<?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>'BPO Roadmap' For Cebu Pushed</title><link>http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/349819/bpo-roadmap-for-cebu-pushed</link><source>Manila Bulletin</source><pubDate>Monday, January 30, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG665.gif'&gt;  Tholons and Cebu Investment Promotions Center (CIPC) which identified the challenges, as well as capabilities of Cebu having been named as ?emerged BPO destination? in the world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Guan Eng: Penang 2011 investment at RM10b, beats target</title><link>http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/guan-eng-penang-2011-investment-at-rm10b-beats-target/</link><source>The Malaysian Insider</source><pubDate>Friday, January 27, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG666.gif'&gt;  research firm Tholons on the ?Top 100 Outsourcing Destinations in the world? for 2012, pointing out that Penang had moved up two notches in the ranking from 79 to 77.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Nasscom ILF 2012 to focus on opportunities amid uncertainty</title><link>http://www.deccanherald.com/content/221277/nasscom-ilf-2012-focus-opportunities.html</link><source>Deccan Herald</source><pubDate>Sunday, January 22, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG662.gif'&gt;  Industry leaders like HCL Infosystems Chairman Ajai Chowdhry, Accenture CMD Avinash Vashishtha, MphasiS CEO Ganesh Ayyar, Zensar Technologies Vice Chairman and CEO Ganesh Natrajan, Genpact President and CEO N V Tyagarajan and Vice Chairman Pramod Bhasin and Wipro IT business CEO T K Kurien, among others, will participate in the event.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>BPO players set UK roadshow</title><link>http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/348805/bpo-players-set-uk-roadshow</link><source>Manila Bulletin</source><pubDate>Saturday, January 21, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG657.gif'&gt;  Cebu City has been in Tholons? top 10 list of outsourcing destination, staying in the ninth spot as an emerged destination for global outsourcing for two years in a row.

Tholons is a strategic advisory firm for global outsourcing and investments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Santa Rosa marks 220th year, celebrates people?s spirit and a year of excellence</title><link>http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&amp;t=1&amp;id=73476</link><source>Philippine Information Agency</source><pubDate>Saturday, January 21, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG660.gif'&gt;  Recently, the city is among the five cities in the Philippines cited in the top 100 destinations for information technology and business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) services in a report by technology investment and research firm Tholons. Santa Rosa ranked 86th after Metro Manila 4th, Cebu City 9th and Davao City 69th while Iloilo City is ranked 92nd.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Venture capital deals</title><link>http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/20/venture-capital-deals-62/</link><source>CNN Money</source><pubDate>Friday, January 20, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG651.gif'&gt;  a New York-based developer of drag-and-drop Facebook page creation tools, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding. Backers include Great Oaks Venture Capital, Siemer Ventures and Tholons.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>IT Parks &amp; IT Industries in Kerala to get special focus: CM</title><link>http://keralaitnews.com/state-scan/thiruvananthapuram/4227-it-parks-a-it-industries-in-kerala-to-get-special-focus-cm</link><source>Kerala IT News</source><pubDate>Friday, January 20, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG653.gif'&gt;  Avinash Vashistha, Chairman &amp; GU MD, Accenture India asked big companies to collaborate with small innovators who come with disruptive solutions. They will be the game changers. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Cebu to hold roadshow on BPO services in UK</title><link>http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/business/2012/01/19/cebu-hold-roadshow-bpo-services-uk-201466</link><source>Sun Star</source><pubDate>Thursday, January 19, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG656.gif'&gt;  He pointed put that it is in Tholons? top 10 list of outsourcing destination, staying in the ninth spot for two years in a row.

He said that investors who are not familiar with Cebu will ?still pay attention? because of its place in the Tholons list. Tholons is a strategic advisory firm for global outsourcing and investments.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Kerala CM to open ?India IT Summit' on Jan 19</title><link>http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article2790594.ece?homepage=true&amp;ref=wl_home</link><source>Business Line</source><pubDate>Thursday, January 19, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG663.gif'&gt;  Key speakers invited include Mr K. M. Chandrasekhar, Vice-Chairman, and Mr G. Vijaya Raghavan, Member, Planning Board, Government of Kerala; Mr Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary-IT, Government of India; Mr Alkesh K. Sharma, Managing Director, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation; Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys; Mr Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, President, Dell India; Mr Avinash Vashistha, Chairman and Country Managing Director, Accenture India. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Special IT investment regions planned in Kerala</title><link>http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article2814617.ece?homepage=true&amp;ref=wl_home</link><source>Business Line</source><pubDate>Thursday, January 19, 2012</pubDate><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src='http://www.tholons.com/Admin/News/Images/IMG652.gif'&gt;  The plenary session featured panellists Mr Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, President and Managing Director, Dell India; Mr Avinash Vashistha, Chairman and GU Managing Director, Accenture India; Mr Pratik Mehta, Director-Public Sector, Microsoft India; and Mr V. Ramaswamy, Vice-President and Global Head, iON, TCS.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>
