Outsourcing: Get used to it, Howard tells Australian
Amid the outcry over Australian businesses outsourcing processing of sensitive customer information, Prime Minister John Howard today said off shoring has to be accepted as part of the globalized world.
Search for skills goes global
INDIA, Indians and Indian services companies have been getting plenty of stick in the Australian press lately, grappling with the issues of what to do with workers whose jobs can be done more cheaply and efficiently overseas.
CIOs Prefer Multi-Vendor Outsourcing
45% respondents of the survey conducted by Patni prefer leveraging multiple vendors for specific project requirements with work competitively distributed, as opposed to 17% favoring global deals with a single service provider. The survey also revealed the Global CIO's vision on IT Strategy & Outsourcing, Investments & Initiatives, and Customer-Vendor Relationship.
A step ahead
Many might be still trying to get used to the term BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) — here's a new one: KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing). As per a NASSCOM survey, the KPO industry will grow by 45 per cent by 2010 AD.
Aussie bank Westpac may move 300 jobs to India
Australian bank Westpac has said it is contemplating moving 300 jobs to India and denied it was off shoring call centers to Bangalore. Westpac may move 300 positions from its personal loans division to India but is still reviewing a number of issues, bank's spokesperson David Lording said.
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