India's leading software trade body said on Tuesday that protectionism in key markets could affect the growth prospects of the country's outsourcing industry.

February 8, 2010, 08:20 PM - Computerworld - U.S. IT employment increased by 12,900 jobs, or 0.3%, in January, one of the best month-to-month gains since the recession hit in late 2008, the TechServe Alliance reported today.

Cognizant Technology posted surprisingly large numbers for profit and revenue Tuesday and topped the fourth-quarter report with a 2010 outlook that exceeded most expectations as technology spending rebounds.

Anyone who regularly travels to the less glamorous American cities knows what happens after a layover in the hub: Your ticket may say Delta or United or Continental, but that's not exactly true now, is it? For the last leg, to, say, Wichita, you're flying Colgan, Pinnacle -- who? Hunh?

Buckle up and enjoy a renewed sense of doom from watching -- what else? -- the always grim but journalistically committed 'Frontline.' In Tuesday night's installment, 'Flying Cheap,' producer Rick Young and aviation correspondent Miles O'Brien examine the unsavory business practices and regulation-skirting circumstances that may have led to the crash a year ago of Continental Flight 3407 in Buffalo, which killed 50 people. The flying had been outsourced to Manassas-based Colgan Air. (Results of a National Transportation Safety Board investigation last week blamed pilot error in the crash.)

MANILA: Call centre and outsourcing industry in the Philippines grew by almost a fifth in 2009 to over US$7 billion , an industry official said yesterday.

Xerox Corp.'s $6.4 billion acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services Inc., approved by the shareholders of both companies on Friday, creates a combined company of nearly 130,000 employees that plans to rely heavily on technology innovation.

All New Jersey drivers would undergo periodic vision testing under proposals being evaluated by the Motor Vehicle Commission and Division of Highway Traffic Safety.

APCER is a leading global provider of comprehensive drug safety, regulatory services and risk management programs for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and consumer products companies.

A downturn in footwear exports and loss of competitive edge has prompted Vietnamese footwear manufacturers to focus on brand recognition and the long-neglected domestic market.

Aspire Systems releases Propel SaaS, an enterprise SaaS development framework for Solution Providers /EIN Presswire/ Aspire Systems, an Outsourced Product Development company, today announced the release of its Software as a Service framework Propel SaaS, which gives SaaS providers an edge over competition by facilitating faster time-to-market.

The contract, awarded in the fourth quarter of 2009, is worth an estimated $187 million over its five-year term.

CompuCom Systems, the leading IT outsourcing specialist, is ready to raise the bar for smart, energy-efficient computing performance, security and remote management with the all new 2010 Intel Core vPro processor family.

The secret to a good outsourcing relationship is actively managing it with provisions like "active obligations" at periodic intervals.

Xerox Corp. woke up Friday morning a $15.2 billion company with 53,600 employees, including 7,025 in the Rochester area.

Categories Affiliations PostRank Topblogs 2009 - #13 in PR Elsewhere Friday, February 05, 2010 FIR Interview: Andreas Wilkens and Michele Macpherson of MediaFunnel MediaFunnel is a web-based platform for managing team contributions to an organization's social media output.

OMAHA, Neb., BUSINESS WIRE -- West Corporation, a leading provider of technology-driven, voice-oriented solutions, today announced that it received the 2010 Frost & Sullivan North American Contact Center Outsourcing Company of the Year Award.

NEVADA CITY, Calif. - Nevada County is looking at outsourcing management of more county services including the McCourtney Road Transfer Station and a new Conference and Visitors Bureau.

Every president is subject to forces beyond his control. If unemployment were at 5 percent, President Obama would be doing fine.

Today Informatica Corporation , the world's number one independent provider of enterprise data integration software, announced the continued expansion of its strategic OEM business, with 24 new OEM partners added in 2009, and a continued increase in the types of end solutions and services that now incorporate the Informatica Platform Informatica ...

As part of the service agreement, US-based data management staff at Cephalon will be hired by BioClinica to support clinical efforts of Cephalon.