
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The
dynamics of offshore services billing
rates in the largest outsourcer in the
world. |
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Singapore (might) become an attractive
offshore BPO hub |
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Analysts
are divided over Singapore's potential
to become a major international
offshore business process outsourcing
hub. |
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World Investment Report 2004 |
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The Shift Towards Services -
WIR2004 presents the latest trends in
foreign direct investment and explores
the shift towards services, with a
special analysis of offshoring service
activities. |
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Pre-contract due diligence is key to
outsourcing success |
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Businesses are running the risk of
entering into duff IT outsourcing
contracts by failing to conduct a
rigorous enough evaluation of the
business case and potential suppliers,
according to new research. |
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Paris: protecting French jobs |
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France
announced plans to spend Euro 1.2
billion on tax breaks and other
incentives for companies that agree to
keep jobs in the country. |
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Offshore outsourcing market: the
Netherlands |
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Market
update on the offshore outsourcing
landscape in the Netherlands: moving up
to sea level. |
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Offshoring: the German perspective |
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European
nations have joined the movement to
offshore, mostly IT, services tasks
offshore. However, German companies
see fewer benefits from offshoring
than their US counterparts. |
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Rural Sourcing Inc. |
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Are there
ways CIOs can control cost other than
sending jobs thousands of kilometers
away? Some found the answer. |
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Some companies are bringing work back
to the home |
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For all
its promise of cost savings,
enterprises disillusioned and
dissatisfied with offshoring IT labor
are starting to bring that work home. |
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Forming an alliance is the way to compete |
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IT
services giants such as full-service
providers IBM and Accenture will come
under pressure from alliances of
smaller firms aiming to grab a larger
chunk of the global $600 billion
market, according to research from
analyst Datamonitor |
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The next big bang in offshore
outsourcing: Malaysia? |
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India and
China may be the world's premier
outsourcing spots now, but Malaysia is
fast emerging as a serious contender
for global offshoring dollars, says
management consultancy AT Kearney |
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Offshoring to India? The job might not
even go so far... |
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In a bid
to tap new markets and satisfy
customers keen to outsource to more
than one location, India's back-office
service providers are setting up shop
overseas. |
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13 steps to successfully managing your
offshore outsourcing supplier |
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More than
half of offshore outsourcing
initiatives fail to meet cost savings
and contract performance targets,
according to a three-year study of 90
offshore initiatives. |
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August |
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The offshore software development
model |
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The
offshore software development model
presents an undeniable value to
organizations around the globe:
world-class process discipline,
combined with highly skilled,
motivated, and well-educated
developers and programmers, who are
fluent in English, and whose wage
demands are less than half of their
Western counterparts. |
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Offshoring backlash: need to mitigate
(perceived) risks |
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"To the
extent that you can mitigate the risk
in the minds of your customer, the
better off they are and we are."
Akshaya Bhargava, CEO of Progeon Ltd.,
(a subsidiary of Infosys Technologies
Ltd. in Bangalore) |
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UK is about to lead the growth of
European offshore outsourcing |
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According
to Forrester Research, the UK will
lead the growth in offshore
outsourcing across Europe over the
next 10 years. |
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Indian outsourcer are looking at
China... very seriously. |
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Again,
Indian outsourcers are moving faster
than most of the crowd. Indian
offshore outsourcing giant Wipro is
setting up its first Chinese
development centre. |
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Exigen Group and Dati create the
largest Baltic IT resource in Latvia |
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The
combined strength of Exigen and DATI
represents the largest IT resource in
the Baltics, with over 700 employees
skilled in application development,
maintenance and operations |
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The global IT value chain |
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What are
the alternatives in positioning and
building brands for IT companies from
low cost countries? |
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Global Delivery Model - next milestone
in IT development |
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According
to industry experts, the Global
Delivery Model (GDM) will be the next
considerable milestone for IT after
offshoring. |
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Outsourcing Pricing Guide by META
Group |
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Eighty
percent of organizations will
outsource at least one function by
2005, according to research by META
Group, Inc. |
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Kashmiri firm tries to tap into
offshoring boom |
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Regardless of regular gunfire bursts,
grenade attacks and bomb blasts, a
technology company in Kashmir is
trying to catch up with the
outsourcing boom that has earned India
billions of dollars |
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IBM prefers South Africa as back up
for outsourcing |
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South
Africa is establishing itself as a
preferred outsourcing destination, and
is rapidly becoming a back-up site for
India |
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