http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com Outsourcing & Offshoring @ Bulgaria Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:39:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Indian outsourcing company Satyam suffered a severe backlash when it was discovered billions were squandered by management. Satyam Computer Services, the scandal-ridden solution provider based in India, this week unveiled a marketing overhaul intended to function as the rebirth of the company. In April, Tech Mahindra agreed to purchase 31 percent of ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/satyam-reincarnated/ Computerworld has a new article on offshoring and recession. The results from the survey the author did were quite surprising - the offshore outsourcing held pretty well. Global outsourcing companies experienced slight contraction of revenue but this was compensated by higher margins: IBM's strategic outsourcing business saw a 3% decline in ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/offshoring-and-recession/ I was recently contacted by a Chinese company specializing in 3D art for games. The company boasts a portfolio including Microsoft's Age of Empires and other A-games. The rate is a very reasonable $10 per hour and most 3D models were taking between 10 and 16 hours. This makes game outsourcing ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/game-outsourcing-to-china/ AP reports on Dalian's ambitions as a new outsourcing capital: Along with SAP, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Britain's BT Group PLC, Japan's Yokogawa Electric Corp. and some 230 other foreign companies have flocked to Dalian in the last decade. Now, a critical mass of development is coming. Ground broke this year ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/china-outsourcing/ This just in from the Sofia Echo: The website of Kendar Holdings, the investment company owned by solicitor Michael Lynn, has been suspended, the Irish Independent reported on October 22 2007. Lynn, who has over 105 properties in Slovakia, Bulgaria, China, Spain, England, Dubai and Ireland, was alleged to have taken out ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/real-estate-investor-disappears/ VMware raised close to a billion USD in an IPO second only to Google in recent IT history. Here's a bit more details on the stock offering and VMware's solutions. Analysts say VMware's shares should soar to a significantly higher value than the opening price. "This could be in the ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/vmware-bullish-ipo/ This is a piece of news that's not outsourcing-related. Since it made CNN's frontpage, however, it's impossible to ignore. Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were pardoned by President Georgi Parvanov upon their arrival in Sofia on Tuesday after spending eight-and-a-half years in prison in Libya. The six medics, who were ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/bulgarian-nurses-pardoned/ Bill Burnham has a post that discusses Indian outsourcers and their impact on the free software movement. Let's post the two examples he's giving: For example, one Open Source company mentioned to me that several Indian outsourcers were aggressively using their distributions as way to cheaply prototype solutions for clients without having ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/indian-outsourcers/ US President Bush arrived in Sofia yesterday. The scoop from the International Herald Tribune (AP): In Sofia, thousands of Bulgarians — many waving small American flags — lined the cobblestone main street through Nevsky Square as an honor guard played both countries' national anthems. Bush greeted Bulgarian soldiers who have served ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/bush-visits-bulgaria/ Vietnam is holding general elections on Sunday. The ruling Communist party (I mean Workers party!) is the undisputed leader. Less than 20% of the candidates are NOT members of the Communist Party, so the result cannot be that surprising. In the mean time, courts have put on trial and jailed a ... http://www.outsourcebulgaria.com/archives/vietnam-elections-and-outsourcing/