Outsourcing

Trump admin says tech companies are abusing H-1B visas, slaps $100k a year to allow entry

It will hit outsourcing companies hardest

Legal20 Sep 2025 | 133

Trump backpedals as Hyundai factory ICE raid enrages South Korea

Analysis Nice plans for US manufacturing you had there, shame if something was to happen to them

On-Prem16 Sep 2025 | 196

Tata Consultancy enforces return-to-office mandate for all US staff, effective immediately

Exclusive Goal is 'to enrich our workplace experience'

On-Prem23 Jul 2025 | 55

Kyndryl's consulting business may be less than it seems

Special report Insiders say it's largely a matter of labeling

CxO08 Dec 2024 | 22

Pakistan's tech lobby warns that slow internet is strangling IT industry

Low-priced freelancers and call centers are at risk

Channel21 Nov 2024 | 12

Kyndryl insiders say there's little new business

Special report IT giant aims to end revenue slide by March, former employees have doubts

On-Prem20 Nov 2024 | 19

Weekends were a mistake, says Infosys co-founder Narayama Murthy

Again defends his belief that 70-hour weeks are essential and work/life balance is bunk

On-Prem18 Nov 2024 | 85

Kyndryl follows in IBM's footsteps with rolling layoffs likely affecting thousands

Special report Underutilized staff get sent to the 'bench' – and seldom return

On-Prem01 Oct 2024 | 39

Infosys scores deal to write code for EV-maker Polestar

HQ in Sweden, made in China, programmed in Bengaluru, but with a traditional offshoring marque

Software26 Sep 2024 | 48

Cognizant alleges Infosys swiped its trade secrets

Sueball suggests outsourcer went out of bounds by developing competing product

CxO26 Aug 2024 | 9

Serco appoints former GDS leader Tom Read to digital leadership role

Read also served at UK's MoJ, where outsourcer paid fine over electronic tagging fiasco

Public Sector22 Jul 2024 | 6

Capgemini wins deal with UK tax collector worth up to £574M

Love affair between HMRC and French outsourcer set to last 25 years

Software19 Jul 2024 | 13

It's make your mind up time as Atos sets deadline to pick rescue package

June 5 the day to opt for Onepoint-led consortium or Daniel Křetínský's EPEI

HPC03 Jun 2024 | 3

A million Australian pubgoers wake up to find personal info listed on leak site

Updated Man arrested and blackmail charges expected after allegations of unpaid contractors and iffy infosec

Security02 May 2024 | 36

Bank's struggle to replace Atos threw system back to dark ages

Costly project to switch supplier likely to continue into 2025, says watchdog

Software07 Mar 2024 | 20

India's big four services giants soar on demand for AI

Pipelines are full, but hiring has slowed

Channel18 Jan 2024 |

Infosys co-founder doubles down on call for 70-hour work weeks

It's not like Gandhi ever saw his kids, says Narayana Murthy

On-Prem15 Jan 2024 | 76

Court orders arbitration for Wipro and ex-CFO who left for Cognizant

India’s IT outsourcers have an exec poaching problem

Legal05 Jan 2024 | 5

Brit pensions scheme flushed £74M when it walked from Atos deal

Annual report reveals 'challenges' around 'commercial and risk appetite'

Public Sector03 Nov 2023 | 12

French IT behemoth Atos facing calls for nationalization as it tries to restructure

Politicians fear sale will place critical infrastructure in hands of foreign company

On-Prem24 Oct 2023 | 13

Sorry kids, Infosys and Wipro have cancelled graduate recruitment

India's big four outsourcers scored record deals in Q2, but revenue didn't reflect those successes

Channel20 Oct 2023 | 11

Days before its earnings call, Infosys announces $2B in new business

Results were anticipated to be dim, so where does this put outsourcer now?

AI + ML20 Jul 2023 | 6

India Big four outsourcers all have people problems

APAC in brief Also: China taikonaut moon plans; Singapore's Temasek to stay clear of crypto; India ponders ban on for-profit .IN sales; and more.

Systems17 Jul 2023 | 7

Two top execs quit Infosys mere months after its president skipped

CISO and head of HR depart as services market tightens

Channel06 Jul 2023 | 3

Despite declines, DXC Technology boss awarded $20.3m in 2023

Revenues shrank and net profit evaporated but progress made in other areas, says board

Software15 Jun 2023 | 10

Activists gatecrash Capita's AGM to protest GPS tracking contract

Outsourcer asked to take 'principled stance'

Security12 May 2023 | 23

Brexit Britain looks to French company to save crumbling borders and immigration tech

Building a wall... of code

Devops10 May 2023 | 166

Capita admits some pension data 'likely' to have been accessed in March breach

Weeks after outsourcer admits 'cyber incident' more warnings issued

Cyber-crime05 May 2023 | 23

India's major IT outsourcers slow hiring and fret about deal pipelines

Two years ago the big four hired 243,000 workers. Last year that fell to 82,000

Channel05 May 2023 | 15

Capita: Cyber-attack broke some of our IT systems

Staff regain access to Microsoft apps, tech outsourcer still working to restore services for some

