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Paul McDougall reports for Informationweek in their Global CIO Blog that the National Association of Software and Services Companies (“NASSCOM”) predicts the $58.8 billion in India’s outsourcing revenue for the fiscal year ending 2009 will grow to over $225 billion in the next decade. McDougall quote’s Som Mittal, the president of NASSCOM, an association that promotes Indian offshoring, in his article entitled Indian Outsourcing To Increase Fivefold:

“ … the potential for this industry is tremendous and the industry will not be demand constrained”

In order to achieve savings and to stay competitive in the global marketplace, more and more companies are outsourcing their business and technical functions. McDougall confirms in his article that the Obama campaign rhetoric of keeping the existing jobs in the US and preventing jobs from going overseas has not materialized. For further discussion on the Obama campaign rhetoric and the actual affects on outsourcing, see also the following postings in this Blog:

·         No Slowdown in Offshoring for the Foreseeable Future; posted April 20, 2009

·         Obama’s Tax On Outsourcing; posted June 1, 2009

The current trend has tech, financial services, and manufacturing as the core industries making up the bulk of the $58.8 billion in outsourcing revenue. However Mittal suggests that WIPRO, Infosys, and Tata, India’s outsourcing behemoths, foresee healthcare and transportation as the engines for further revenue growth.

With the coming growth an emphasis on infrastructure moves to the forefront. The traditional centers of Hyderabad and Delhi will need to be supplemented by the so-called second-tier centers like Kolkata in West Bengal in order to accommodate the growth.

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SAP takes majority position in SAF

Alex Goldman reports for Internetnews.com that ERP giant SAP has increased its stakeholding in SAF to a majority position. This retail software provider’s products have been embedded in SAP’s retail solution since 2002. SAF’s 2008 sales were slightly over $19 million.

Seibel Systems Founder Attacked By Charging Elephant

Internetnews.com’s Andy Patrizio reports that billionaire founder of Seibel Systems, while on safari in Tanzania, was a victim of an elephant attack. He and his guide were 200 yards away from an elephant herd when suddenly one broke from the herd and charged. Seibel suffered broken ribs and a gorged left leg and a crushed right leg. He spent 18 days in four separate hospitals in Nairobi before returning home. Wheelchair bound, reconstructive surgery and physical therapy are the next steps in his recovery.

BPM: Europe Exceeds US in its Adoption

Back in 1996 Michael Hammer wrote ‘Reengineering the Corporation’. Joerg Heistermann, IDS Scheer CEO of the Americas, stated, “Once BPM became the buzz in the boardrooms around the world, because of the Hammer book, the business changed and in the 1990s SAP began to roll. Many of our implementations complemented SAP.” The chemical companies, financial institutions, and auto makers of Germany were first adopters. "Culture might have an impact. In the U.S., the focus is on sales and marketing.  In Europe, we are more technicians. We optimize the organization for what's coming." IDS Scheer’s “flagship software” is ARIS. See Alex Goldman’s article IDS Scheer: US Lags in BPM Implementations for more.

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