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Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 8)

Posted on Sunday, Aug 8th

By guest author Tony Scott A Dialogue on Building a Global Culture Tony: So, do you think that companies below the size of Infosys, Tata, CSC and others are really going to a multinational and global approach on their teams? I think if you go one level below, it’s very difficult or even impossible for

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Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 7)

Posted on Tuesday, Aug 3rd

By guest author Tony Scott Global Challenges to India’s Dominance in Outsourcing – Is China a Threat? Tony: I am interested to know your opinion on how this will shake out in the future. You have the perspective of working within both non-Indian and Indian outsourcing companies –what is your take on all this? Vivek:

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Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 6)

Posted on Monday, Aug 2nd

By guest author Tony Scott Does “The End of Software” Demand New Leadership Skills? Tony: My friend Tim Chou, who set up Oracle’s on-demand applications business, wrote a great book called “The End of Software” about how software will be sold and delivered in the future. Do you think that we are starting to see

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Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 5)

Posted on Saturday, Jul 31st

By guest author Tony Scott SaaS, the Cloud, and Changing Customer Expectations Tony: How are your customers adapting to the world of SaaS and cloud computing? Are they asking for a different approach than what you have provided in the past? Vivek: Customers are looking at from this way: “Can you take the application, take

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Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 4)

Posted on Friday, Jul 30th

By guest author Tony Scott SaaS and Its Impact on Outsourcing Tony: So how do you see SaaS and cloud computing ultimately driving the IT landscape, and how will that impact outsourcing companies? Vivek: SaaS is definitely beginning to establish itself. It’s a little too early to call a win on the cloud front, but

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Outsourcing: Vivek Chopra of Computer Sciences Corp. (Part 1)

Posted on Tuesday, Jul 27th

By guest author Tony Scott I recently interviewed Vivek Chopra, one of the early employees of Wipro, former head of IBM’s Daksh services business in India, and now president of CSC’s India operations. Vivek has a long and deep history in the IT industry in India and in the global outsourcing and off-shoring arena. His

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Outsourcing: Tata Communications Interview (Part 3)

Posted on Thursday, Jul 22nd

By guest author Tony Scott Labor Arbitrage or Value-Added Services? Tony: So if you look at these businesses overall, what percentage today is value-added services vs. labor arbitrage compared to five years ago, and what do you expect it to be five years from now? David: I think, taking TCTS as example, the first thing

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Outsourcing: Persistent Systems Interview (Part 15)

Posted on Sunday, Jun 13th

By guest author Tony Scott The ODM Model – Will It Happen for Software? Tony: Building products faster at a lower cost because you have in-depth expertise in a market segment and are componentizing part of the product development process – it’s going back to your example of Flextronics for software. Will we see ODMs

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