Defense Tech Week03 Apr 2023 | 24

Wipro tells freshers a job awaits - if they accept a lower salary than first offered

Entry-level hires were IT services giants' answer to enormous staff attrition rates. Now they're being squeezed

On-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 28

India’s top four outsourcers report rosy revenues, mild macroeconomic misgivings

Attrition woes subside as workers stop shifting, producing pleasing cost savings

Channel17 Jan 2023 | 3

Microsoft hikes prices in India by up to eleven percent

Asia In Brief PLUS: Eight million more outsourced jobs for India; Australia warns on IoT shoe risks; Equinix enters Malaysia

Software04 Dec 2022 | 4

IBM India tells employees they can moonlight – but only for good causes, with permission

Local boss wants workers to indulge in their passions … so long as it doesn't conflict with Big Blue's activities

Legal27 Oct 2022 | 6

Infosys reverses opposition to staff taking side gigs

Moonlighting is now now OK – if you do it the Infosys way, says CEO Salil Parekh

Legal21 Oct 2022 | 11

IT management giant DXC confirms takeover interest

No formal offer yet received, Baring Private Equity Asia linked with ailing IT services house

On-Prem05 Oct 2022 | 5

Atos rejects bid from rival for digital, big data, security units

Despite having €4.2b reasons from Onepoint to ditch Evidian strategy and sell up

On-Prem30 Sep 2022 | 2

Philippines decides outsourcers need incentives to stick around, after all

Just three months ago senior bureaucrat said 'Tax perks are not that important to investors.' Contortions now in place to keep cash flowing

Channel19 Sep 2022 | 4

Atos investor says turnaround plan 'too ambitious and complicated'

Sycamore Asset Management: Outsourcer 'badly run' with 'profit margin,' growth 'below industry averages'

On-Prem12 Sep 2022 | 14

India's IT services exports top $150 billion for the first time, US and UK are biggest buyers

Asia In Brief PLUS: APAC IT spend grows at over 5 percent; China's pop-up clampdown; Pakistan VPN exemptions; and more!

Software11 Sep 2022 | 9

Big cloud rivals hit back over Microsoft licensing changes

Customers should be able to 'move freely' says Google cloud veep as AWS brands move 'unfair'

PaaS + IaaS31 Aug 2022 | 25

Infosys reduces employee bonuses after execs promised better profit margins

Cost control measures seem to hit CFO too – he's re-used quotes about cuts

On-Prem24 Aug 2022 | 16

India's big four services giants bemoan rising labor costs

Business is good at TCS, Wipro, Infosys and HCL – but margin pressure and staff attrition are big problems

Channel25 Jul 2022 | 24

Your job was probably outsourced for exactly the reason you suspected

It costs relatively next to nothing to hire devs on the other side of the planet

Software23 Jul 2022 | 178

Lenovo to form venture with Hong Kong comms conglomerate PCCW

Gains access to offshoring centers in Malaysia and Philippines

Channel15 Jun 2022 | 2

Giant outsourcer keeps work from home, loses tax breaks. Government says 'good riddance'

Philippines says subsidies inflate profits, not local economy

Off-Prem14 Jun 2022 | 17

Infosys celebrates first birthday of glitchy Indian tax portal by fixing another bug

Search fail added to list of embarrassing issues since debut

Software09 Jun 2022 | 4

Capita to see wave of UK government contracts come to an end by 2025

Technology firms rank second in UK list of strategic public-sector suppliers

On-Prem31 May 2022 | 11

Infosys noncompete clause sparks complaint from labor rights org

Policy in place since 2007, but increased employee attrition might have made it more visible

Off-Prem19 Apr 2022 | 17

Spot the irony: India's Reserve Bank says outsourcing and offshoring are risky

So risky that new guidelines are needed to ensure engagements don't go pear-shaped

Security14 Feb 2022 | 11

Former tech CIO jailed for setting up £475k backhander scam with IT outsourcing firm

One-time head of Hampshire Police IT gets six years

Legal03 Feb 2022 | 21

Pakistan considers ten-year tax holiday for freelance techies

Could clean up dispute over who collects tax and when, but unlikely to worry outsourcing rivals

Channel25 Jan 2022 | 11

Indian IT services biz HCL sees boom in business – and staff attrition

Company pauses bonus clawbacks amid controversies and drop in share price

Off-Prem18 Jan 2022 | 1

IT labor rights group files complaint against HCL, claiming it's clawing back bonuses

NGO claims staffers who resign are forced to return advance variable pay

On-Prem07 Jan 2022 | 14

Academics horrified that administration of Turing student exchange scheme outsourced to Capita

Company ousts British Council in running Erasmus replacement

On-Prem09 Dec 2021 | 47

Co-Operative Bank today 'terminated' Capita's outsourcing contract years before it was due to expire

Services ops for mortgages to go back in-house, says High Street lender, can't say how many to TUPE across

On-Prem02 Dec 2021 | 56