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  Offshoring and security: IT managers, network admins divided on risk

  Does offshore outsourcing make an IT organization more vulnerable to data loss or attack? Or are offshore providers actually improving network security for their customers?

  By Stephanie Overby | 26 October, 2011 03:42

  Tags: business, business issues, Management Topics, Management Topics | Outsourcing, network, networking, offshore outsourcing, offshoring, outsourcing, risk, security, services, Steve Birnkrant

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  iGate Patni CEO on his merger of unequals

  When iGate completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Patni Computer Systems in May, the two offshore outsourcing providers instantly leapt over their mid-tier outsourcing peers to become one of the biggest IT outsourcing providers in India.

  By Stephanie Overby | 10 June, 2011 04:16

  Tags: business, business issues, iGate, IT outsourcing, Management Topics, Management Topics | Outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, outcome based pricing, outsourcing, Patni, Patni Computer Systems, Phaneesh Murthy, services

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  Offshoring: Preparing for India's proposed privacy rules

  The Indian government has finally taken a step toward creating a comprehensive set of data protection rules to safeguard privacy, but the proposed regulations released this spring are likely to have a major impact on the global enterprises doing business with Indian outsourcers.

  By Stephanie Overby | 14 May, 2011 02:00

  Tags: business, business issues, india, India data privacy regulations, Management Topics, Management Topics | Outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, offshoring, outsourcing, privacy, security, services

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  Outsourcing: Brazil blossoms as IT services hub

  CapGemini's announcement last week that it would invest $298 million in Brazilian IT service provider CPM Braxis attracted a lot of attention in outsourcing circles. The move will give the Paris-based company a 55 percent stake in CPM Braxis, the option to buy the company outright within three to five years of the close of the deal, and the chance to leapfrog its global competitors already entrenched in the country.

  By Stephanie Overby | 09 September, 2010 02:13

  Tags: business, business issues, Capgemini, CPM Braxis, Forrester Research, IT outsourcing, IT services, Management Topics, Management Topics | Outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, offshoring, outsourcing, services

Whitepapers about offshore outsourcing

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  Unified Monitoring™ A Business Perspective

  The enterprise computing landscape has changed dramatically. Virtualisation, outsourcing, SaaS, and cloud computing are creating fundamental changes, and ushering in an era in which enterprises distribute increasingly critical IT assets and applications across multiple service providers.This paper explores today’s computing trends and their monitoring implications in detail. In addition, it reveals how a new monitoring paradigm architecture, that uniquely addresses the monitoring realities of today’s and tomorrow’s enterprises—whether they rely on internal platforms, external service providers, or a combination of both.

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  Case Study: A Strong Focus on Business Process Flow and Workload Optimisation