Ajilon Consulting Opens Canadian Outsourcing Centre; 'North American Outsourcing Centre' to Capitalize on Growing Trend for Nearshore Outsourcing.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TOWSON, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2003 Ajilon Consulting announced today the opening of its 17,000-sq.-foot information technology outsourcing Information Technology Outsoucing or ITO is a company's outsourcing of computer or Internet related work, such as programming, to other companies. It is used in refence to Business Process Outsourcing or BPO, which is the outsourcing of the work that does not require so much facility in Montreal, Canada, which is managed and operated by Ajilon's Canadian division, Ajilon Consulting Canada. Known as the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Outsourcing Centre, it lets Ajilon Consulting capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the growing trend for organizations to use nearshore near·shore n. The region of land extending from the backshore to the beginning of the offshore zone. near sources for their IT outsourcing. The Centre is staffed by a team of more than 200 IT professionals with expertise in help desk development and deployment, software development, software quality assurance and testing, infrastructure support, and application management projects, as well as other IT outsourcing engagements. The Centre is operational year round. "Nearshore outsourcing is fast gaining popularity among some CIOs who reassessed the offshore outsourcing Offshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the product or service will be sold or consumed. model and concluded they'd rather have their IT work closer to home. So it was a logical move for us to tap our Canadian capabilities," said Ajilon Consulting's Scott Fusco Scott Fusco (born January 21, 1963 in Burlington, Massachusetts) is a retired ice hockey player. Fusco won the Hobey Baker Award in 1986. He would also be a member of the American 1984 Winter Olympics ice hockey team. , senior vice president for professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . "Our clients see good cost savings but don't have to overcome the time zone and cultural issues that can be associated with overseas outsourcing engagements." Fusco added that Ajilon Consulting sees a strong IT outsourcing market with increased demand for outsourcing capabilities within North America. He attributes this in part to IT outsourcing having established sufficient market familiarity so that offshore, nearshore and local outsourcing can be compared against each other. "At the North American Outsourcing Centre we can create secure, segregated environments for operations with as few as five consultants and up to 100 or more consultants if necessary," said Lex See yacc. 1. (tool) Lex - A lexical analyser generator for Unix and its input language. There is a GNU version called flex and a version written in, and outputting, SML/NJ called ML-lex. Burger, senior vice president of professional services for Ajilon Consulting Canada, who oversaw the establishment of the North American Outsourcing Centre. Other features of the North American Outsourcing Centre include: -- Support for engagements that require service weekends and after normal business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a -- Full business continuity and disaster recovery capability -- Engagement staff segregated by client and project with security measures to suit each client's unique needs -- On-site operations manager to ensure continual high service levels -- State-of-the-art, network security over dedicated T-1 telecommunications infrastructure. Ajilon Consulting has a number of clients already contracting with the North American Outsourcing Centre. Current engagements include help desk services for a provider of advanced integrated circuit solutions, as well as help desk services for the Canadian branch of a major fast food restaurant. About Ajilon Consulting: Ajilon Consulting is a complete service provider of information technology solutions including offshore, nearshore and local outsourcing, systems development and integration, software quality assurance, software testing, help desk services, and supplemental IT services. In 1995, Ajilon Consulting became the first U.S. information technology services firm to achieve ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certification of its quality system. Headquartered in Towson, Md., Ajilon Consulting has over 40 offices nationwide with additional locations in Canada, United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Australia. Clients include Fortune 1000 companies and large multinationals, mid-size corporations and public employers in a full range of industries including manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, healthcare, transportation and insurance. More information about Ajilon Consulting is available at: www.ajilonconsulting.com. |
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