<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Tholons News</title><link>http://www.tholons.com/pages/news.aspx</link><description>Tholons News</description><copyright>(c) 2008, tholons All rights reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Industry leaders note sluggish Cebu BPO expansion</title><link>http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/273025/industry-leaders-note-sluggish-cebu-bpo-expansion</link><source>Manila Bulletin</source><pubDate>Wednesday, August 18, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG553.gif'&gt;  ... not only in the BPO industry, from these countries, Earlier, Tholons founder and Chief Executive Officer, Avinash Vashista urged the identification and ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>India Inc not worried over latest US outsourcing rhetoric</title><link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/india-inc-not-worried-over-latest-us-outsourcing-rhetoric/404193/</link><source>Business Standard</source><pubDate>Wednesday, August 11, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG552.gif'&gt;  Nishant Verma, managing director of Tholons Capital, which advises Indian companies on outsourcing, said the commercial motivation to send these (US) jobs ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Cognizant joins IT big league</title><link>http://www.mydigitalfc.com/companies/cognizant-joins-it-big-league-015</link><source>mydigitalfc.com</source><pubDate>Sunday, August 08, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG551.gif'&gt;  Avinash Vashistha, CEO of strategic advisory firm Tholons said, ?The scenario is changing with a pickup in business demand, leading to more growth now for ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>New US Visa Fees to Hit Indian Firms</title><link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703988304575413011107101860.html</link><source>Wall Street Journal</source><pubDate>Saturday, August 07, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG550.gif'&gt;  "The question is how much of the costs they will be able to pass on to clients," said Avinash Vashistha, chief executive of Bangalore-based outsourcing ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Outsourcing influentials to speak at second International ...</title><link>http://smart-grid.tmcnet.com/news/2010/07/07/4887607.htm</link><source>TMC Net</source><pubDate>Wednesday, July 07, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG548.gif'&gt;  ... and prominent analysts who have confirmed speaking slots include Jack Jones, CEO, JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co.; Avinash Vashistha, Chairman and CEO, Tholons; ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Firms may feel heat on lower IT spends, euro crisis</title><link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/firms-may-feel-heatlower-it-spends-euro-crisis/400120/</link><source>Business Standard</source><pubDate>Friday, July 02, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG545.gif'&gt;  Avinash Vashistha of Tholons says: ?If you look at the ground reality, client business is still not ramping up. Client outlook has stabilised and that was ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Job opportunities seen in game processing</title><link>http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=13613</link><source>Business World Online</source><pubDate>Friday, July 02, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG547.gif'&gt;  Tholons is an advisory firm for global outsourcing. In a press briefing on Friday on the prospects of the new business processing outsourcing segment, ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>BP spend cut fears prompt IT share decline</title><link>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bp-spend-cut-fears-prompt-it-share-decline/399971/</link><source>Business Standard</source><pubDate>Thursday, July 01, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG546.gif'&gt;  ... but on recently negotiated contracts they can only manage about five per cent or so,? said Avinash Vashistha, chairman and chief executive officer, ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Sultans of software</title><link>http://www.livemint.com/2010/06/17205605/Sultans-of-software.html?h=B</link><source>Livemint</source><pubDate>Thursday, June 17, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG544.gif'&gt;  Avinash Vashistha, chief executive of Tholons, a Bangalore-based IT advisory firm, believes TCS' focus on innovation differentiates it from other Indian IT ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>A New Face in Tech Services</title><link>http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/eyeonasia/archives/2006/06/a_new_face_in_tech_services.html</link><source>Bloomberg Business Week</source><pubDate>Tuesday, June 15, 2010</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG549.gif'&gt;  So that means there isn't much use for matchmakers anymore, Avinash Vashistha, Neo-IT's founder. ?Everyone is smart about who to join with, ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>