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Punjab & Sind Bank Moved Deal to Wipro after Satyam
Competition is stiff in the outsourcing industry, which is why outsourcers really have to perform in order to not just meet their clients' expectations, but to exceed it. Not to mention the sometimes extremely harsh public scrutiny that outsourcing companies are subjected to. Outsourcing companies are a dime a dozen now, and it's easy to go from one to the other, especially if the one you're with doesn't deliver. Just take a look at the Satyam (NYSE:SAY) - Punjab & Sind contract, which has now become the Wipro (NYSE:WIT) - Punjab & Sind bank contract.
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Philippine Outsourcing News Update
| Mar.09.2010 |
| RR Donnelley (NASDAQ:RRD) Awarded $375 Million Multiyear Agreement by Cengage Learning |
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NASDAQ:RRD) announced that it has been awarded a $375 million multiyear agreement to provide college textbook printing, graphic management services, packaging, on demand printing and other services to Cengage Learning. Cengage Learning will draw on RR Donnelley's domestic and international capabilities as it helps the publisher deliver highly-customized learning solutions for colleges, universities, instructors, students, libraries and other users under a portfolio of well known company and imprint brands.
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| Sodexo (EPA:SW) Named One of Worlds Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE |
Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Daily Life Solutions, has been listed on FORTUNE Magazine's 2010 list of the world's "Most Admired Companies". It is the first time that Sodexo has been included in the annually published survey which measures the corporate reputations of the world's largest companies. Sodexo is the top-ranked company within its industry category, Diversified Outsourcing Services in the Global Competitiveness criteria.
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| 2010 Trends on Outsourcing Strategies |
Contrary to what some naysayers of outsourcing are saying, the industry is alive and well, and it seems that it's going to stay for a long while yet. As mentioned in a previous article, competition in outsourcing is becoming very stiff now, what with the industry expanding, as is what professional services firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers surmised in its Jan, 2010 report. Everyone wants a piece of the cake, but when everyone's toting the same salver, it's a bit difficult to decide to whom to give a piece to.
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| SafeGuard World International LLC Appoints Pat Goepel As Non-Executive Chairman |
SafeGuard World International LLC (SGWI) a leading provider of global and multi-country payroll outsourcing solutions, announces that Pat Goepel has been appointed as Non Executive Chairman for the US business of SGWI. Goepel has had a long standing career within the Payroll outsourcing market, working for companies including Ceridian and Fidelity investments at Executive levels and brings a wealth of experience working with high growth companies.
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| StarTek (NYSE:SRT) Expands Operations with Another 1000 New Jobs in RP |
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services provider StarTek will recruit an additional 1,000 Filipino employees to support its second facility being put up in Quezon City in the Philippines. The expansion facility at the Eton Cyberpod Corithian business center is expected to be operational in the third quarter. StarTek has been operating a call center in Makati City since 2008. The company has appointed industry veteran Rod Spires to lead operations at the new facility.
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| Wipro (NYSE:WIT) to Provide Productivity Solutions on Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Cloud Platform |
Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced that it has signed a Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) "Dedicated Advisor" agreement with Microsoft Corp. This agreement allows Wipro to advise and enable its global enterprise customers to migrate to the BPOS cloud services by provisioning a range of professional services from "go-live" assessments to full migration and solution implementation accelerators.
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