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Ok the final list of the top outsourcing firms seems to be out officially. According to the recent survey conducted for the year 2010 by the Global outsourcing body IOAP, several companies have made it to the top 100 list. However few IMS companies were able to make is a point to be observed. However we can still take into consideration several factors like. Size & Growth,Balanced performance ,Customer References, Management Capabilities etc for consideration.
RANK COMPANY (LEADERS) KEY STRENGTH
1 Accenture, Customer References
2 Infosys Technologies, Demonstrated Competencies
3 Sodexo, Balanced Performance
4 Wipro Technologies, Management Capabilities
5 IBM, Management Capabilities
6 ISS, Demonstrated Competencies
7 Tata Consultancy Services, Management Capabilities
8 ARAMARK, Balanced Performance Read the rest of this entry →

Forrester the leading IT research firm has come with a new report on mid sized companies that offer lower billing rates compared to IT gaints like Infosys, TCS it really doesn’t translate to lower costs to the customer according to economictimes.com  Lower billing rates doesn’t always translate to lower costs.  It doesn’t mean that the II two tier companies are not capable of delivery and avoidance of them is a necessary. Of the 300 or so tier-II firms, 10-15% provide value addition through specialisation around a line of service or technology, specialisation around an industry and business process, or a unique client experience.

 Written by Anand.G
The writer is founder of a cricket website Crickick.com, a IT-ITES Professional, an startup enthusiast 

According to economictimes.com Karnataka the leader in the Indian IT industry has once again proved that it leads the pack of IT states when it comes to IT share. Industry experts and pundits who were predicting the decline of the IT share in the country and the state in particular to its counterparts like Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh has clocked an astounding export of 74,929 crores this fiscal. “We have not fallen behind… and we are expecting exports of Rs 100,000 crore by the end of this fiscal,” said, state IT & BT minister Katta Subramanya Naidu. However, the hardware exports from Karnataka dipped by 6.8% on a Y-o-Y basis to touch revenue of Rs 2,889 crore for FY09. The performance of the tier-II cities namely Mysore, Mangalore and Hubli on a combined basis has been 45% with revenue touching Rs 2,423 crore. So Karnataka has emerged as the leader in IT exports once again.

Written by Anand.G
The writer is founder of a cricket website Crickick.com, a IT-ITES Professional, an startup enthusiast 

Well all said and done IT services was the golden goose and mantra for several IT companies in the last 7 years. But it seems many companies have taken a liking to prune IT services in a big way. According to Economictimes.com HP is on its way pruning the IT services where it is seeing margins in the range of 8-9%. HP the company that was considered the leaders in printers and desktop computers seems to have realised that they have to move for higher end to cut cost and improve the margins. By acquiring the recent giant of IT services EDS for 25$ Billion Dollars HP was moved into second place in overall revenues after IBM.
HP seems to have started to challenge gear manufacturer Cisco Systems. Analysts seems to believe that HP may focus its guns towards buying software, storage and communications equipment companies rather than IT services. so the future of IT services market seems to being heading for a sea change.

Written by Anand.G
The writer is founder of a cricket website Crickick.com, a IT-ITES Professional, an startup enthusiast 

Well as silicondunia had mentioned in its old article the Indian IT and Telecom sector has truely come to age. With IBM clinching the deal of the decade in the year 2004 for 750$ million dollars. The Indian IT behmoths TCS, Wipro and Tech Mahindra are vying for a greater share of IT contract from our own Desi Bharti company. With the recent announcement of its optical fibre network maintainence contract with an ever expanding customer in its broadband with the costs of broadband nosediving and ever increasing indian population and growing number of internet users. Its a great interest to know who would bag this prestigious contract when already the revenues from offshore had started dwindling for the Indian IT companies.

Written by Anand.G
The writer is founder of a cricket website Crickick.com, a IT-ITES Professional, an startup enthusiast 

Bangalore is known as the silicon city of India. It is also known as the pensioner’s paradise. It hosts some of the world’s famous IT companies like Accenture, IBM, Dell, and homegrown companies like Infosys, Wipro and Sonata to name a few. Our well known Microland were some of the companies that have made a beeline among the skyline of the commercial space. It growing economy of more than 50$ Billion dollar is a driving force to be reckoned. Bangalore specialized in IT services like Application services, Infrastructure Management Services, BPO services to name a few. It is always a step ahead in the IT scenario and also in the global stage. The word Bangalore was rechristened to Bengaluru and some of its famous marketeers are US president Barack Obama and Senator John Kerry. The word Bangalore or Bengaluru has become synonymous among the IT fraternity.

The great Indian outsourcing story may have been coming to a flat growth in the 3rd quarter of year 2009. The Indian IT companies who were growing at a range of at least 30 to 40% y-o-y seems to have indicated a negative growth for the month of august and September. TCS, Infosys, and Wipro the darlings of the Indian IT industry seems to have witnessed in the negative in the overall income. However the pundits of Indian IT still have a strong bet as the Indian companies are striving to overcome the global recession that have taken a toll on the Indian IT sector.

Written by Anand.G
The writer is founder of a cricket website Crickick.com, a IT-ITES Professional, an startup enthusiast