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| | Outsourcing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Outsourcing is a business decision that is often made to lower costs or focus on competencies. |  | | Outsourcing departments like Accounts, Payroll and Procurement is now common practice, as seen in August 2005 at the University of Portsmouth. |  | | Outsourcing (or contracting out) is often defined as the delegation of non-core operations or jobs from internal production within a business to an external entity (such as a subcontractor) that specializes in that operation. |
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| | Define outsourcing - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: outsource |
 | | Outsourcing is an arrangement in which one company provides services for another company that could also be or usually have been provided in-house. |  | | Outsourcing is a trend that is becoming more common in information technology and other industries for services that have usually been regarded as intrinsic to managing a business. |  | | Outsourcing can range from the large contract in which a company like IBM manages IT services for a company like Xerox to the practice of hiring contractors and temporary office workers on an individual basis. |
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http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci212731,00.html
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| | Gartner Outsourcing: Myth vs. The Real Deal |
 | | In an outsourcing arrangement it is true that if the business units are allowed to make changes by dealing directly with the outsource service provider, this can lead to increase costs to the entire business. |  | | When the service is outsourced and a division asks for the application and new server, immediately the outsource service provider will indicate that this request is outside the scope of work and an increase will occur in cost. |  | | Treacy stressed that corporations that outsource are caught in the middle between employees who are legitimately upset and consumers who are voting with their dollars and refusing to pay for U.S. production. |
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http://outsourcing.weblog.gartner.com/weblog/index.php?blogid=9
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| | » Outsourcing IT Facts ZDNet.com |
 | | Outsourcing of IT and business services delivers average cost savings of 15%, disproving claims that outsourcing can reduce costs by over 60%. |  | | Information Technology Association of America says global outsourcing generated a net increase of US jobs in 2005 of 257,042, and is expected to create a net number of 337,625 new jobs by 2010. |  | | IDC forecasts the total market size for outsourced processing services to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.4% from 2005-2009 and generate more than $23 bln in revenues by 2009. |
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/index.php?cat=29
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| | Outsourcing |
 | | Outsourcing of an activity or function also increases organizations vulnerability as it becomes partially or totally dependent on a service provider. |  | | Decision to outsource logistics is not free from certain issues and disadvantages, which need to be considered before deciding to go forward with decision to outsource logistics. |  | | As an alternative to these investment companies can outsource these requirements by outsourcing logistics and invest in developing their core processes. |
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http://projects.bus.lsu.edu/independent_study/vdhing1/outsourcing
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| | Software and Web Development Articles Intetics Co./ Web Space Station |
 | | IT outsourcing, and software outsourcing in particular, is a most effective way to stretch your budget. |  | | Business Process Outsourcing is defined as specialized outsourcing services when a vendor is responsible for managing and optimising of the entire business process or function, including the supporting staffing and information technology, to deliver improved business performance or results. |  | | I've read that when managers of a software company plan outsourcing, they usually make it their aim to cut down expenditures by 30% or even more. |
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http://www.webspacestation.com/software-web-development-articles.html
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| | Outsourcing Information and Resources - Outsourcing Center |
 | | However, the rapid growth of information used to transact business and the increase in both public and private sector regulation are creating an urgent need for a structured app... |  | | - Outsourcing companies that manage financial processes as a strategic asset are able to go to market faster and outmaneuver their competition. |  | | Try telling the CEO that it’s alright that you lost customer information because “we have an IT outsourcing contract.” Just don’t tell him about the supplier’s limitation of liability provision. |
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http://www.outsourcing-center.com
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| | The Outsourcing Management Zone |
 | | Outsourcing resources, including: a generic outsourcing contract, an introduction to service management, SLA, benchmarking audit kit, transition plan and service level requirements template |  | | Outsourcing is extremely common - almost a basic business practise. |  | | Although in its infancy, this section supplies details of major providers of outsourcing services and products. |
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http://www.theoutsourcerzone.com
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| | Indyzen™ Inc Offshore Software Outsourcing India/USA Company. Outsource Software to India Offshore Software ... |
 | | Indyzen's offshore software development outsourcing services offer savings ranging as high as 60% to 70% compared to US costs. |  | | Indyzen's offshore outsourcing services let you focus on your core business objectives while reducing your software development / operational costs and increasing your profit margins. |  | | Established in 2000 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Indyzen has excelled in software outsourcing services through its sister concern CompIndia, located in India, and has successfully delivered custom software solutions to small and big businesses by meeting their specific operational needs on time and on budget. |
