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National outsourcing awards 2010 – 22nd october 10

October 23rd, 2010

The 7th annual National Outsourcing Association Awards was a glamorous affair, attracting the biggest names in the outsourcing industry at the Park Plaza Riverbank hotel.

The guests all mingled before the ceremony, overlooking spectacular views of London’s most striking landmarks – the London Eye, Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.

Comedian Jack Whitehall hosted the awards and helped to make the evening a night to remember. Timeout’s “Sickeningly young wunderkind” delivered a fantastic routine before introducing Martyn Hart, Chairman of the NOA, to the stage to introduce the awards.

Martyn said: “Outsourcing is on the up and the awards are a fantastic opportunity for professionals within the industry to come together and celebrate the year’s successes. Professionals have predicted high growth rates for outsourcing as the public sector increasingly looks to move contracts towards the private sector.”

The National Outsourcing Association Awards have become a landmark in helping cement outsourcing as a key business function and practice. Interest and attendees to the awards has risen year on year and winning an award is seen as a huge accolade and recognition of success.

The 17 awards all celebrated the top developments, contracts and innovation within the outsourcing space. Hundreds of applications were whittled down to a shortlist of nominees and winners were then selected by a panel of outsourcing experts.

The winners of the Awards were:

BPO Contract of the Year sponsored by Nelson Hall
Mahindra Satyam BPO & GlaxoSmithKline

IT Outsourcing Project of the Year sponsored by Cognizant
Capgemini & Welsh European Funding Office

Financial Services Outsourcing Project of the Year sponsored by Sitel
Capita & AXA

Public Sector Outsourcing Project of the Year sponsored by Alexander Mann Solutions
CSC – Department of Health

Telecommunications, Utilities and High-Tech Outsourcing Project of the Year sponsored by sourcingfocus.com
Infosys

Offshoring Operation of the Year sponsored by Buffalo Communications
Exigent

Outsourcing Professional of the Year sponsored by HML
Serco – Duncan Mackison

Outsourcing Service Provider of the Year sponsored by ITIDA
HCL Technologies

Outsourcing Contact Centre Provider of the Year sponsored by KPMG
The Listening Company

Outsourcing Advisory of the Year sponsored by The OUT Group
Olswang

Offshoring Destination of the Year sponsored by FST
Philippine Trade & Investment – Philippines

Outsourcing End User of the Year sponsored by IBM
HMRC

Award for Innovation in Outsourcing sponsored by RR Donnelley
CSC

Award for Best Practice in Outsourcing sponsored by Intelenet
Centrica

Award for Academic Achievement sponsored by NOA Pathway
Verity Billson – Capital One

Award for Corporate Social Responsibility sponsored by Fujitsu
Firstsource

Chairman’s award for outstanding contribution to the outsourcing industry
National Rail Enquiries

Martyn concluded: “It’s wonderful that these awards can recognise the innovation and developments that have taken place in the past year and look forward to the future. It really has been an incredible evening.”

Party band Madhen wrapped up the evening by taking to the stage with a high-energy performance, playing a great selection of songs that kept the guests busy all night. Overall, the awards were a fantastic night for the outsourcing industry and one which has made everyone excited about the NOA Awards 2011.

Source:http://www.sourcingfocus.com/index.php/site/featuresitem/2825/

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Outsourcing center premiers new “Best india-to india relationship” award category

June 29th, 2010

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The Outsourcing Center, the world’s most prominent internet portal for authoritative information on outsourcing has launched the “Best India-to-India Relationship” category award as a part of its Outsourcing Center’s Outsourcing and Sourcing Excellence Awards program for 2011. The Awards will now comprise of an India category, focusing on exceptional outsourcing relationships in the Indian sub-continent. The “Best India-to-India Relationship” aims to bring forth outstanding Indian relationships based on all aspects of creating, sustaining, and enhancing outsourcing and sourcing arrangements and continually collaborating to ensure success in achieving their objectives and mutual benefits.

Nominations for the 2011 Outsourcing and Sourcing Excellence Awards are continuing to be accepted. Forms and instructions are available at www.outsourcing-awards.com. The last date for submission of nominations is July 23, 2010.

