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Accenture to Increase Presence in India, China, Philippines

(February 6, 2006 - GlobalSourcingNow) - Accenture will double its presence in the frontline outsourcing destinations of India, China and the Philippines from the current 24,000 to about 50,000 over the next three years. The move would result in a major expansion drive in India. The company currently employs close to 16,500 people in the country in its IT, BPO and consulting divisions. A number of major outsourcing service providers including Oracle, IBM, and Dell have announced significant growth plans in India to take advantage of the low cost talent pool.

(Comment from O2P: OK, India continues to grow at a feverish pace....but the Philippines should also share in this Accenture bounty. I believe they are the largest outsourcer in the country, and my guess - I have no inside knowledge even though I used to work for them - is that the 10,000 staff level is in the offing. Note that Accenture does NOT do call center work - that component is outsourced to 3rd parties - so the work performed is in the higher value systems development and maintenance and the BPO arena.

What about the "low cost talent pool"? What is the Philippines doing to ensure that our pipeline of qualified and disciplined young people is kept full? I have nothing against nursing, but it is disturbing that kids are choosing to not go into computer-related courses in order to have an opportunity to migrate to nursing or caregiver jobs abroad. What a pity that the future seems brighter in foreign lands!!).