Node.js sees Windows compatibility as key to success

February 5th, 2012

The creator of Node.js says he wants to avoid the mistakes of other development environments, and support cross-platform systems as much as possible.

Ryan Dahl, who devised Node.js as a way of running JavaScript on the server side, was speaking in a group session with Rackspace and Microsoft at the first Node Summit in San Francisco. In the opening keynote, he laid out his plans for the Node.js development environment – and about the importance of addressing the Windows market.

“Ruby on Rails decided it wasn’t interested in Windows and that’s hurt Ruby in the long run,” Dahl explained. “Python has done a good effort, on the other hand. To be a big platform, a real platform, you have to be on Windows.”

He explained that while he wasn’t a Windows user himself, there were plenty of people who were, and that their needs should be addressed. Not surprisingly, Microsoft and Rackspace agreed. Rackspace has been working with Redmond and Joyent, Dahl’s employer, to port the platform to Windows via Azure.

“To build a diverse open source community, you need a wide platform,” said the impressively bearded (even by developer standards) Paul Querna, architect at Rackspace. “Ruby didn’t do a Windows port and it hurt, Python did and it helped. It’s obvious it makes sense.”

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/24/nodejs_windows_developer

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Developers to Soon Favor Android Over iOS?

February 5th, 2012

Application developers may favor Apple’s mobile operating system iOS now, but they are expected to grow fonder of Google’s Android platform in the near future, according to research firm Ovum.

Android will overtake iOS within the next 12 months to become the most important mobile operating system to developers, Ovum said. In its second-annual developer survey, Ovum also found, however, that nearly all developers will support both platforms.

Though Android leads the smartphone market, iOS has traditionally been thought of as a bigger money-maker. Last year, Apple was number one in terms of revenue generation, with 74 percent of developers ranking it a number one or two. Consequently, apps have traditionally been made available for Apple users first. But the tide may be changing as Android becomes more important to app makers. During a recent earnings call, Google said users have now downloaded more than 11 billion apps from the Android Market.

Also, while developers focus most of their efforts on Android and iOS, they are also growing increasingly interested in BlackBerry OS and Microsoft Windows Phone, according to Ovum.

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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399214,00.asp

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Market shifting to smaller IT outsourcing deals

February 5th, 2012

The year 2011 saw a record global information technology outsourcing contracts. A total of 870 deals, above the average of the five prior years of 690, were awarded to global companies, including Indian services providers such as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro and HCL Technologies. The increase was mainly due to tripling in number of deals that were less than $100 million, according to a report.

The total contact value (TCV) or the global outsourcing deals reached $95 billion, an increase of 3 per cent over the prior year, and the highest annual result since 2005, says TPI Index by the Information Services Group of the US.

SHIFT TO SMALLER CONTRACTS

The report found that when compared to last year there was a broad market shift towards smaller contracts of $25 million to $99 million band. On the other hand, it was flat in both $100-999 million and over $1 billion deal range. In fact, the number of smaller deals doubled the five years it has been a flat scenario in the mid-range.

Deals of over $1 billion have been gradually coming down, from 16 in 2002 to 10 in 2011, the report said.

EMEA

Boosted by mega-deals of around $1 billion in value, the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region recorded the best performance among global regions with a 27 per cent increase in deal value to a record $55 billion. In other words, over half of total global outsourcing deals came from this region.

For the first time, significant outsourcing activity in EMEA was not limited to the established markets of the UK, Germany and Scandinavia, with momentum seen in France, Southern Europe and the Middle East.

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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article2857901.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home

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Outsourcing deal size in long term decline

February 3rd, 2012

Outsourcing is set to continue its decade-long decline in deal size,according to an analysis of last year’s activity despite the numbers of mega deals and mid-range contracts remaining relatively stable since 2002

Those valued at $100 million (£63 million) or less have more than tripled, according quarterly data from outsourcing consultancy Information Services Group (formerly TPI).

The shift toward smaller IT services deals has been happening for the past several years, with sub-$100 million deals holding steady at around 70 percent of contracting activity since 2009, according to ISG. While IT contracting activity in 2011 increased by 8 percent over last year and is up 86 percent since 2005, total contract values declined slightly year-over-year in the fourth quarter, and the full-year total of $66 billion represented a 6 percent decline over 2010.

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http://www.cfoworld.co.uk/news/change-management/3334045/outsourcing-deal-size-in-long-term-decline/

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Ciklum Presents Forecasts for the 2012 European IT Outsourcing Market

February 3rd, 2012

Ciklum, a Danish innovative IT outsourcing company specializing in nearshore software development in Eastern Europe, presents a general review of the most thought-provoking predictions for the European IT Outsourcing Industry in 2012.

The year 2011 has seen both an extensive use of ITO services in traditional niches such as IT and Telecom, and a rapid penetration of ITO into the innovative lucrative niches such as digital media, mobile computing, online gaming and others.

While it is yet too early to make any forecasts for the 2012 European ITO market volume, increase or decrease in outsourcing activity and the overall IT spending, it is still possible to identify some of the trends that will most likely be ruling the market throughout this year:

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http://www.pr.com/press-release/387497

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IT outsourcing deals worth $1 bn in limbo

February 3rd, 2012

The fate of over a billion dollars worth of information technology (IT) outsourcing contracts is in a limbo after on Thursday’s Supreme Court verdict cancelling 122 licences of telecom firms. For, the order comes at a time when both Indian and multi-national IT firms like Wipro, Tech Mahindra and IBM, besides business process firms such as Firstsource, Intelenet and Aegis, have signed multi-million dollar deals with telecom firms including Uninor, Etisalat DB, Videocon and Idea.

