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IIOM and WordLabs Global join forces

The International Institute for Outsource Management (IIOM) is pleased to announce the unified merger with WordLabs Global, the producers of Outsourcing Magazine and its subsequent related market promotion and media services. Under the agreeme...

Connecticut may bar LPO

Legal process outsourcing (LPO) firm Copal Partners is planning to ramp up its India headcount by another 200-300 by the end of this year, even as State Representative Patricia Dillion of Connecticut has proposed a legislation to bar law firms fro...

Egypt’s outsourcing ambitions takes a hit

Egypt’s recent unrest that finally paved way for the resignation of Prime Minister Hosni Mubarak can easily undo its recent excellent efforts to attract global companies to set up outsourcing facilities in the country. In recent times, Egyp...

Expanding responsibilities of CFOs

In the wake of the economic downturn, 80% of senior finance executives said their scope of responsibilities has expanded, with finance also now overseeing programmes in other departments across the enterprise, according to findings of a new Accent...

India, China & Malaysia top At Kearney survey again

India is the favourite back-office of the world according to global management consulting firm AT Kearney’s ranking of the best outsourcing destinations. The top three slots in AT Kearney’s 2011 Global Services Location Index (GSLI) are oc...

Survey: Cloud tops IT investment priorities

IT organisations view cloud computing as a top investment priority in 2011, according to a recent survey. The survey, which was conducted by Unisys, polled 262 respondents online. Unisys vice president Sam Gross said, “These poll r...

HCL Tech, Lippo eye Indon market

HCL Technologies said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lippo Group, to offer IT Outsourcing in Southeast Asia's largest country. The MoU was signed by Lippo Group's subsidiary PT Multipolar Technology in New Delhi recentl...

Avinash Vashistha gets Accenture India top job

Accenture recently appointed Avinash Vashistha (pix) country managing director for India. Vashistha has also been appointed co-chairman of India, along with Harsh Manglik. Vashistha, 49, joins Accenture from Tholons, a global strategic ad...

IBM inventors receive over 5,000 patents in 2010

IBM announced that its inventors received a record 5,896 US patents in 2010, marking the 18thconsecutive year it has topped the list of the world’s most inventive companies. IBM became the first company to be granted as many as 5,000 US patents ...

BPO jobs for Ugandans

Uganda has embarked on a Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) strategy and model, which will see some 3,000 young Ugandans acquire BPO skills through training that has already commenced with some 500 youth at Makerere University's Faculty of Comp...

Accenture buys CRM company

Consulting and outsourcing provider Accenture recently acquired customer relationship management company and mobility software firm CAS Computer of Germany. Details of the financial aspect of the deal were not available. CAS offers software pr...

Oracle launches cloud computing solution centre in Beijing

Oracle announced recently that the Oracle Cloud Computing Solution Centre has been established in Beijing. This facility will showcase the latest innovations and provide a complete solution to support the entire cloud computing technology stack in...

WNS wins Golden Peacock National Quality Award

The Institute of Directors, a non-profit apex association of company directors committed to improving the competitiveness of Indian Business, has awarded WNS (Holdings) Limited, the Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the year 2011, for...

Bharti, IBM finalise outsourcing deal

Indian telecoms giant Bharti Airtel has finalised a 10-year outsourcing agreement with IBM, to deliver mobile Internet services across the African continent. IBM will consolidate and transform 16 different IT environments across Bharti's Afric...

Aruna Jayanthi named CEO of Capgemini India

French consulting, technology and outsourcing services firm Capgemini has elevated three of its Indian senior executives. Aruna Jayanthi has been appointed as the CEO of India. She was earlier the global delivery officer for Capgemini Outsourc...