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| Indian workers don't want U.S. jobs, survey report |
Posted by Guest |
May 08 2008
10:40:22 AM |
Survey shows majority of Indian high-tech graduates would prefer to stay there to work.
Despite the controversy surrounding Indian nationals and the U.S. H-1B visa program, a recent survey of Indian high-tech graduates revealed that the vast majority would rather remain in India than relocate to the United States or other foreign countries to pursue career opportunities.
The survey of 677 graduates of Indian Institutes of Technology showed a significant drop in the percentage of Indian citizens who opted to leave the country for higher education or work reasons. Evalueserve, the research an...
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| Economic downturn will increase offshoring |
Posted by Guest |
May 06 2008
4:05:30 PM |
Most likely destination for offshored IT jobs is still India
While the U.S. IT sector has shown signs of resiliency in recent months, a new report by Gartner predicts the current economic slowdown will accelerate the offshoring of IT jobs to countries such as India.
In the report, Gartner notes that many U.S. companies are taking steps to speed up their offshoring programs in order to contain their labor" by sending more of their IT jobs offshore. In the worst-vase scenario, the slowdown will turn into a prolonged recession that will indefinitely delay noncritical projects and lead to enha...
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| Outsourcing security tasks brings controversy |
Posted by Guest |
April 11 2008
12:33:13 PM |
Outsourcing security gives in-house IT staff a chance to be freed up from mundane tasks, but not everyone likes it
By Ellen Messmer , Network World , 03/20/2008
When it comes to outsourcing security functions, skepticism still rules the day for many users. The idea of handing over control of network security to an outside firm paid to maintain gear, monitor for attacks, perform scans, collect logs or update security software for employees is, to say the least, controversial.
Security managers a...
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| Companies flood U.S. government with visa requests |
Posted by Guest |
April 02 2008
08:51:51 AM |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies flooded the government with visa applications for highly skilled foreign workers on Tuesday in what has become an annual lottery for just 65,000 visas.
The government did not release any figures, but experts said they expected about 200,000 applications, more than three times the number available, on the first day the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting the petitions for the fiscal year starting October 1.
The U.S. government was overwhelmed last year with about 120,000 applications on the first day that applications were ac...
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| ‘Large deals likely in latter half of 2008’ |
Posted by Guest |
March 27 2008
09:02:51 AM |
Analysts see good revenue growth in 2009 after cos finalise IT budgets. For most of the Indian IT vendors, a majority of their revenue comes from services, which is core to any company and cannot be cut. The discretionary budget, which would be cut, constitutes about only 15 per cent of the business.
by Shamik Paul
Bangalore, March 26 With clients’ IT budgets, especially in the US, delayed, 2008 would be a lean period for the Indian IT service providers. But contracts signed in the latter half of the year are expected to drive revenues in 2009.
Many companies in the US have been uncertain...
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