Niyamath Parveez's Blog – October 2009 Archive (4)

Egypt has been there for quite some time. Now more African countries are going to join the BPO bandwagon. Kenya has been smart enough to pick up one or two BPO secrets from Egypt. Now Ghana is the latest country, which is in the race in a big way. A prominent US-based BPO advisory company, Avasant has been hired by Country’s Ministry of Communications. The company has been trusted with the responsibility of promoting Ghana as the new age BPO destination. “Avasant is on a two year contract to… Continue

Better opportunities for Mid-size IT firms in the upcoming times?



Third party maintenance contacts going to be a norm in the upcoming years?



These are few questions making rounds in the Indian IT-BPO circles. The buzz is: the Indian Big trio---Infosys, Wipro and TCS may face slower growth rate in the upcoming years. The slowdown of the top players will definitely affect the IT industry as a whole, but the lag of the leaders will actually be the boon for the mid sized IT… Continue

A shrinking market is what driving Indian IT majors seek opportunities elsewhere other than USA. And Japan is the latest destination, where all major Indian software and outsourcing companies are flocking in search of some good business. Even a few years ago, Japan used to be only an insignificant part in the whole scheme of things. The big companies like TCS, Wipro and Infosys had small teams working in Japan. But recession has changed everything. These days, Indian techies are flying to Tokyo… Continue

Indian BPO sector is abuzz with one question: how rupee-dollar equation is going to affect India’s position as BPO capital of the world in the long term. And how big scale the impact is going to be?



It is for sure: with global economic meltdown causing dollar take a nose dive, Indian outsourcing companies are going to face some hitches. While plummeting dollar value remains a risk to the entire global economy for a number of reasons, it becomes a threat to India’s sunshine industry.… Continue