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28 Dec, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
After IBM Daksh, Concentrix scouting for more acquisitionsConcentrix, which graduated overnight to one of the largest business process outsourcing employers, finds the margins that IBM scorned very...
27 Nov, 2013, 04.30 AM IST
- PE major General Atlantic-backed IBS Software plans IPO
The investor and the promoters of the company will dilute up to 20% stake in the public offering, people with knowledge of the company’s pl...
07 May, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Career shift: Cherian Binoy's journey from the hotel industry to a BPO"The job had fixed timings and I was off during weekends. The starting salary was nearly four times that I used to make as a hotel manageme...
04 Feb, 2013, 08.52 AM IST
- BPO founders Pramod Bhasin,Raman Roy & Ananda Mukerji retire into back rooms
Promoters, founders, and CEOs who birthed the BPO business have now quit, leaving the $14.1-billion industry, in the hands of a new crop of...
18 May, 2011, 09.42 AM IST
- Recession, an opportunity for Entrepreneurship
Some enterprising individuals have taken the tough economic conditions as an opportunity to experiment with daring ideas and start their ow...
23 Jan, 2009, 12.44 AM IST
- Rajeev Bakshi to join ICICI Venture
Rajeev Bakshi, who led Pepsi India and was the head honcho of Cadbury in the 1990s, is joining ICICI Venture as joint managing director.
28 Nov, 2007, 01.58 AM IST
- Call alert: Security concerns cut down flow of women staff into BPOs
This is a serious issue for BPOs as they want more women to join since women tend to stick longer with company.Bugged by bad behaviour in o...
20 Nov, 2007, 10.35 AM IST
Customer is today looking at an end solution, not a point product’Shanker Annaswamy, IBM India’s managing director talks to ET on its India strategy.
10 Sep, 2007, 12.42 AM IST
- CSC takes over Covansys for $1.3b to shore up India ops
In a move that will double its workforce in India to about 14,000, the $15-billion IT services giant Computer Sciences Corporation on Thurs...
27 Apr, 2007, 01.31 AM IST
- Ayala eyes BPO cos with India presence
Collaboration in the BPO space is happening from an unexpected direction as countries which could be even lower cost than India are musclin...
20 Feb, 2007, 01.32 PM IST
- Scandent to get off Cambridge Solution
India's booming IT and BPO industry has seen a flurry of M&A activity with overseas firms trying to get a foothold.
24 Jan, 2007, 02.32 AM IST
- Not up for sale, no talks with IBM: Satyam
Satyam Computers on Thursday dismissed reports it was up for sale and said the company found no value in any joint relationship with global...
14 Dec, 2006, 06.16 PM IST
- Pavan Vaish appointed new CEO of IBM Daksh
IBM on Wednesday announced that Pavan Vaish has been appointed as the new CEO of IBM Daksh.
06 Dec, 2006, 03.50 PM IST
- BPOs open more doors to women
Move over Penelope Cruz, BPOs are giving a more relevant meaning to the phrase ‘Woman on Top’.
15 Sep, 2006, 01.12 AM IST
- Centre approves 33 FDI proposals worth Rs 53cr
The government cleared 33 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs 53 crore on Thursday, including a Rs 33.7 crore proposal of Ge...
30 Aug, 2002, 04.46 AM IST
- Govt clears Rs 53-cr worth FDI proposals
The government on Thursday cleared 33 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals to the tune of Rs 53 crore.
29 Aug, 2002, 04.09 PM IST