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• How to drive an offshore change agenda

  Under pressure to reduce operational costs, tech chiefs are increasingly taking advantage of cheaper offshore resources and labour arbitrage.

• Midsize U.S. cities offer attractive alternative to offshoring IT

  A number of midsize American cities now make attractive alternatives to offshore locations in India and elsehwere for IT and business process services, according to recent research from the Hackett Group.

• Offshore captive centers are again a thriving outsourcing model

  Captive centers -- in-house IT and business process delivery arms -- accounted for one quarter of the $150 billion global services market last year, according outsourcing consultancy and research firm Everest Group.

• Infosys invests in cloud, health monitoring market

  Indian outsourcer Infosys has made an acquisition in the area of cloud computing and invested in a personal health monitoring company as it tries to move into high value products and services.

• Tata gives employees anniversary bonus, cuts into profits

  India's outsourcing industry needs to hire and retain staff in big numbers to keep business humming, so for the 10th anniversary of its initial public offering, Tata Consultancy Services announced a one-time "special reward" for its employees.

• Union slams DHS decision to outsource call centres to Telstra

  The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) fears up to 7000 call centre jobs across Australia are at risk following the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) decision to outsource Medicare and Centrelink call centre work to Telstra.

• ATO’s Bitcoin 'double tax' could drive business offshore

  Bitcoin advocates have spoken out against a ruling by Australian Tax Office that may force businesses to pay double the amount of GST for sales of products and services using Australian Bitcoin exchanges.

• Tata revenue, profit boosted by strong outsourcing market

  Tata Consultancy Services posted strong revenue and profit growth in the second quarter, taking advantage of an uptick in the outsourcing market.

• Infosys revenue and profit rise ahead of CEO change

  Indian outsourcer Infosys said its revenue and profit grew in the second quarter as the company won some large deals in the period.

• Former SAP tech chief, Vishal Sikka, to head Indian outsourcer, Infosys

  SAP's former technology chief Vishal Sikka will head ailing Indian outsourcer Infosys, in a marked shift from his focus at his former company on technology and product development.

• Why offshoring Agile development often doesn’t work

  Many enterprises these days are outsourcing software development to offshore teams. And more often than not, project failures are blamed on offshoring.

• IT worker overflow swells

  A big increase in offshoring IT services to Asia and a slowdown in new tech systems investment has swelled the oversupply of IT workers.
  

• Tata revenue, profit up on strong outsourcing demand

  India's largest outsourcer, Tata Consultancy Services, is boosting hiring and offering wage hikes after reporting strong revenue and profit growth in its recently concluded fiscal year.

• India's Infosys posts strong revenue, profit growth

  Indian outsourcer Infosys reported revenue and profit growth in the first quarter, but is still troubled by strong staff attrition and key management changes.

• 6 IT Strategies to Stay Ahead of Data Center Trends

  Automation, virtualization, cloud computing -- these technology trends are transforming the data center and enabling companies to lower costs, increase flexibility and improve reliability. However, these shifts require IT, and their outsourcing providers, to rethink traditional strategies.