The Sourcing Summit - Sponsors

Cognizant is a leading provider of information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services. With more than 35 global delivery centres and over 55,000 employees, we combine a unique onsite/ offshore delivery model with a distinct culture of customer satisfaction.

At Cognizant we have one single-minded passion: dedicating our global resources, industry intelligence and systems expertise to working with our clients to make their businesses stronger. We harness talent from across the globe to build deep, sustainable, long term relationships that foster continuous operational improvements and better bottom line results for our clients.

EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE: EXPERIENCE THE PHILIPPINES

Aggregate IT-BPO revenue in the Philippines was estimated at USD 5 billion in 2007, with the industry directly employing 300,000 individuals as of end of last year. The industry's unprecedented growth in the Philippines earned the country the honor of being named the Best Outsourcing Destination in 2007 by the National Outsourcing Association of the United Kingdom.

Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, enables its clients to transform and perform through technologies. Capgemini provides its clients with insights and capabilities that boost their freedom to achieve superior results through a unique way of working - the Collaborative Business Experience - and through a global delivery model called Rightshore^®, which aims to offer the right resources in the right location at competitive cost. Present in 36 countries, Capgemini reported 2007 global revenues of EUR 8.7 billion and employs over 83,000 people worldwide.

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HCL Technologies Infrastructure Services Division (ISD) is a wholly owned subsidiary of HCL Technologies, a global provider of IT Services. HCL is a USD 4.9 Bn group with 59,000 employees and offices spread across 18 countries.

HCL ISD has been ranked as the Best performing IT Infrastructure service provider by Global Services 100. HCL ISD currently services 15 F100 customers and 40 G100 customers managing over 220,000 servers, 175,000 network devices, 8 Million HD calls p.a. The company has 8300+ employees dedicated to Infrastructure Services.

HCL ISD's service portfolio encompasses end-to-end IT Management covering the Datacenter Services, End-User Computing Services, Information Security Services, Network Services, Application Operations and IT Service Assurance.

HCL ISD is headquartered in Noida, India, just outside New Delhi. It has 9 delivery locations in India dedicated to providing Infrastructure Services, and 4 outside India, in Northern Ireland, China, Poland and Rayleigh, North Carolina.

ITC Infotech - a part of the $21 Billion ITC Group, is a leading provider of outsourced/offshore IT Solutions and Services to a wide range of customers in the UK and globally.

ITC Infotech is focused on servicing the Banking and Financial Services, CPG & Retail, Travel & Hospitality, Media & Entertainment and Manufacturing industries.

The Kenya BPO & Contact Centre Society is the private sector association representing the interests of the Contact Centre and Business Process Outsourcing industry in Kenya.

The Society's mandate is to establish a strong BPO and Contact Centre Industry that will become a significant contributor to the country's Gross Domestic Product through attracting foreign investment, skills transfer, new enterprise creation and job creation.

Mission is the UK's largest provider of systems quality assurance and testing solutions. Our services help organisations prevent as well as detect issues in their IT delivery. This underpins strong business performance, optimises systems delivery and reduces risk across the full IT lifecycle.

Leading commercial law firm, Slaughter and May, has a proven track record in implementing large and complex sourcing projects.

They are committed to developing best practice in outsourcing, and their efforts in this area were rewarded in 2007, with the National Outsourcing Association's Outsourcing Advisor of the Year award.

EPAM Systems is the leader in "nearshore" IT Outsourcing, combining the productivity, collaboration and innovation benefits of a local partner with the cost advantages of offshore. EPAM delivers application development, integration, testing, maintenance and support to Global 2000 companies from its delivery centres across Central and Eastern Europe.

Invest NI provides the strategic vision for Business Services, Financial Services and ICT sectors in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has a pool of well-educated people with a professional attitude and strong work ethic. The availability of skilled people in the region is complemented by competitive costs, favourable macro-environment, sophisticated infrastructure and an existing cluster of synergistic businesses.

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Sitel is a global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) leader that meets clients' customer care and transaction processing needs through 66,000 associates in 140+ facilities located in 27 countries. Sitel provides clients with the strategic insight, scale and diversity of offerings to ensure the best return on their customer investment.

For additional information call +44 800 444 221 or email sales-emea@sitel.com

For decades, the UK spent less per head and less as a proportion of its wealth on health care than its European neighbours. In 2002, the Wanless Review found that the health service had been underfunded by £200 billion over the last 30 years and concluded that, in order to meet people's expectations and to deliver the highest quality over the next 20 years, spending on the NHS should rise to £184 billion a year.

As a result, the last 7 years have seen a period of unprecedented growth in spending on the NHS. Annual spending on the NHS has more than doubled and will soon top £100 billion in England alone. By 2022, 10.6% and 12.5% of GDP will be spent on health care compared with 7.7% today.

Despite this massive investment, hardly a week goes by without a story appearing in the media of a "crisis" affecting one aspect of the NHS or another as the government continues its programme of health service reform. One of the most important reforms is the government's commitment to forge a new relationship between the NHS and the private sector in order to make the health service more efficient.

With government spending on the NHS continuing to increase and the private sector playing an increasingly important role in the delivery of health care and ancillary services, the opportunity to do business with the NHS has never been greater.

National Health Executive features thought provoking and sometimes controversial contributions from managers, academics, politicians and clinicians on a wide range of issues affecting the NHS and is read by chief executives and senior managers across the sector.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to bring your business to their attention in National Health Executive.

Since the publication of the 2004 spending review, the issue of efficiency has shot to the top of the public sector agenda. The stringent targets imposed by Sir Peter Gershon have ushered in a raft of new technology, introduced a wave of complex terms to the public sector lexicon, and engendered a spirit of rigour and prudence throughout Britain's local and central government.

Public Sector Executive will explain and assess the public sector's efficiency drive, and feature regular interviews with the leading authorities on public spending. Advertisers will be invited to discuss their own contribution to the efficiency campaign, and complement our expert articles with their first-hand insight.