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http://outsourcing.indyzen.com
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| | Benchmarking - Outsourcing Benchmarking Association |
 | | OBA is an association of outsourcing professionals in companies that conduct benchmarking studies to identify the practices that improve the overall operations of the members. |  | | Benchmarking Association (OBA) is forming an association of outsourcing professionals to compare operating performance and identify the best business practices. |  | | Benchmarking Association is available to employees of corporations that manage orders. |
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http://www.obenchmarking.com
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| | IT outsourcing - data center outsourcing - information technology outsourcing |
 | | Outsourcing is a business strategy that many corporations have used for decades. |  | | Although not on the scale of their banking counterparts, insurance companies have adopted IT outsourcing as a means to support system maintenance, application development and improvements to their technology infrastructures. |  | | Use, duplication, or sale of this service, or data contained herein, is strictly prohibited. |
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http://www.insurancenetworking.com/protected/portal-outsourcing.cfm
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| | Back Office Business Process Outsourcing |
 | | Back office business process outsourcing is quickly becoming the choice of many companies looking to lower costs, improve service quality and take their business capabilities to a whole new level. |  | | The main point of back office business process outsourcing is to outsource non-essential tasks, so the company can focus more on their internal core and essential tasks that will render greater competitive advantage in the marketplace. |  | | Dig deep into what security measures are in place. |
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http://www.bpoassurance.com
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| | Technorati Tag: outsourcing |
 | | Outsourcing is an established way of doing business today, allowing companies to maximize their budgets and resources — and generate better products... |  | | Source: PTI British Prudential Insurance Company in an effort to cut costs to the tune of £40-million ($71-million), plans to close down its Belfast... |  | | I just read a post by Jack Yoest over on the Small Business Trends blog with the title: “Big Business Supply Chain Management: A Small Business... |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/outsourcing
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| | Outsourcing |
 | | Smart decision-makers know that outsourcing is an indispensable business tool to not only reduce cost, but to drive business value into their enterprises. |  | | Our full spectrum of outsourcing services—from applications to business processes to infrastructure—is used as an indispensable business tool to elevate performance. |  | | For more than 15 years, leading businesses and governments have turned to outsourcing with Accenture to elevate their performance. |
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http://www.accenture.com/Global/Services/By_Subject/Outsourcing.htm
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| | The Outsourcing Weblog: Main Page - Best Practices and Resources for smart outsourcing |
 | | Leaders of the country have not suppressed the growth of outsourcing and have even stated that it was beneficial to the UK's economy. |  | | Companies were ranked based on 18 criteria including revenue growth, number of employees, workforce skills and training, technical and business certifications, the track record of the management team and the quality of customer services. |  | | Schroders Investment Management North America has entered an outsourced investment operations agreement with the Bank of New York for $3 billion in assets. |
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http://www.outsourcing-weblog.com
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| | The Outsourcing Toolkit: Outsource Solutions |
 | | Outsourcing can be an extremely complex and complicated undertaking. |  | | It includes a number of critical components in the outsource process and helps you proceed with the minimum of fuss. |  | | It covers everything from arbitration to support, from costs to responsibilities, and is an excellent basis from which to form a durable and sustainable outsource contract and agreement. |
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http://www.outsourcing-toolkit.com
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| | Outsourcing Inside |
 | | Here are three ASAP principles that account for specifics of the SMB outsourcing realities and contribute to the overall methodology that is now being developed by the OOBP community. |  | | Entitled "Confessions of an Outsourcing Vendor", the book will cover the most important issues of IT outsourcing for small and mid-size businesses, including vendor selection process, pricing per hour vs. pricing per project, managing an outsourcing team, risks and best practices, among other topics. |
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http://www.dataart.com/outsourcing
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| | Outsourcing |
 | | The concept of outsourcing is quite simple - take some part of business operation, generally "non-core," and contract with an external firm... |  | | Dan Twing is Vice President of Research and Consulting Services with Enterprise Management Associates in Boulder, Colo., a leading analyst, market research and IT consulting firm focusing on all aspects of enterprise management software and services. |  | | Dan Twing, vice president of research and consulting services with Enterprise Management Associates, details the business case for outsourcing, cover best practices and demystify management service providers, application service providers and other outsourcing issues. |
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http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/asp
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| | Outsourcing |
