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In 2007, the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services announced that the H-1B visa quota for 2008 was oversubscribed by a factor of three in the first week after the quota was opened. This scenario was repeated with the 2009 H-1B quota, which was opened on April 1, 2008 and was oversubscribed in seven days.
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EPAM Systems Acquires B2BITS Corp., a Leading Provider of Solutions and Consulting Services to the Capital Markets
April 3, 2008 No CommentEPAM establishes a Capital Markets Competency Center, led by industry veteran Mark Bisker, strengthening the company’s offering for clients in the Financial Services sector where EPAM already has over 600 engineers providing development, maintenance, and support services to leading firms.
Continue reading Logica Selects Autonomy as Preferred Partner for Enterprise Search and High-End Information Processing
April 1, 2008 No CommentAutonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Logica (LSE: LOG. or AEX: LOG), a major international force in IT and business services, has selected Autonomy as a preferred partner for enterprise search and high-end information processing.
Continue reading Women have played a key role in technology from the first computer program in the 1800s to C-level leadership positions today. How will outsourcing and offshoring affect their roles in the future?
Continue reading CIOs and technology managers are less strategic than they were a year ago. CIOs and technology managers are less strategic than they were a year ago, pondering job jumps and still struggle to deliver projects on time and under budget. Yet these folks want to be more intertwined with their respective businesses.
Continue reading Looking back at the past often helps predict the future… or at least gives hints about the next day’s trends. According to Gartner approximately $730 billion was spent on IT services in the world in 2007 which was by 8.7% more than in the previous year. The following segments showed robust growth: IT management, custom software development and maintenance, and IT consulting.
Continue reading The temptation to sign long-term contacts is great, especially when some outsourcers sweeten the deal with deep discounts of up to 25% for 10-year renewals.
Continue reading When it Comes to Outsourced HR and Payroll Systems Management, One Size Rarely Fits All
March 24, 2008 No CommentNew brooms sweep clean. And often, in business arenas, the broom has outsourcing on it, especially in company cultures where the practice already flourishes.
Continue reading Microsoft, Nortel Transform How People and Businesses Interact with New Joint Unified Communications Solutions
March 11, 2008 No CommentMicrosoft Corp. and Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] announced the availability of four new joint unified communications (UC) solutions designed to transform how people around the world connect, communicate and collaborate.
Continue reading The LogicaCMG group is unifying all its existing brands under one new name – Logica. The LogicaCMG brand, along with the brands of Edinfor, Unilog and WM-data, will transition to the new global brand name today in conjunction with the company’s preliminary financial results for 2007.
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