US software programmer outsources his own job to China
I was recently asked by the BBC whether IT contractors, known as Ringers, were winning multiple contracts and...
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Can Huwawei cut it in mainstream IT services?
I was talking to a contact of mine some weeks back and he was telling me about moves by Chinese IT giant Huawei to get into more mainstream IT services rather than its telecoms home ground. 0 Comments
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Offshoring no longer synonymous with India but what does offshore IT mean today?
Last week Gartner announced its figures on where in the world are the main areas where businesses offshore their IT.
Western European buyers...
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India’s dominance as offshore IT location being diluted
Effective alternatives to India for IT services are reducing its dominance as an offshore location for large businesses, according to Gartner.
But where are the alternatives and who is using them?
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Emerging economies might eventually make UK businesses second class IT services customers
The UK gets a lot of focus from IT services companies for good reason. It is worth a lot of money to them.
Gartner says the IT services market in the UK will be worth about $77bn in 2011. This is massive when you compare it to India which Gartner expects to have a domestic IT services...
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Capgemini buys foothold in China
After gaining access to the massive Brazilian market through the acquisition of CPM Braxis last year, Capgemini has put its roots down in...
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What is in store for IT outsourcing in 2011?
It's the beginning of another year. I thought I would kick-off this year's Inside Outsourcing blog posts with some predictions for 2011.
This comes from Burnt Oak Partners' Jean Louis Bravard. He is a director at the sourcing broker...
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Can the UK preclude China for offshore IT services?
The government needs to cut its costs and IT is one area where it can do this without compromising services. In theory that is.
The government has made it clear that it wants offshore companies to bid for government work. The coalition government has already been cosying up with India....
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How to cut software defects to 0.012 per thousand lines of code with software Big Brother
I was with Chinese offshore software company Bleum last week. The company was updating me on its recent entry into...
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China and Sri-Lanka try and get one over India in software testing
Testing software is critical because the cost of fixing bugs once the software is up and running is extremely high. As a result software testing is in demand and is a growing market.
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