Foreign Exchange Risk Management for Indian IT Service Companies
India is known for its leadership in the IT and ITeS sector which have both experienced tremendous growth in the past two decades. The growth trend is expected to strengthen in the future with increase in the volumes of IT exports. Indian IT companies have carved a great niche for themselves in the global market and have become renowned for their IT capabilities. In this favorable landscape, it is of utmost importance for IT companies to effectively manage the various risks that threaten respective bottom lines. One of such risks is the fluctuation in the foreign exchange rates.
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Platform-Based Service Delivery
With many Indian software service vendors embarking on a quest for non-linear revenue growth, platform-based service delivery is coming into its own. In lieu of providing capacity on a People-Infrastructure-Process (PIP) model, Indian companies (and a few MNCs) are beginning to experiment with platform-based service delivery models where the service provider takes ownership for hardware and software in addition to service delivery. While traditional PIP service delivery model will continue to survive and even thrive in the medium term, we believe that the platform-based service model is the paradigm of the future towards which all technology service delivery will eventually converge.
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2012 Tholons Top 100 Outsourcing Destinations: Regional Dynamics
Since its inception in 2006, the Tholons Top 100 Outsourcing Destinations report has been one of the flagship projects of the company and is acknowledged by industry stakeholders as the de facto ranking of outsourcing cities around the world.

The 2012 Top 100 Outsourcing Destinations the report which will be released on January 9, 2012. Using the proprietary and industry-leading Tholons Location Assessment Framework, Tholons has identified Top 10 Emerged, Top 50 Emerging, and 40 Aspiring outsourcing cities across the globe.
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Analysis of Captive IT/BPO Acquisitions: Acquirer’s perspective
Captive implies cost, however the recent acquisitions have provided a new dimention to the captive model. After setting-up a captive unit, as it grows over a period of time, the parent organization may decide to sell it off for various reasons like releasing the cash, freeing up the management resources required for managing the captive unit, expected fluctuations and uncertainty in future service demand or even perceived inefficiency or under-utilization.
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