47 posts and columns on outsourcing
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With New Outsourcing Deal, BlackBerry Cancels Two Phones
A small item from BlackBerry’s earnings-related filing Friday got lost in the news of its hardware partnership with Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group–sales of its new phones have been so bad that BlackBerry was forced to cancel the rollout of two not-yet-released phones.Voices
U.S. to Hit Infosys With Record Immigration Fine
The federal government is set to slap Infosys Ltd. with the largest immigration fine ever, claiming the Indian outsourcing giant illegally placed workers on visitor, rather than work, visas at big corporate clients across the U.S.Voices
U.S. to Resolve Investigation of Infosys
The U.S. is expected to announce a resolution Wednesday to the visa fraud investigation against mega-outsourcer Infosys, according to a Justice Department official.Voices
HTC Seeks to Outsource Smartphone Production
HTC Corp. is considering outsourcing production of smartphones in a major strategic shift as the struggling Taiwanese smartphone maker looks for ways to cut costs and retain profitability, people familiar with the situation said.1,100 Jobs Outsourced or Axed at Nokia
Reason for leaving last job: “IT realignment.”Directly Is a TaskRabbit for Online Customer Service
Directly wants to be an alternative to tweeting out into the ether or scanning the dead ends of online forum discussions to find the occasional relevant comment.Voices