KPMG, the audit, advisory and tax cosultation gloabl company has released its survey of emerging 31 Information Technology (IT)destinations across the world. Indian cities comparatively backward till now in terms of IT have featured in the list. They include Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Nagpur, three cities from three different states.
The report is titled-'Exploring Global Frontiers- the new Emerging Destinations'. It says that as the existing favourite locations for shared services and outsourcing have started to become saturated the newer cities are emerging, offering new and improved incentive packages and talent, that are better geared for the IT and ITeS industry.
KPMG Sourcing Advisory services in India Partner-in-Charge Viral Thakker is quoted by PTI as saying, "Realising the growth potential of the IT-BPO industry, Tier II cities in India have now jumped on the sourcing bandwagon and can be projected as viable destinations."
The report was launched at this week’s NASSCOM outsourcing event in India. KPMG claims to have identified 31 cities which are rapidly emerging as leading pretenders to the BPO crown held by the traditional powerhouses such as Bangalore, Chennai or Shanghai. The full list includes 10 locations in the Americas (Buenos Aires, Campinas, Curitiba, Calgary, Winnipeg, Santiago, Guadalajara, Queretaro, Boise, Indianapolis); 10 in Asia-Pacific (Brisbane, Changsha, Hangzhou, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Nagpur, Penang, Davao City, Iloilo City, Ho Chi Minh City); and 11 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Sofia, Zagreb, Cairo, Port Louis, Belfast, Gdansk, Cluj-Napoca, Rostov-on-Don, Belgrade, Tunis and Lviv).
The report has a map showing emerging and emerged destinations in India. Pune is shown as emerged destination in the map. Besides that Bangalore, Mumbai, National Capital Region, Chennai and Hyderabad are termed as emerged destinations. It also says that many Tier II and III cities in India have potential to attract IT-BPO investment.
The full report is available here
Penang seems one of the place emerging. Thats great news for us.
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