Neowin News Feed for: Outsourcing

Nokia slashes another 1000 jobs in Finland

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:20:44 +0000

Preliminary financial reports indicate Nokia has started to slowly recover but the Finnish company will be slashing another 1000 jobs, mostly in Finland, in an effort to get back to profitability. Read more...

Microsoft outsourcing internal IT services to India

giga — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:56:02 +0000

Microsoft and Infosys today announced that they have come to a three year agreement to manage Microsoft’s internal IT services. The specific services included in the deal include technical assistance and management of software applications,... Read more...

Yahoo closer to Google ad outsourcing deal

Tom Warren — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:05:37 +0000

Yahoo Inc is looking to turn over Web search advertising to Google Inc following a successful test using Google's service to deliver ads alongside its Web search results, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday,... Read more...

Sony to Consider Outsourcing Cell Production

Joe Cashman — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:37:27 +0000

Sony executive Yutaka Nakagawa has unveiled plans to cut the costs incurred from manufacturing Cell chips for the PlayStation 3 by outsourcing their production. Over the last three years, Sony has invested US$ 3.8 billion... Read more...

IBM To Help Educate China's Outsourcing Pros

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:32:40 +0000

IBM said Tuesday that it will work with the Chinese government to develop a tech and business services curriculum for the country's top universities. "This services initiative will strengthen our role as China's innovation partner,"... Read more...

Gates Warns Against Reliance on Outsourcing

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:02:34 +0000

Companies should not outsource their core business functions and staff, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates told a group of Japan's top businessmen in a speech in Tokyo on Wednesday. Gates, who was... Read more...

IBM Absorbs Nokia Desktop IT In Outsourcing Deal

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:26:45 +0000

IBM on Friday inked a five-year deal with Nokia that puts Big Blue in charge of the Finnish phone maker's global helpdesk operations as well as its desktop PCs. The agreement, valued at... Read more...

India group: Outsourcing saves U.S. job

Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:23:38 +0000

Sending software coding and business process jobs out to India have improved employment figures in the United States, says an Indian IT association. Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) said... Read more...

IBM wins $5 billion outsourcing deal

Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:32:43 +0000

J.P. Morgan Chase on Monday announced a seven-year, $5 billion outsourcing deal with IBM. Under the agreement, which J.P. Morgan Chase said would "transform its technology infrastructure," the financial services company will transfer... Read more...

Oracle plans $1bn app outsourcing push

Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:58:11 +0000

Oracle Corp is planning a major offensive into the application outsourcing market, which it hopes will generate $1bn in additional sales over the next five years, John O'Brien writes . Speaking at... Read more...

New Editorial : Outsourcing , An Explanation

Fri, 26 Oct 2001 20:18:27 +0000

In the first of new weekly editorials on Neowin.net, this weeks article looks at Outsourcing and explains its use in the technology and software industries. Should you have any suggestions for future editorials , please... Read more...