Curtain Raiser: NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009
NEW DELHI, INDIA: The 17th edition of NASSCOM India Leadership Forum, the flagship event of NASSCOM, is being held at a very critical juncture in the short yet exciting history of Indian IT/BPO industry. Recession in US and downturn in India is exerting lot of pressure on Indian IT/BPO industry, to devise a calibrated strategy to come out of the uncertain times unscathed. … Read entire article »
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Who’ll get funded, acquired in 2009?
MUMBAI, INDIA: It is all gloom, but definitely not doom. Business will continue to be done, and companies will, albeit not very aggressively, continue to scout for companies, who can help them maximizing their investments in long run. So who will be the lucky ones, who can attract money and buyers even in these uncertain times? … Read entire article »
Curtain Raiser: NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009
NEW DELHI, INDIA: The 17th edition of NASSCOM India Leadership Forum, the flagship event of NASSCOM, is being held at a very critical juncture in the short yet exciting history of Indian IT/BPO industry. Recession in US and downturn in India is exerting lot of pressure on Indian IT/BPO industry, to devise a calibrated strategy to come out of the uncertain times unscathed. … Read entire article »
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SOA adoption is not function of pricing alone
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Intelligroup, a global provider of business consulting, technology, and outsourcing services has been consistently included in the in the ‘Strong Performers’ category and received high client satisfaction scores by leading industry research firms. The company has operations in the Americas, Japan, AsiaPacific, and Europe and is present in India in Hyderabad and Bangalore and has plans to setup a new centre in Pune. … Read entire article »
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Headstrong acquires US based BPO firm
Lydian Data Services is now Headstrong Business Services Idhries Ahmad NEW DELHI, INDIA: Global financial services consulting firm, Headstrong has acquired the Lydian Data services, a privately owned diversified financial services firm. Lydian Data Services provides Business Process Outsourcing, business connectivity and transaction management solutions to mortgage originators, secondary market conduits and investors. The company specialises in mortgage data connectivity solutions, mortgage data management, core banking data integration and loan transfer systems. … Read entire article »
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Steria to tap Indian market this year
Steria’s solutions for credit card fraud management, Airport management system and command and control solutions for police makes sense for Indian markets Idhries Ahmad NEW DELHI, INDIA: Europe based IT services company, Steria will be aggressively targeting the opportunity thrown by domestic Indian market in 2009. The formerly Xansa, is also giving final touches to its center of excellence in retail in India, which will start soon. The company will also be doubling its head count in India by 2011. Speaking to CIOL, Mukesh Aghi, chairman and chief executive officer, Steria, said going forward, Indian domestic market will throw up huge opportunities and as company, Steria cannot afford to ignore those opportunities. … Read entire article »
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Destination Europe
The low hanging fruit in US is almost gone and it is time Indian IT companies re iron their European strategy, for the journey is going to be difficult Idhries Ahmad NEW DELHI, INDIA: The uncertainties in US market coupled with the not so comfortable noises from new US president about off shoring, means Europe for time being finds itself finally perched atop the agenda for many Indian service providers, who hitherto hadn’t worried to fish in troubled waters. However, outsourcing market in Europe, is not going to be low hanging fruit like it was in US and Indian service providers have to work hard to capture market. … Read entire article »
Microsoft makes the VoIP move
Acquisition of Telio showcases Microsoft seriousness in VoIP market space Not to be left out in the VoIP frenzy, Microsoft has announced the acquisition of Teleo, a VoIP service provider similar to Skype, making it clear to its competitors and friends alike that Microsoft be taken as a serious player in VoIP market. The aggressive VoIP announcement from the stables of Microsoft comes close on the heels of Google launching its VoIP service Google Talk, seen by observers as a potential threat to Internet Messaging providers like MSN, Yahoo, AOL and Skype. Microsoft’s acquisition also is an answer to rival Yahoo acquisition of Dialpad. Yahoo had recently launched its own VoIP-enabled instant messaging (IM) product. With the Dialpad acquisition, Yahoo is looking to move into the VoIP carrier market and further … Read entire article »
Slow, but steady: VoBB catches in Canada
Idhries Ahmad This report first appeared in VoIP Global VoIP Annual Update 2005 CANADA CASE STUDY VoB subscribers: 1,20,000-1,30,000 Market Leader: Videotron Total land area: 9,984,670 sq km Population: 32,805,041 TOC VOICE OVER BROADBAND MARKET IN CANADA 1. 1. An overview Major players in VoB segment 2. 2. Regulatory environment in Canada · · CRTC ruling · · CRTC ruling & Canadian VoBB market space · · CRTC ruling on E911 … Read entire article »
VoIP is rather alien in the country that pioneered it
VoIP and Israel have had close ties that are as old as the VoIP technology itself. Israel is the country where this technology originated. A lot of high-tech innovation has come from the Israeli military that was subsequently commercialized. VoIP was pioneered and commercialized by company called Vocaltec that was recently acquired by Tdsoft. However, here is the irony: VoIP as a service in Israel is comparatively alien to the people if one compares the usage of VoIP to countries like USA or Japan. This irony stems from the fact that Israeli telecom services space has for a long time been tightly regulated. These tight regulations for inland telephony services in Israel meant that the incumbent telephony service provider Bezeq continued the dominate the services market. Nonetheless, the regulation has not restricted … Read entire article »