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Getting the IT-BPO Industry Future Ready
It was more about the ‘how’ rather than the ‘what’, more about execution of strategy rather than its conceptualisation. It was a more action-oriented agenda at the biggest IT conclave in India with eminent speakers from near and far talking about what the Indian IT-BPO sector needed to do next. Here’s [...]
2009 Is Gone. 2010 Beckons, The IT-BPO industry: Looking back, Looking ahead
While 2009 was tough on business growth, it triggered a thinking among quality practitioners—how can quality support business better? Can the process be optimised further to enable quick turnarounds? Can improved quality pass on the savings to customers? The recession additionally opened up opportunities for more off-shoring, which was a clear cost arbitrage for customers. [...]
THE INDIAN IT INDUSTRY Overcoming Challenges. Harnessing Opportunities. Embracing Innovation
There has been a significant proliferation of IT adoption among Indian enterprises, spurred by the increasing globalisation of business with not only MNC firms coming to India, but more importantly, Indian enterprises acquiring global footprints. While this bodes well for the domestic IT market and should serve as a strong [...]
NASSCOM’s Product Conclave and Expo 2009
“In a way, the driving objective behind the Conclave and Expo was to build on the recent momentum within the product ecosystem.”
- Sharad Sharma, Chairperson, NASSCOM Product Forum
Newline spoke to Sharad Sharma, Chairperson of the NASSCOM Product Forum, to gain insights on the Product Conclave and the developments [...]
The Software Products Industry in India
The Indian Software Products Industry and Intellectual Property (IP) development, currently in a nascent stage, is expected to emerge as an important driver and the third wave of growth for the country’s IT industry.
Wave 1, which began with IT, transformed into Wave 2, where IT and BPO were the key spurs. Finally, in [...]
Emerge Out 2009 Conclave
It’s all in the Cloud
The third edition of the Emerge Out 2009 Conclave, held in late August, brought together over 350 IT software and services industry CEOs, senior executives, investors and influencers to define the next phase of the Cloud Computing/SaaS era. Besides spotlighting the companies that were staking a claim [...]
Engineering Sourcing from India: Designed for Success
Once the global economy picks up and volatile markets stabilise, analysts expect it to be business as usual, particularly for high growth segments such as outsourcing. According to recent studies, sourcing from more cost-competitive and talent-rich markets will once again get into high gear, as companies continue to derive significant benefits [...]
Resetting the Expectations of the Indian BPO Industry
The Indian BPO industry is at an interesting juncture of its history. After recording mind-boggling growth of nearly 37 per cent YoY for the last six years, the sector is faced with a dynamic and volatile global scenario, which is throwing up significant challenges. As the markets, where the [...]
The Indian IT-BPO Industry: Crafting the Vision for the Next Decade
The Indian IT-BPO industry has had an incredible run over the last two decades, gaining a poster-boy image and placing the country on the global map. What was a USD 4 billion industry in 1998, has grown into a USD 52 billion sector in 2008, employing over 2 million people. This growth [...]
Human Resource Issues in the Time of the Global Economic Slowdown
The manpower situation is undergoing a major change as IT-BPO companies deal with the slowing global economy. The dynamic marketplace is also pushing HR within companies to evolve a new and more important role for itself.
The global economic slowdown has impacted organisations across the world, creating a [...]
The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009
Focusing on the challenges and paving the path forward
The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009, a milestone event that marked NASSCOM’s 20th year, brought under one umbrella industry over 1,200 delegates, including business leaders, thought gurus, analysts, government decision makers, academia and IT users from across the world. For the very [...]
