After remaining the backwater of the overall outsourcing market for long, applications outsourcing has today emerged as a highly strategic business.
Besides being a significant opportunity on its own, it has also become crucial to sell various IT and BPO services, which is prompting all the vendors to invest huge money in this business segment, Forrester said.
And, Indian suppliers are winning larger applications outsourcing deals that were once the province of the MNCs in this head-to-head showdown, the report says.
While the overall size of applications outsourcing deals is getting smaller, Indian firms are adopting a different philosophy by eyeing modest-sized chunks of business carved out from larger overall deals, the report said.
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Indian IT companies outshine MNCs
January 31, 2007, 9:58 amTCS bags Rs 17 cr order from Singapore hospital
January 31, 2007, 9:56 am
ndia's top software exporter TCS on Tuesday said it has bagged a Rs 17.16 crore ($6 million) contract from Singapore-based Parkway Hospitals for implementation of healthcare information management system.
As part of the order, TCS would also implement Oracle e-business suite with healthcare specific functionality, a company statement said.
This will help Parkway to provide value-based integrated healthcare services including single consolidated bill for all services across Singapore, centralized medical patient records among others, it said.
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As part of the order, TCS would also implement Oracle e-business suite with healthcare specific functionality, a company statement said.
This will help Parkway to provide value-based integrated healthcare services including single consolidated bill for all services across Singapore, centralized medical patient records among others, it said.
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Microsoft debuts Vista in global marketing blitz
January 31, 2007, 9:50 am
Microsoft Corp rolled out Windows Vista at retailers in 70 countries on Tuesday, delivering a new computer operating system that aims to better manage the explosion of digital media and protect users from the dangers of the Internet.
The world's biggest software maker marked the launch of its first all-new Windows operating system in five years with a marketing blitz, including commercials featuring basketball star Lebron James and appearances by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on morning and late-night chat shows.
Windows runs on more than 95 per cent of the world's computers, and the long-delayed new version is the first major release of a new Microsoft operating system since it introduced Windows XP in 2001.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft called Vista the most important release of its dominant operating system since Windows 95 more than a decade ago, when shoppers waited for hours to be among the first to run the new software
Consumer fanfare of that magnitude seems unlikely since Vista is not the dramatic leap in technology of past releases, but the new Windows could ultimately be just as successful.
"Vista will be successful. It's been a long time since Microsoft introduced a new operating system. There are a lot of nice features that people will like," said Morningstar analyst Toan Tran.
The most obvious change is the new look. Vista's "Aero" interface uses 3-D graphics to create translucent windows that appear to float above the background screen.
Other changes are more subtle like improved security, search bars to help users find information easier and a new multimedia platform for digital video, music and pictures.
Apple Inc. calls Vista a copycat version of its Mac OS X Tiger operating system that introduced many of those new features. The iPod maker plans to introduce a new operating system of its own later this year.
The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, in his review of Vista, called it a "worthy, but largely unexciting, product."
In the first year of its release, Vista, which required a $6 billion investment from Microsoft, will be installed on more than 100 million PCs worldwide, according to research reports.
But because only about 15 per cent of existing computers have memory and graphics cards powerful enough to run premium versions of Vista, most users will have to buy a whole new computer if they want to upgrade.
"There is a pent-up set of consumers who are going to get new PCs," Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said in an interview on Monday. "We will see an uptick (in PC sales). Sales will be stronger than they otherwise would have been."
To accompany the launch, events are planned near New York's Times Square and U.S. retailers will hold midnight sales across the country.
The company's chairman and most recognizable face, Bill Gates, hit the talk show circuit to hype the launch, sitting down for interviews on NBC's Today show and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Courtesy : www.expressindia.com
The world's biggest software maker marked the launch of its first all-new Windows operating system in five years with a marketing blitz, including commercials featuring basketball star Lebron James and appearances by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on morning and late-night chat shows.
Windows runs on more than 95 per cent of the world's computers, and the long-delayed new version is the first major release of a new Microsoft operating system since it introduced Windows XP in 2001.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft called Vista the most important release of its dominant operating system since Windows 95 more than a decade ago, when shoppers waited for hours to be among the first to run the new software
Consumer fanfare of that magnitude seems unlikely since Vista is not the dramatic leap in technology of past releases, but the new Windows could ultimately be just as successful.
"Vista will be successful. It's been a long time since Microsoft introduced a new operating system. There are a lot of nice features that people will like," said Morningstar analyst Toan Tran.
The most obvious change is the new look. Vista's "Aero" interface uses 3-D graphics to create translucent windows that appear to float above the background screen.
Other changes are more subtle like improved security, search bars to help users find information easier and a new multimedia platform for digital video, music and pictures.
Apple Inc. calls Vista a copycat version of its Mac OS X Tiger operating system that introduced many of those new features. The iPod maker plans to introduce a new operating system of its own later this year.
The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, in his review of Vista, called it a "worthy, but largely unexciting, product."
In the first year of its release, Vista, which required a $6 billion investment from Microsoft, will be installed on more than 100 million PCs worldwide, according to research reports.
But because only about 15 per cent of existing computers have memory and graphics cards powerful enough to run premium versions of Vista, most users will have to buy a whole new computer if they want to upgrade.
"There is a pent-up set of consumers who are going to get new PCs," Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said in an interview on Monday. "We will see an uptick (in PC sales). Sales will be stronger than they otherwise would have been."
To accompany the launch, events are planned near New York's Times Square and U.S. retailers will hold midnight sales across the country.
The company's chairman and most recognizable face, Bill Gates, hit the talk show circuit to hype the launch, sitting down for interviews on NBC's Today show and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Courtesy : www.expressindia.com