The International Data Corporation said a new trend in call centers and business process outsourcing providers in Asia Pacific countries is rising. It is called "homeshoring" and involves individual customer care agents working from their homes. IDC's report, First There was Offshoring, Now There...

While manufacturing and low-level service jobs in the US are increasingly being moved offshore, it is widely assumed that research and development (R&D) jobs are not. However, Asia's rise as an important location for outsourcing has begun to challenge these ideas....

Infosys Technologies Limited leaped to an excellent start in 2006-2007 due to outsourcing from Western countries that jump-started its net profit by 49.2 per cent in the first quarter (April-June 2006). The company improved its earnings and acquired 38 new clients as well as fresh orders as a...

According to a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, WNS Holdings plans to raise about $74 million through its public debut. WNS is a provider of offshore business outsourcing services to customers in Europe and North America and is based in Mumbai, India....

Lego, a Danish toy maker on Tuesday announced its plan to cut jobs as an initiative of its cost saving efforts. The company said that it would cut up to 900 of 1,200 jobs at Lego's Danish production facilities by outsourcing most of its production to U.S. manufacturing services giant Flextronics...