 | | Outsourcing veterans reconnect as changes in the market demand greater specificity and the ability to adapt an outsourcing arrangement as requirements change. |  | | A survey of more than 5,000 corporate executives finds that offshore outsourcing projects fail to generate the unrealistic cost savings that were expected or promised. |  | | Opinion: Business process outsourcing is going to boom, especially in human resources-related applications, which will expand beyond traditional functions to include training and other add-on services. |
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http://www.eweek.com/category2/0,1738,1543526,00.asp
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| | Outsourcing Services: Unisys IT Outsourcing Services Case Studies & Information |
 | | The Judiciary of Hong Kong began a department-wide outsourcing contract with Unisys, the first of its kind for a government department in Hong Kong. |  | | From business processing to IT management, we'll take on the tasks of making your business run better, while you focus on what counts. |  | | A global pharmaceutical company frees up IT resources to focus on strategic initiatives. |
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http://www.unisys.com/services/outsourcing/clients/featured__case__studies
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| | Offshore Outsourcing World: Gecis Global reborn as Genpact |
 | | Offshore Outsourcing World is sponsored by the Eversun Software Corp. and is edited by Danny Sullivan. |  | | Expectations generated by the rebirth include passing the US $1 billion mark in annual revenues by 2007 — 2008 and gain a global workforce reaching 30,000 in number. |  | | December 30, 2004 saw GE selling 60% of Gecis equity to General Atlantic and Oak Hill Capital Partners — both well-known for investments in IT-enabled and knowledge-based companies. |
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http://www.enterblog.com
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| | Outsource Reporter |
 | | They are often forced to delay investments in innovations that aid growth because they are spending too much of their limited IT budgets on non-strategic activities, such as data center operations, application development and maintenance, and staffing an IT help desk. |  | | The survey by Evans Data Corporation, which canvassed 400 development managers from firms with over 1,000 employees, found that more than half of enterprise companies outsource a portion of their software development but less than five per cent outsource the majority of their software programming. |  | | "Two in five outsourced projects go to North American developers and most development takes place in-house with portions being outsourced to save money, to avoid hiring extra personnel or to utilise expertise not found within the company," said enterprise analyst with Evans Data Corporation, Joe McKendrick. |
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http://www.outsourcereporter.com
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| | Offshoring Digest - Covering Offshore Outsourcing |
 | | The worldwide market for IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) services would increase from $582 billion in 2004 to $769 billion in the year 2009. |  | | Contact centers in Singapore are considering neighboring Malaysia as an attractive alternative for greater cost benefits, while some Australian companies are moving their contact centers within the region to India and the Philippines. |  | | The research firm also released relevant results regarding their research on the future of outsourcing. |
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http://www.offshoring-digest.com
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| | Web & Software Development Offshore Outsourcing India — INFINITY |
 | | Business process outsourcing is no longer about cost savings. |  | | In the global economy, Infinity's expertise in outsourcing and offshoring IT services helps you gain certain edge over your competitors. |  | | Located in India, Infinity assists clients to automate and execute their business needs at significantly low cost with higher quality. |
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http://www.infinityinformations.net
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| | Outsourcing Times |
 | | Companies are ranked according to 18 criterion including revenue growth, number of employees, the skill and training of their workforce, the number of technical and business certifications, track record of management team and the quality of customer service. |  | | The potential of Knowledge Process Outsourcing to be a major revenue earner has been recognized by this financial services provider, thereby giving it enough reasons to tap the KPO arena. |  | | KARVY Global Services KPO offerings include securities research, MandA valuation modeling, pitch book preparation, market and reference data management, as well as maintenance and support of quantitative models for portfolio construction, transaction cost analysis and risk management in the Financial Services industry. |
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| | Bruce Bartlett on Outsourcing and Kerry-Edwards on NRO Financial |
 | | The reason is that they all find the issue to be seriously overblown: Outsourcing is responsible for a trivial amount of job loss at most, and is generally a positive for the U.S. economy. |  | | Also in August, the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California looked at the costs and benefits of restricting outsourcing. |  | | It found that the cost of restricting outsourcing would greatly exceed any gains. |
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http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_bartlett/bartlett200410130821.asp
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| | Outsourcing |
 | | Consider Outsourcing Payment Services to Boost Financial Performance |  | | Consider Outsourcing Payment Services to Boost Financial Performance 1 May 2006 |  | | How to Manage the Complex Transition From Outsourcing to Insourcing 23 November 2005 |
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http://www.gartner.com/it/products/research/asset_129505_2395.jsp
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| | Outsourcing |
 | | As offshore service providers get more experienced at dealing with U.S. corporations, they are beginning to move up the value chain to offer business process outsourcing, call center outsourcing and network infrastructure management. |  | | Countries such as Canada, India and the Philippines are good locations for service providers offering network management outsourcing. |  | | More than 80% of all U.S. companies will have considered shifting U.S. IT jobs overseas, while 40% of all U.S. organizations will have completed some type of pilot or will source IT services from non-U.S.-based service providers. |