For instance, Wipro had signed an estimated $500-600 million outsourcing deal with Uninor in 2009. Similarly, Tech Mahindra had signed an outsourcing deal from Etisalat, with a revenue estimate of $400-500 million. MNC firm IBM, which has a $1 billion outsourcing deal with Bharti-Airtel, had also bagged a $200-million deal from Videocon-led Datacom Solutions.

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http://business-standard.com/india/news/it-outsourcing-deals-worth-1-bn-in-limbo/463598/

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IT outsourcing industry continues to grow

January 26th, 2012

The number of global IT outsourcing deals agreed in the fourth quarter of 2011 grew by three per cent on same period the previous year.

According to the latest fourth quarter Global Sourcing Market Data and Insights report, some $95 billion (approx £60.95 billion) was spent on outsourcing IT operations making it the highest level since 2005. The 870 deals agreed also makes it the busiest period on record.

Outsourcing spend in the Europe, Middle East and Africa zone (EMEA) zone grew sharpest of all, accounting for $55.30 billion (£35.48 billion) of the entire world market and rising by 27 per cent compared to the same three month period in late 2010.

But the US market , standing at $31 billion (£19.1 billion), was down by 20 per cent.

“For the first time, significant outsourcing activity in EMEA was not limited to the established markets of the United Kingdom, Germany and Scandinavia, with momentum seen in France, Southern Europe and the Middle East,” the report stated.

Vineet Nayar, vice chairman of HCL Technologies, said that there are roughly $47 billion (£30 billion) worth of IT outsourcing contracts up for renewal.

"If 30 per cent of this goes for churn, the market opportunity is at least $15 billion,” he added.

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http://www.ihotdesk.com/article/801275005/IT-outsourcing-industry-continues-to-grow

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Global IT outsourcing up 3%, Europe jumps 27%

January 26th, 2012

The impressive client wins by the top Indian IT (information technology) companies and their impressive revenue growth in the quarter ending December 2011 is perfectly in sync with the growth in the global outsourcing market.

According to the latest fourth quarter Global Sourcing Market Data and Insights disclosed in TPI Index, the total contract value (TCV) of IT outsourcing deals in 2011 at $95 billion was 3 per cent higher than 2010. TPI is a global IT sourcing advisory firm that tracks larger IT deals worldwide. 

At this level of annual TCV of $95 billion is also the highest since 2005 and the total number of deals at 870 is also an all-time record, TPI Index said. The TPI Index data also showed a healthy growth in the global outsourcing market during the fourth quarter (December quarter) amid record contracting activity for the full year.

The deals in the fourth quarter, according to TPI Index, which covers commercial outsourcing contracts valued at $25 million or more, found the total contract value of $26.4 billion, 7 per cent higher than the same period a year ago.

Interestingly, an analysis of TPI Index data shows that the intensified contracting activity is the result of a decade-long rise in the smallest awards. While the numbers of mega-deals and mid-range contracts awarded each year has remained relatively stable since 2002, those valued at $100 million or less have more than tripled. In fact, the TPI data shows that in the deal size between $25 and $99 million (smaller size contracts) the number of annual deals have risen from 212 in 2002 to 663 in 2011 accounting for 76 per cent of the total 870 deals in 2011.

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http://www.deccanherald.com/content/221591/global-outsourcing-up-3-europe.html

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Outsourcing growing strongly despite poor economic conditions

January 26th, 2012

It is always said that IT outsourcing does well in both depressed as well as-vibrant economic conditions. Outsourcing service providers have been as bullish as ever despite customers cutting IT budgets.

This is because outsourcing is a way of cutting fixed costs and freeing up money to invest more strategically, or perhaps just keep the savings for a rainy day. Or pay it as a bonus to a senior executive if you are a bank, probably the one that decided to outsource.

The reason I am compelled to write about this post is the latest TPI index, which monitors BPO/IT outsourcing contracts worth over €20m. The research found 2011 to have the highest total value of contracts ever in Europe – or the Europe Middle East and Africa as the region is uncomfortable known. This was €44bn.

This was heavily influence by mega-deals, which accounted for 60% of the total value. These mega-deals are those worth over €800m. But there were also 15% more contracts in total in the final quarter of 2011 compared to the same period a year ago. So outsourcing is on the up whereas economic confidence is heading in the opposite direction.

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http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/inside-outsourcing/2012/01/outsourcing-growing-strongly-despite-poor-economic-conditions.html

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5 tips to keep IT outsourcing on track as global providers cut

January 19th, 2012

Are you prepared as global IT outsourcers shrink onshore staff? These tips will help you keep projects moving as offshore IT service provides cut back on the on-site staff that used to work as liaisons between customer and provider.

If you’ve been sending IT work offshore for a while, chances are you’ve noticed a trend — fewer and fewer on-site resources provided by the outsourcer to manage the work. While providers of offshore IT services — both Indian vendors and their U.S.-based counterparts — once frontloaded their IT services projects and relationships with onshore staff serving as liaisons between onshore client and offshore provider, most have been quietly shifting more of that work overseas.

Reducing the number of U.S.-based workers has been driven in large part by continuing pressure on IT service provider profit margins. But issues with skilled worker visas — many of the onshore roles are filled by outsourcing staff with H-1B or L-1 visas — are also being blamed, as offshore outsourcing providers point to increased fees, rejection rate, and processing delays accompanying these visa applications today.

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http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/241681/5-tips-keep-it-outsourcing-track-global-providers-cut

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