| obal competition intensifies and heats ups, an | | | | Internet, and maintaining customer systems remotely. |
| increasingly large number of firms have begun to | | | | Highly successful, it seems it won’t be too long |
| compete and challenge big computer business giants | | | | before eBay, Google, Yahoo, AOL, Travelocity and |
| i.e. Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and IBM with low | | | | also begin to dig deeper into the |
| cost products, sophisticated technology, coupled with | | | | “on-demand” business services, as well. |
| specialised skills. And, no where is it more evident than | | | | Retaining their top position despite intense global |
| the fact that slowly but surely, China has overtaken | | | | competition from China and other low cost service |
| USA, as the world’s leading supplier of cheap | | | | providers, the world’s three top IT off-shoring / |
| IT / IT related goods. | | | | outsourcing firms i.e. Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), |
| As off-shoring / outsourcing of mundane IT chores | | | | IBM and EDS, along with Hewlett-Packard, Northrup |
| gains popularity, point in case are two computer firms, | | | | Grumman, Capgemini remain amongst the |
| Dell (specialising in desktop management) and Lucent | | | | world’s 10-biggest off-shoring / outsourcing |
| Technologies (with a focus on network maintenance), | | | | firms, logging in double-digit growth revenues. |
| new upcoming entrants to join the ranks of many | | | | As off-shoring / outsourcing contracts for network |
| others who have off-shored / outsourced to service | | | | operations, help desk support, applications maintenance, |
| providers in the IT global market. Fairly recently, the | | | | desktop care, disaster recovery services and data |
| two companies went ahead and signed broad | | | | centre management get inked daily with China, |
| contracts for desktop management and network | | | | Philippines, Canada, Ireland or India, in the face of |
| maintenance, purely on the basis of high-end skilled | | | | increasing competition, companies are merging in an |
| expertise available for relatively low costs. | | | | attempt to consolidate their position. |
| Not to be left behind as China competes for | | | | Despite, all the wailing and brow thumping that |
| off-shored / outsourced IT projects offering low cost | | | | surrounds the trend of off-shoring / outsourcing, a |
| high-end skills, seasoned pros in the off-shoring / | | | | research study predicts the global movement will grow |
| outsourcing world, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys | | | | by nearly 6% annually touching $112.5-billion by 2009, |
| Technologies and Wipro Technologies, IT firms | | | | while the $33.8-billion US market will grow at 4.2%. It is |
| head-quartered in India, have begun to lower their | | | | obvious, off-shoring / outsourcing works to the benefit |
| costs. Meanwhile, has added a new twist to | | | | of all involved as IBM, EDM, CSC, Hewlett-Packard et |
| off-shoring / outsourcing services by hosting services | | | | al retain their Top Ten position in the world due to their |
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