“Since 1997, the Outsourcing Excellence Awards have benefitted companies worldwide by identifying and showcasing global best practices and trends that they can use as benchmarks for excellence in partnering to achieve significant value. This year we introduced the India-to-India relationships category as we realized that in the past Indian firms such as HP India, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Firstsource and Wipro, have participated and have been declared winners for our global category awards,” stated Debra Floyd, Chief Operating Officer, Outsourcing Center. “We decided to include an India-to-India specific category, which would enable us to highlight many more of such relationships. Moreover, all the nominees would benefit through the awards process as they review the strengths of their relationships and the results they have achieved,” added Floyd”

This year, the Outsourcing Center is also launching a partnership for the Outsourcing and Sourcing Excellence Awards with Sourcing Interests Group (SIG), a membership organization widely recognized as a leader in providing forums for sharing best practices and thought leadership in sourcing and outsourcing.

“Our partnership with SIG allows us to expand our commitment to honor the world’s best business alliances by recognizing excellence in souring as well as outsourcing. The judges will For several years in the past, Outsourcing Center recognized outsourcing excellence at our SIG Summits. This partnership and commitment allows us to bring the esteemed recognition of Outsourcing Center’s Awards back to all of our members and prospects, enabling both of us to honor leading companies across a broader range of categories and innovations in both outsourcing and sourcingconsider one set of criteria for outsourcing nominations and separate criteria for sourcing nominations,” stated Floyd.

“We are excited to partner once again with Outsourcing Center,” said Dawn Evans, President and CEO, SIG. “.”

The winners’ stories will be featured in the prestigious Annual Awards issue on Outsourcing Center website (www.outsourcing-center.com) and Sourcing Interests Group website (www.sourcinginterests.org). Winners will also be invited to a celebration that includes an exclusive educational event of lessons and insights from each winner, a roundtable winner-only lunch and discussion, and a black-tie dinner and awards presentation deemed the “Oscars” of Outsourcing, hosted by SIG at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Amelia, Florida, in March 2011.

Articles and white papers profiling participants in the 2011 Outsourcing and Sourcing Excellence Awards program will present the SIG and Outsourcing Center readers’ communities with comprehensive insights into current developments in successful outsourcing and sourcing relationships worldwide. Historically, the awards’ findings include a wide range of information on successful alliances and make valuable contributions to the growing demand for insights into critical success factors of strategic outsourcing and sourcing.

Source:http://www.prlog.org/10765817-outsourcing-center-premiers-new-best-india-to-india-relationship-award-category.html

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PPD named best contract research organization in asia at 2010 vaccine industry excellence awards

June 17th, 2010

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PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) today announced it has been named Best Contract Research Organization (CRO) in Asia at the World Vaccine Congress’ inaugural 2010 Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) Asia Awards held in Singapore on June 9. The award recognizes PPD’s quality of services provided in Asia and its long-standing client partnerships in the vaccine industry.

Our large presence in China and strong expertise in vaccine clinical research well position us to advance our clients’ vaccine research and development programs and address unique requirements for managing vaccine studies in Asia,” said Simon Britton, PPD’s vice president of clinical development for Asia Pacific. “We are pleased the World Vaccine Congress has recognized our client relationships and investments in the growing vaccine industry.”

PPD has delivered full-service, global vaccine development services to biopharmaceutical companies and government and nongovernment organizations for more than 20 years. In April, the company opened a vaccine clinical research center at the Taizhou China Medical City in Taizhou, China, further strengthening its clinical research and development services in one of the country’s major regions for conducting vaccine studies. Through the center, PPD provides clinical monitoring services to companies seeking to develop vaccines in China.

PPD also launched its Vaccines & Biologics Center of Excellence earlier this year, which is a first-in-kind comprehensive network of integrated, world-class laboratory services focused on vaccine and biologic drug development. The center advances PPD’s position as the industry leader in providing testing services for vaccines and other biologics with state-of-the-art facilities, processes and instrumentation to help clients realize the highest scientific standards and cost efficiencies for their programs.

