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Conference Preview: Offshore outsourcing
Legal IT - London,United Kingdom
... aware of the gradual movement of work activities such as
call centres, help desks and word processing to offshore
locations like Manila, Bangalore and Chennai. ...
http://www.legalit.net/ViewItem.asp?id=21585

Helios & Matheson bags orders from Hughes and Sasken
IT services company Helios & Matheson today said it has been
chosen by telecom software firms Hughes Software ...
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/006200410111460.htm

SGS to scale up India operations
... The Geneva-based global major, active in India since the 1950s,
to start with, has upgraded its presence in Chennai and set up its
first Asian testing and ...
http://sify.com/finance/equity/fullstory.php?id=13586478

H1-B visas for 2005 over, but IT firms not worried
... And this year, all records have been broken. Ashish Srivastav,
a software engineer from Chennai, says most companies don't put
all their eggs in one basket. ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/879921.cms

L&T to set up two plants near Chennai
Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Ltd, leaders in the construction industry,
has embarked on an expansion programme in the current year. ...
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=70924

Now, MNCs outsourcing manufacturing
Knowledge-based manufacturing has put India on the global sourcing
map with MNCs increasingly positioning the country as a low-cost,
high quality sourcing hub for various products.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/880585.cms

India next global hub for software
Infy chief Narayan Murthy sees India emerging as a global player
in software products.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/880381.cms

Wipro to build domain skills
Wipro is building strong domain skills with internationally certified
insurance consultants for servicing insurance firms.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/878859.cms

Germany opens arms for IT guys
Indian IT pros will gain from German emigration laws that have
been vastly eased.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/877255.cms

UK firm to move 1,100 jobs to India
UK Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance will move 1,100 jobs from the
UK to India to cut costs, the company said on Monday.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=37123

Outsourcing, job losses have no links
Fears that an exodus of white-collar jobs to India will lead to
massive employment losses in rich countries such as the US and
Britain are not backed up by the facts.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=37030

Interview: Wipro staff to double, talent hunt on
Indian software services company Wipro Ltd sees its staff doubling
in the next three years as outsourcing booms, but says the days of
single, multi-billion-dollar deals are over.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=37015

US tech edge is slipping in the hands of Asians
US technological superiority, long taken for granted, may be
slipping and 'the most serious threat' is coming from Asian
countries like India, China, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan,
a media report says.
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=37005

Reuters to hire 850 people
Global information group Reuters on Thursday said it plans to
triple its workforce at its India centre here to reach 1,200
people by 2005-end.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/oct/07jobs.htm

Skills war? 'India will beat US'
India, China and other emerging economies will beat United States at
the 'skills war' unless it improves the teaching standards resulting
an increase in outsourcing, an American businessman has said.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/oct/08india.htm

World's smallest PC for Rs 38,000!
IBM on Monday launched the world's smallest full functional desktop
computer in India within weeks of its worldwide launch to increase
its share of the commercial PC market.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/oct/11ibm.htm

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