Cognizant’s (CTSH) 45,500 employees provide global IT and business process outsourcing services, including in financial services (up 49% YoY), healthcare (up 62% YoY), and retail/manufacturing/logistics (48% YoY). With a 62% YoY growth, the question is will Cognizant maintain its speed into Q4, especially with the current market jitters? Q2 revenue posted at $516.5 million, up
India’s information technology exports will rise by 2.5 times to $80 billion by 2011 declares India’s communications and IT minister. A company that has been one of the single largest beneficiaries of this trend is Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS). TCS has rapidly set up centers in nearly every continent. With more than 90% of revenue
Among the outsourcers, Satyam (Nasdaq: SAY) today stands out as a safe global bet because it continues to consistently perform on its goals. Satyam provides information technology services and business process outsourcing (BPO) services in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. The company’s approach and “Satyam Way” is in 4 key points of
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)
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
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.