PPD is a leading global contract research organization, celebrating 25 years of providing drug discovery, development and lifecycle management services. Our clients and partners include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, academic and government organizations. With offices in 41 countries and more than 10,500 professionals worldwide, PPD applies innovative technologies, therapeutic expertise and a commitment to quality to help clients and partners accelerate the delivery of safe and effective therapeutics and maximize the returns on their R&D investments. For more information, visit www.ppdi.com.

Except for historical information, all of the statements, expectations and assumptions contained in this news release, including expectations and assumptions about PPD’s selection as best contract research organization in Asia, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Although PPD attempts to be accurate in making these forward-looking statements, it is possible that future circumstances might differ from the assumptions on which such statements are based. In addition, other important factors which could cause results to differ materially include the following: success in sales growth.

competition in the outsourcing industry; rapid technological advances that make our services less competitive; loss of large contracts; increased cancellation rates; economic conditions and outsourcing trends in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, academic and government industry segments; dependence on collaborative relationships; the ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks associated with acquisitions and investments, such as impairments; and the other risk factors set forth from time to time in the SEC filings for PPD, copies of which are available free of charge upon request from the PPD investor relations department.

Source:-http://www.bradenton.com/2010/06/16/2367713/ppd-named-best-contract-research.html

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Siemens/talecris win best partnership in the outsourcing excellence awards

April 27th, 2010

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Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Inc. and Talecris Biotherapeutics received the prestigious “Best Partnership” award in technology outsourcing during the 2010 Outsource Excellence Awards. The award recognizes excellence in IT collaboration and partnering to achieve business goals and is bestowed by the Outsourcing Center, an online community specializing in thought leadership, best practices and innovation in outsourcing. The annual competition is also supported by the Everest Group consulting firm and Forbes Magazine. The Awards will be presented in Dallas at the “Oscars of Outsourcing” on June 8, 2010.

When Talecris and Siemens entered their partnership, Talecris faced substantial IT challenges, including a highly complex carve-out of existing infrastructure and systems from its previous owner. These areas included data center management, network management, service desk, end-user computing, and application development and maintenance as well as developing systems for new business functions and supporting the acquisition and build-out of its new plasma collection business.

“We were looking for an IT partner to help us through an extremely dynamic period in our history,” said Jim Engle, Chief Information Officer of Talecris. “We were simultaneously being carved out from our previous company and rapidly expanding our business. We needed a company with innovation experience and outstanding customer service. After going through a rigorous review process, we selected Siemens. They have served as a critical partner in helping Talecris achieve business results,” Engle said.

Receiving this prestigious award affirms the effectiveness of the Talecris and Siemens partnership – and the relationship continues to deliver ongoing results, according to Jim Takes, Senior Vice President of Siemens. “Talecris continues to be an excellent partner,” Takes said. “They have joined with us for a full suite of robust IT services and have integrated our people seamlessly into their own organization. We are included in their strategic and tactical meetings and encouraged to offer ideas for improvements and innovation. Their cooperation in our robust governance processes ensures a highly coordinated management approach. We simply could not ask for a more enlightened or cooperative partner than Talecris.”

Source:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/siemenstalecris-win-best-partnership-in-the-outsourcing-excellence-awards-92089144.html

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Patni BPO receives top honors at ‘BPO Excellence Awards 2009-10′

April 7th, 2010

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Patni Computer Systems (BSE: PATNI COMPUT, NSE: PATNI, NYSE: PTI), a leading global IT and BPO services provider, today announced the receipt of distinguished ‘Stars of the Industry – BPO Excellence Awards’ in three categories: ‘BPO Organization of the Year,’ ‘Operational Excellence and Quality,’ and ‘Social Change Agent.’ The prestigious BPO Excellence Awards are given out each year in India by the business group ‘Stars of the Industry,’ recognizing outstanding performance and contribution of BPO players to the industry.

Patni was chosen among more than 84 corporate entries through a stringent selection process. The applications were assessed based on an exhaustive set of parameters including performance, branding, vision, leadership, market perception and use of innovative practices.

