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Indian outsourcers highlight US job creation

Indian outsourcers employed 107,000 staff in the U.S. in the Indian fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, in addition to providing indirect employment to 175,000 people, according to a study to be released in the U.S. by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) on Wednesday.

By John Ribeiro | 23 March, 2012 02:01

Tags: NASSCOM, offshoring, outsourcing, services

Satyam Computer Services to be merged with Tech Mahindra

More than three years after Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services was hit by a financial scandal, the company is being merged with Tech Mahindra, a key investor in the company after the crisis.

By John Ribeiro | 21 March, 2012 16:12

Tags: business issues, mergers and acquisitions, offshoring, outsourcing, satyam computer services, services, Tech Mahindra

10 questions for HCL Technologies CFO Anil Chanana

Name: Anil Chanana

By Nancy Weil | 06 March, 2012 02:52

Tags: Anil Chanana, Application services, Business Management, CFO Careers, Computing services, HCL Technologies, outsourcing, services

Growth in Indian IT services exports to slow down, says Nasscom

Growth in India's exports of IT services, business process outsourcing and related services is forecast to drop to 11 to 14 percent in the Indian fiscal year to March 31, 2013 from an estimated 16.3 percent in the current fiscal year, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) said.

By John Ribeiro | 09 February, 2012 22:57

Tags: Cognizant Technology Solutions, Everest Group, NASSCOM, offshoring, outsourcing, services, Tata Consultancy Services

Wipro's IT revenue rises, but lags peers

Wipro's IT services revenue grew 12 percent year on year in U.S. dollar terms in the quarter ended Dec. 31, but its growth lags behind Indian outsourcing peers such as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

By John Ribeiro | 20 January, 2012 20:50

Tags: infosys, offshoring, outsourcing, services, Tata Consultancy Services, wipro

US Air Force mulling changes as major ERP system project stumbles

The U.S. Air Force is close to making decisions on the future of a sprawling Oracle ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) project that is supposed to remake the military branch's worldwide supply chain, according to a recently released document.

By Chris Kanaracus | 02 November, 2011 06:02

Tags: applications, enterprise resource planning, integration, outsourcing, services, software, U.S. Air Force

Best Buy rebuilding IT capability it outsourced, starts hiring

E-commerce, mobile computing, tablets and other emerging channels have become so important to Best Buy that the company is rebuilding internal IT resources it outsourced seven years ago.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 11 October, 2011 21:02

Tags: Best Buy, industry verticals, Management and Careers, outsourcing, retail, services

Former Google CIO says business misses key people marks

The former CIO of Google and founder and CEO of ZestCash, Dr Douglas Merrill, says companies stuck in traditional management practices risk becoming irrelevant and leaders should not be afraid to do 'dumb' things.

By Rodney Gedda | 25 July, 2011 11:49

Tags: CIOs, Douglas Merrill, Google, human resources, innovation

Imixs open source BPM, workflow engine reaches 3.0

The open source Imixs Workflow and BPM project has reached its third-generation with a framework now based on the Java EE 6 architecture.

By Rodney Gedda | 22 July, 2011 10:03

Tags: bpm, Imixs, open source, workflow

BHP Billiton loses key CIO to overseas port

The CIO of BHP Billiton Stainless Steel Materials in Perth, Frits de Vroet, has resigned from the company to take on a new role as a chief process officer (CPO) in Europe.

By Rodney Gedda | 17 May, 2011 13:29

Tags: BHP Billiton, careers, CIOs, CPO, Frits de Vroet

TransGrid begins business process modelling project

NSW state-owned electricity transmission network operator, TransGrid, has started a three-month business process modelling system (BPMS) project to deliver process modelling capability across its enterprise in a standard way.

By Rodney Gedda | 05 April, 2011 11:16

Tags: bpm, business process modelling, Henry Tan, NSW Government, transgrid

New guide pushes IT governance to SMEs

Accounting and ERP software vendor, Attache Software, has released a guide for small to medium businesses aimed at improving the use of IT within their organisations.

By Rodney Gedda | 20 July, 2010 14:56

Tags: attache software, governance, Infonomics, IT Governance and Compliance, small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

Metastorm brings workflow modeling to the cloud

Enterprise software provider Metastorm has launched an online workflow modeling service, called Metastorm M3, the company announced on Tuesday.

By Joab Jackson | 14 July, 2010 03:02

Tags: applications, business process management, Metastorm, software, workflow

Oracle socializes business process management

While business process management (BPM) has traditionally been about automating office and departmental workflows, Oracle is looking to put humans back into the loop, at least in an advisory capacity.

By Joab Jackson | 21 June, 2010 05:25

Tags: bpm, oracle, social networking

Wesfarmers insurance modernises with private cloud

Retail giant Wesfarmers has deployed a Web-based consumer insurance application on a private cloud and is leveraging it to transform its legacy commercial insurance architecture.

By Rodney Gedda | 27 May, 2010 10:03

Tags: bpm, CEOs, insurance, kmart, Pegasystems, private cloud, Wesfarmers

Uni college ups grade with open source CMS project

Whitley College in Melbourne has implemented an open source content management system in a few months and puts the success of the project down to a trusted relationship with its service provider.

By Rodney Gedda | 18 May, 2010 12:56

Tags: cms, drupal, open source, project management, university of melbourne

Visio 2010 ups systems, Sharepoint integration

Originally used as a visual flow diagram application, Microsoft’s Visio will receive detailed systems management and SharePoint portal integration in the upcoming 2010 release.

By Rodney Gedda | 19 April, 2010 09:40

Tags: bpa, bpm, Microsoft, Microsoft Visio, sharepoint, sharepoint 2010, system management

Software AG opens BPM social networking beta test

Software AG opened a beta version of its social network for business process management (BPM) on Tuesday, a year after it first announced the service.

By Peter Sayer | 03 March, 2010 07:20

Tags: Amazon Web Services, bpm, social networking, software AG

Salesforce.com unveils business process tools

Salesforce.com is broadening the range of its Force.com cloud development platform with a new visual tool set for designing business processes, the company announced Wednesday.

By Chris Kanaracus | 04 February, 2010 04:21

Tags: bpm, Force.com, salesforce.com

Progress scoops up BPM vendor Savvion

Middleware vendor Progress Software announced Monday it has purchased BPM (business process management) vendor Savvion for approximately US$49 million.

By Chris Kanaracus | 12 January, 2010 06:56

Tags: bpm, mergers & acquisitions, Progress Software

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