I have known softek as a competitor since a long time. They have displaced major Indian IT players from a number of key engagements . Apart from cost, they also have the time zone advantage because of which they play with a very large offshore setup driving the cost lower. For India it will mean a huge number of people working night shift which is difficult particularly for senior level people.
India would definitely gain moving to smaller places and I can see some such moves to tier 2 cities like Trivandram, Mysore , Bhubaneswar etc. would love to see Guwahati, Jorhat etc added to this list. You are unlikely to get people at quarter salary but some reduction can be expected. BTW, I did not know Jaipur is that expensive . I thought Mumbai is the most expensive place in India. >Maybe higher salaries will kill Indian IT industry - maybe new areas like Guwahati can come up where hi-tech people are ready >to work at half/quarter price compared to Bangalore - subletting of outsourcing from the US. >Umesh >PS: Bangalore has long been the costliest city in India - followed by desert based Jaipur, Ajmer etc( where food has to be brought in from outside). >The New Economics of Outsourcing Efforts to send IT work anywhere but Bangalore are taking on added urgency as costs of doing work in India rise and the dollar sinks by Rachael King http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2008/tc2008043_531737.htm ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
