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		<title>Clinton, in India, says &#8216;outsourcing is a concern for many&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But the US rejects protectionism, she asserts US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finished up her trip to India on Monday with a promise to improve cooperation on high-tech trade between the two countries, but she offered no specifics about how that will be accomplished. Instead, Clinton left with an agreement that the two countries [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vinayj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436075&amp;post=334&amp;subd=vinayj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the Billion-Gate Barrier</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hardware emulators able to handle one-billion ASIC gates can shorten time to tapeout, improve product quality and eliminate costly re-spins, while reducing software development time ahead of silicon of the most complex SoC ever designed. As we head into San Francisco for the annual Design Automation Conference (DAC) at the end of this month, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vinayj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436075&amp;post=333&amp;subd=vinayj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reliance Plans to Outsource Management of Wired Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reliance Communications Ltd. plans to outsource the management of its wired services network in a deal likely to be worth more than $750 million, a company executive said Wednesday. &#34;We want to outsource voice and data wired transport network (the fixed-line network). The contract is to maintain and manage all parts of this network, including [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vinayj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436075&amp;post=332&amp;subd=vinayj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US Protectionism Could Lead to Trade War, Says Nasscom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US protectionism targeting Indian outsourcers may be met by retaliatory measures such as blocking access to Indian markets, India&#8217;s National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) said on Tuesday. Describing the US tax system as &#34;broken&#34;, US President Barack Obama said in May that it&#8217;s a tax code &#34;that says you should pay lower [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vinayj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436075&amp;post=331&amp;subd=vinayj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Telstra confirms outsourcing contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wal-Mart shortlists TCS, Infosys, Wipro for $500 million deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores has shortlisted top Indian tech firms, including TCS, Infosys and Wipro, for an outsourcing contract potentially worth up to $500 million over next few years, as the retailer seeks to award multiple contracts for managing its business applications and other back office activities. At least two people familiar with Wal-Mart’s outsourcing strategy told [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vinayj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436075&amp;post=329&amp;subd=vinayj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wipro may outsource work to Egypt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India, the offshoring capital of the world, is now outsourcing software and back-office projects to Egypt as vendors like Wipro plan to send more domestic work to the most populous Arab country to leverage lower costs and availability of skilled professionals. Wipro, which counts Bharti Airtel, Unitech Wireless and Dena Bank among its top customers, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vinayj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436075&amp;post=204&amp;subd=vinayj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SRP may outsource computer services</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salt River Project officials said they could outsource 40 to 50 information-technology workers&#8217; jobs after already offering severance packages to nearly 100 employees this year. Utility officials said they are considering the move to cut costs amid sluggish customer growth and that they have to pursue any reasonable option to keep utility rates low. Regulators [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vinayj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436075&amp;post=203&amp;subd=vinayj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Swan to outsource IT, back office work to Tech Mahindra</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 23:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New telecom entrant Swan Telecom is set to outsource its IT and back office functions to Tech Mahindra and award a network equipment deal to Ericsson together in a transaction worth about $250 million. The deal, the first of its kind in the telecom outsourcing sector, is aimed at bringing down operational costs and compete [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vinayj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436075&amp;post=202&amp;subd=vinayj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IBM and Ferrosan Sign Seven-Year Outsourcing Contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBM and Ferrosan A/S, an international consumer and healthcare company based in Denmark, today announced a seven-year strategic agreement for IBM to manage Ferrosan&#8217;s information technology (IT) infrastructure. Ferrosan is an international consumer healthcare company developing, producing and marketing supplements and lifestyle products and medical devices. Ferrosan has approximately 800 employees and is operating in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vinayj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6436075&amp;post=201&amp;subd=vinayj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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