Birlasoft among 10 best outsourcing service providers in Australia, New Zealand

October 9th, 2009 MELBOURNE - eBay Australia has revealed that a cereal that looked like ET is the weirdest item ever sold on its website - fetching more than a thousand dollars. The online auction website has hosted strange auctions, but a thousand-dollar piece of Nutri-Grain resembling ET was dubbed as a favourite after it sold for a whopping 1035 dollars in December 2004.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - vCustomer Corporation, a leader in delivering comprehensive customer care and technical support solutions, today announced that it had been recognized as one of the top 100 global service providers for 2009 according to Global Services magazine and neoIT, an outsourcing advisory firm. This list represents companies who have the maturity and capability to lead the next wave of services globalization.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - More business process outsourcing (BPO) service providers in India will exit the market in coming years, as it is difficult for them to stay afloat in the current form due to the slowdown, according to a study released here Wednesday. "One-quarter of the top business process outsourcing (BPO) service providers will not exist as separate entities by 2012," said the study by IT research and advisory firm Gartner.

March 29th, 2009 WELLINGTON - New Zealand's government welfare agency has confirmed it examines internet social network sites like Facebook to catch benefit fraudsters, a newspaper reported Sunday. Lauren Kaney, 22, of Mount Maunganui, was convicted in court last week of getting three times the weekly benefit she was entitled to, after claiming she lived on her own with her 2-year-old-son.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's business process outsourcing (BPO) industry will double its revenues in less than two years despite the economic slowdown and protectionist measures of western countries, a report by analyst firm Gartner said Monday. The top 20 India-centric BPO service providers accounted for $4 billion in revenue in 2008, representing 5 percent of the $80-billion revenue of the top 150 BPO companies in the world.

March 25th, 2009 WELLINGTON - A New Zealand teenage whiz-kid who admitted developing software that infected a million computers around the world has been hired by telecommunications company TelstraClear to advise companies how to avoid hackers. Owen Walker, 19, who was tracked down by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, is advising on 'botnets' - networks of computers infected by malicious software - TelstraClear spokesman Chris Mirams told Radio New Zealand Wednesday.

March 17th, 2009 Telstra cancels 32 m dollar deal with Satyam MELBOURNE - Australian software major Telstra has dumped scandal-ridden outsourcing partner Satyam from an applications support contract believed to be worth 32 million dollars a year. EDS will pick up the embattled Indian outsourcing firm's IT contracts with Telstra, sources told The Australian.

September 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The third party logistics (3PL) business in India is likely to reach $90 million by 2012 from $58 million now, as the model is fast catching up among the country's businessmen due to its cost advantage, an industry lobby report says. "Currently 3PL outsourcing among Indian companies is estimated at $58 million as 55 percent of them are outsourcing services like supply chain management and warehousing," the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) said in a paper.

May 6th, 2009 BANGALORE - Wipro Technologies has bagged an outsourcing contract for an undisclosed amount from telecom company Unitech Wireless, the IT firm said Wednesday. Unitech Wireless, which received licence last year to operate in 22 telecom circles in the country, is yet to launch its services.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Telecom major Bharti Airtel Thursday awarded a $500-million deal to Alcatel-Lucent for outsourcing the management and servicing of its broadband and fixed line network for five years. The deal involves creation of a joint venture with Alcatel Lucent holding 76 percent of the equity, and Bharti having the remainder 24 percent.

February 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wednesday expressed concern over US President Barack Obama's statement on ending tax breaks for outsourcing companies, saying 'protectionist measures could deteriorate the situation further'. 'Coming at a time when the global economy is going through a phase of slowdown and when countries need to work collectively, protectionist measures of any kind could deteriorate the situation further,' FICCI said in a statement.

June 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Telecom major Idea Cellular Tuesday signed a Rs.145-crore agreement with Firstsource Solutions, a business process outsourcing (BPO) service provider. As part of the agreement, Firstsource will provide for five years a suite of customer management interaction services, including customer service, billing, new product information and plan details to Idea from its centre in Coimbatore, the companies said in a statement.

March 24th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Bangalore-based software giant Infosys will pick up most of IBM Global Services' multi-million dollar applications support contract with Australian software giant Telstra, after the latter's deal with the former was scrapped following TELCO reducing its outsourcing partners from four to two. According to The Australian, the decision to shift from IBM to Infosys could result in hundreds of job losses locally and in Bangalore, where IBM operates outsourcing centres.

April 20th, 2009 MOHALI - Smartdata enterprises, an offshore software outsourcing company, has expertise in web and software applications development in the ever-growing software development offshore outsourcing global market. In 1996, SmartData Enterprises Incorporation, a consulting company was formed in Silicon Valley, California.

August 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - Outsourcing major Wipro is actively looking at overseas acquisitions, a top company official said here Wednesday. "As far as acquisition is concerned, we are already active in that area and we will continue to remain active.