The rupee value may rise making Indian services more expensive, but companies like Infosys adapt. In this piece, we look at what is going on inside the outsourcing giant, and whether their strategy is enough to sustain continued growth. Infosys (INFY) delivers information technology (IT) enabled outsourced business solutions and provides business process outsourcing (BPO)
We’ve been talking about the US / European GIS / GPS companies, which have been hot and busy with major M&A deals: * Navteq : Bright Future if Managed Well * Place and Location Services Growth Fuels Navteq * Tom Tom + Tele Atlas: Perfect Match * Trimble’s Compelling Growth Strategy * Garmin Looks Great,
By Utkarsh Rai, Guest Author, Author of “Offshoring Secrets”. Offshoring and Outsourcing are two words that are often used interchangeably. For the purpose of this article let us define the terms in a simple manner: “offshoring”, where the organizations decide to open their own captive center in another country; “outsourcing”, where the company decides to
By Utkarsh Rai, Guest Author, Author of “Offshoring Secrets”. “Fear of the unknown” is the biggest deterrent when it comes to choosing the next job. In India, most of the time, the prospective candidate is not the sole decision maker in accepting an offer. Parents, spouse, siblings, in-laws and friends play a major role in
Have a look at this article from NY Times: Outsourcing Works, So India is Exporting Jobs. :: MYSORE, India — Thousands of Indians report to Infosys Technologies’ campus here to learn the finer points of programming. Lately, though, packs of foreigners have been roaming the manicured lawns, too. Many of them are recent American college
By Utkarsh Rai, Guest Author, Author of “Offshoring Secrets”. Recently this question has flooded the web and the print media. Some companies are thinking about pulling back from India. So what is the real answer? Globally, weakening of the dollar has impacted almost every country whether it is Israel, China, Malaysia or Poland, and therefore
By Utkarsh Rai, Guest Author, Author of “Offshoring Secrets”. Almost everyone in an offshore center in India are aware of the tag of “cheap labor” and the “cost advantage”. These are the two sides of the same coin. Where the first one hurts feelings and sentiments, the second one offers a feeling of job security.
Our neighbor, Carl Jacobson, came back from Australia the other day, and talked about a conference he was attending where many big world issues were discussed. In particular, he was talking about Indonesia, and how its moderate Muslim population / leadership is important for the future peace of the world, and needs to be an