“We are pleased to be recognized for our commitment towards making Patni a pace-setter in the BPO industry,” said Sanjiv Kapur, SVP and Global Head of Patni BPO. “This award bears testimony to Patni’s innovation-led growth, business excellence, commitment to environment and society and our sustained efforts to deliver to our customers the best outsourcing experience and value.”

“Patni BPO has established itself as an industry benchmark across aspects of customer centricity, business and operational excellence and leading the green infrastructure trend”, Jonathan Peters, Founder, Stars of the Industry Group, said. “In the challenging times, companies that emerged as leaders and contributed value and growth to the industry – both strategically and operationally are the Agents of Change. We are happy to recognize Patni’s resolute efforts in this direction. It is a great recognition considering the strong competition.”

In being named BPO Organization of the Year, Patni was recognized for superior performance across its BPO organization. For fiscal year 2008, the BPO practice reported revenue growth above the industry average, and scaled up operations in insurance, KPO, asset administration, benefits administration, finance and accounting, life sciences, and integrated helpdesk. The company services a diverse client base across the U.S., Europe and APAC using a flexible global delivery model which includes the Patni Knowledge Center, a 3,500-seat LEED Platinum rated facility in Noida, India. Patni has recently added a new onshore BPO delivery centre in El Paso, Texas to service North American customers.

For the Award on Operational Excellence and Quality, Patni was recognized for its commitment to operational excellence. Patni has developed key in-house mechanisms and frameworks to re-engineer business processes and ensures ongoing process improvement by implementing a comprehensive Business Quality Process Improvement Framework. It also deploys several unique frameworks to measure and manage its engagements at all levels. The company’s Quality Management System (QMS) is the convergence of the best practices of ISO 9001:2000, ISO 27001, COPC-2000, Six Sigma, Lean and Kaizen principles.

Patni BPO’s honor in the Social Change Agent category reflects sustained efforts towards environment conservation including a series of Eco Awareness campaigns and a move to virtualize 80 percent of Patni’s IT infrastructure. The Patni Knowledge Center, in Noida, is the second largest LEED Platinum-certified building in the world and the largest Platinum-certified building outside the United States. Patni runs several social responsibility programs with the involvement of employees which includes blood donation camps, child education, social awareness camps and donations of funds and relief items to victims of natural disasters.

Source:http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=70944

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Father of RP Internet to be feted in CyberPress IT Choice Awards

December 10th, 2009

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Dr. William “Bill” Torres, dubbed as “Father of Philippine Internet,” will be honored by the country’s IT media with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his meritorious contributions to the local IT industry on Dec. 17 in Taguig City.

Torres, the first Filipino to acquire a PhD degree in computer science in the United States, has generously and willingly devoted his time and knowledge to the development of country’s IT sector in the last few decades.

The defining point of career in IT came in 1992 when he spearheaded the negotiations to connect the Philippines to the Internet. This pioneering effort opened tremendous opportunities for Filipinos, particularly in the area of business process outsourcing.

As co-founder and former chief executive of Mosaic Communications (Mozcom), the country’s first commercial ISP (Internet service provider), Torres has introduced and pushed for cutting-edge innovations that have greatly benefited the Philippines.

He has also served as director-general of the National Computer Center during the Aquino administration and has actively participated, mostly as head, in various industry associations.

Torres will receive the award at the 2nd CyberPress IT Choice Awards, an initiative of the IT Journalists Association of the Philippines Inc. (CyberPress) that is meant to honor the persons and entities that made their mark in the local market for 2009.

The awards ceremony, which was held in conjunction with the group’s Christmas party on Dec. 19, will also recognize this year’s achievers in five categories: IT Start-Up of the Year, IT Company of the Year, IT Executive of the Year, IT Product of the Year, and IT Story of the Year.

The list of nominees was drawn up during the CyberPress leadership seminar on Dec. 5 to 6 in Baras, Rizal. CyberPress members, who write for the country’s top newspapers and IT publications, then voted for their choices via an online poll.

The CyberPress IT Choice Awards follows the lead of other press groups which have been bestowing awards over the years in their respective sectors.
Source : http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/233348/father-rp-internet-be-feted-cyberpress-it-choice-awards