http://www.zdnetasia.com/microsoft-s-india-outsourcing-raises-protests-39139020.htmMicrosoft's India outsourcing raises protests
By Staff, CNETAsia on
July 3, 2003Microsoft has started to shift some of its operations from the U.S. to India, a move which could leave hundreds of American workers jobless.
According to U.S. daily Seattle Times, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is relocating its customer support work in Texas and North Carolina to India. The two centers, which handles e-mail and phone queries on Microsoft software, currently employ about 800 workers each, said the report.
While the firm has not decided how many people will be impacted by the move, Seattle-based Washington Alliance of Technology Workers claims hundreds of jobs could be lost.
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/microsoft-outsource-general-legal-work-indiaMicrosoft to outsource general legal work to India
Thursday 18 February 2010 by James Dean
Software giant Microsoft will begin outsourcing general legal work to India after signing a deal with legal process outsourcing (LPO) company CPA Global. The news comes as CPA outlined plans to expand its Indian workforce from 600 to 1,000 by the end of 2011, and hinted at opening another outsourcing centre.
CPA said that it will be taking on ‘multi-jurisdictional legal research’ for Microsoft, but could not give further details, citing client confidentiality. Microsoft has outsourced intellectual property (IP) work to CPA since 2005, although no lawyers work on the IP team.
I'm so glad I ditched Microsoft a long time ago.