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http://www.a1technology.com/blog/outsourcing.htm
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| | DataArt - Software Outsourcing Company |
 | | DataArt is a leading provider of high-end software outsourcing services for SMEs, specializing in enterprise application development, system integration and business automation tools, with industry-specific software expertise in financial, telecom and media sectors. |  | | US companies have a greater acceptance of software outsourcing as an established business technique. |  | | Today, outsourcing is considered as the most effective strategy of custom software application developing. |
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http://www.dataart.com
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| | Unisys: Outsourcing, IT, ITO, Application, Business Process, BPO, Technology Support & Maintenance Services |
 | | Business Process Outsourcing (BPO): Drawing on our special expertise in payment processing (including remittance and check processing) these capabilities help you significantly lower costs. |  | | Technology Support and Maintenance Services: Spans installation, deployment, technical support, maintenance, warranty repairs and other functions that keep your software and hardware running. |  | | Unisys: Outsourcing, IT, ITO, Application, Business Process, BPO, Technology Support and Maintenance Services |
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| | TelePlaza Call Center Outsourcing Directory : Contact Center outsource inbound customer service / outbound ... |
 | | B2B: outsource B2B call centers and outbound telemarketing for inbound business to business customer service, technical support, leads generation, telemarketing and other call center services. |  | | - Inbound Outbound Outsourcing - Software - Services - Education - Telephony - Events |  | | Interactive: outsourced interactive customer service applications and software: IVR, commercial production, speech recognition, audio text, cross selling/ upselling, and other outsourcing services. |
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| | Software Outsourcing, Offshore Outsourcing IT, Offshore Software Development Outsourcing |
 | | We offer a complete range of services including highly scalable B2B and B2C web solutions and advanced e-commerce solutions Quality services in reduced costs are the hallmark of software outsourcing. |  | | Some of our focus industries includes financial services, ecommerce, healthcare, and Media. |  | | Offshore Outsourcing has proved to be a deciding factor for companies that offer cost and quality edge in a competitive market. |
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http://www.a1technology.com
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| | Kidsnewsroom's Weekly News For Kids - April 23rd - April 30th, 2004 |
 | | Regardless of what any business chooses, outsourcing seems to be the immediate future. |  | | Outsourcing allows companies to open the door for change by transforming other areas within their business. |  | | Outsourcing jobs overseas is a way for any company to cut back on some of its expenses. |
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http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/newsissues/042304/index.asp?page=Politics2
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| | SAVITR - Offshore outsourcing, consulting, software development and IT services from India. |
 | | Dependable and quality value added services to enable you to focus on your core strengths, Savitr offers a comprehensive offshore, onsite and offsite/ nearshore IT consulting services. |  | | SAVITR - Offshore outsourcing, consulting, software development and IT services from India. |  | | Our engagement models are based on your individual needs and span across project based engagements, to building your own - team of dedicated software developers, offshore development center or forming your own software company / subsidiary in India. |
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http://www.savitr.com
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| | Bush Econ Advisor: Outsourcing OK - CBS News |
 | | Mankiw wrote that the movement of U.S. jobs overseas due to cheaper labor costs — "outsourcing" he dubbed it in a remarkable display of political tone deafness — would prove "a plus for the economy in the long run," and was simply "a new way of doing international trade." |  | | And one can only imagine the gratitude among John Kerry's staff to Mankiw for saving them time by writing the Democrat's general election stump speech for free. |  | | Explore America's labor economy, track recent major layoffs and meet key economic players. |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/13/opinion/main600351.shtml
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| | Outsourcing @ Sourcingmag.com - IT and Business Process Outsourcing |
 | | Outsourcing @ Sourcingmag.com - IT and Business Process Outsourcing |  | | Practical outsourcing advice and case studies for IT and business process outsourcing. |  | | Add new functions as a service rather than recoding your programs. |
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http://sourcingmag.com/blog/blogdefault.aspx
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| | EnterpriseStorageForum: Outsourcing |
 | | IT department has closed its server backup window forever, sliced yearly backup expenses in half. |  | | Storage has blossomed into a plethora of storage-only outsourcing services beyond the traditional off-site vault for backups. |  | | An IT outsourcing firm can handle all your infrastructure needs for you, taking the weight of hardware, switching equipment, and personnel off your back. |
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http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/outsourcing
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| | IT and Telecom Software Outsourcing |
 | | MERA Networks provides a rich variety of IT and telecom software outsourcing services to the world's leading technology companies. |  | | MERA offers you its extensive expertise and value-added resources for software design and development, testing, maintenance and enhancement. |  | | MERA Networks Named to The Global Outsourcing 100 |
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http://www.meranetworks.com
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