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PASADENA, Calif. - I visited the future, and it was wearing a bow tie and calling itself ``Thomas Edison.'' The newspaper business is not only crumpling up, James Macpherson informed me here, it is probably ...

Mumbai is trying to limp back to normalcy after terrorist attacks last week left around 195 dead, and close to 300 injured.

The Trustees of Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund announced today that Bruce Simmonds has been appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of Resolve, and that Gerry McDonald has been appointed ...

S Ramadorai, the chief executive officer and managing director of the country's largest information technology company Tata Consultancy Services, remains unperturbed by the current global ...

Amid gloomy scenario in the global job markets, hiring in India is continuing at a strong pace with world's largest business process outsourcing firm Affiliated Computer Services planning to recruit 1,000 ...

By Adam Lawrence U.S. jobless claims are at a seven-year high. More than 9 million Americans are now out of work, and unemployment is cutting across all industries.

Accenture will provide Xcel Energy with application management services under a multi-year application outsourcing agreement.

Under the agreement, Accenture will provide application maintenance and software development for Xcel Energy’s customer care, meter systems and human resources/payroll applications. Xcel Energy will leverage Accenture’s deep experience in the utilities sector and in application outsourcing services to increase its operational performance and enhance its customer service.

Deutsche Bank AG is transforming the Philippines into an even bigger outsourcing hub for its global operations to account for 60%-70% of its offshoring business, the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper reported Tuesday.

For next year alone, it plans to increase its employees in the Philippines to 2,500 from the current 1,600, the report said, quoting Chris Sullivan, chief executive of Deutsche Knowledge Services Pte.

Global technology and IT services firm Mindteck said it would move 70 per cent of its outsourcing work to India in order to consolidate its businesses.

Companies that supply customer service agents to businesses around the world say they are saving money and attracting better employees by letting them work from their own houses.

Unisys Corporation today announced that its Unisys Global Services Center in Shanghai has earned the Capability Maturity Model Integration level 3 rating.

By Madhusree Chatterjee, New Delhi, Nov 25 : Can ideas change a nation? Co-founder of Indian software giant Infosys and author Nandan Nilekani believes that they can, even if it takes a long time for them to ...

As the economic crisis deepens in the U.S., some lawyers are making out well -- in India.

India's outsourcing companies are increasingly looking at deals in cash-rich Middle East and other emerging markets as they try to offset the worsening global financial crisis.

BANGALORE: Indian IT and IT-services companies seem undaunted by the potential impact from U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's proposal to repeal tax breaks for companies that outsource certain operations to ...

The National Outsourcing Association has launched new qualifications in outsourcing, available at several levels up to a masters degree. The qualifications aim to help companies more accurately evaluate the skills and knowledge of their IT suppliers. ...

India’s fourth-largest software exporter, Satyam Computer Services, is seen as the favourite to win a significant IT outsourcing contract from Indian Railways as the country’s top tech firms intensify efforts in the local market to offset slowing demand overseas. ...

An outsourcing company lifted the economic gloom today by announcing it was recruiting 160 extra staff.

India's Infosys Technologies Ltd is pursuing 5 - 6 outsourcing deals each worth $50M - $200M but the global economic downturn has slowed deals, its CFO said. "Even now we are pursuing some of the large deals," V Balakrishnan told Reuters in a phone interview. ...

International Business Machines Corp. said Thursday that it received an $873 million contract from the state of Georgia for information technology outsourcing services. ...