Everest launches Market Vista, a multi-dimensional quarterly report on global outsourcing & offshoring activity and trends

The quarterly report will feature market overview, captive developments, financial services highlights, location activity and supplier developments

New Delhi, June 26, 2008 ─ Everest Research Institute today released the first issue of Market Vista, its new, robust quarterly report on global outsourcing and offshoring activity and trend insights. The quarterly Market Vista reports provide data and analysis across multiple dimensions, including deal trends in the outsourcing and offshoring market; captive model analysis including new center announcements, expansion and divesture; current and emerging location analysis including risks and opportunities, new center announcements and government initiatives; and key supplier developments including transaction activity, changes in delivery footprint, M&A and alliance activity. The Q1 2008 Market Vista report features focus analysis of key developments across the top 20 financial services companies globally and analyses of Eastern European cities and the Chinese supplier landscape.

Says Peter Bendor Samuel, Chairman of the Everest Research Institute and Founder-CEO of Everest Group, “With Market Vista, we’re taking quarterly reporting of the global outsourcing and offshoring market to the next level by looking at the all dimensions of the market – outsourcing deals, captives, locations, suppliers, and more. Market Vista builds upon the Everest Research Institute’s position as the leading authority on offshoring location and captive trends.” He added, “Market Vista is designed to provide global sourcing leaders with intelligence across multiple dimensions to be able to navigate the increasing complexities of global outsourcing, and to effectively manage risks, and spot opportunities.”

“Mature users of offshoring are increasingly realizing that they must understand the broader context of how the market is changing,” explains Nikhil Rajpal, Practice Head, Global Services, Everest Research Institute. “For the first time, Market Vista combines the Institute’s capabilities across Global Sourcing, Transaction Intelligence, and Supplier Intelligence research areas into an insightful, quarterly report. For example, Market Vista integrates analysis of location cost structures with currency exchange rate fluctuations to provide a holistic view of what issues need to be managed.” Commenting on some of the highlights in the first issue of Market Vista, Nikhil said, “In 2008 Q1, we see that the European market continues to gain traction – it contributed as much as 36% of all transactions worldwide signed in this quarter! For Indian suppliers, which has so far been largely dependent on North America, Europe is fast becoming an emerging market to look at.”

The inaugural issue of Market Vista Q1 2008 is available free of cost. To request a free copy of Global Sourcing Market Vista: Q1 2008, please visit www.everestresearchinstitute.com.

About Everest Research Institute

Everest Research Institute (www.everestresearchinstitute.com) serves as a central source of independent and objective strategic intelligence, analysis, and actionable insight for leading corporations, service providers, and investors in the global outsourcing and offshoring marketplace. The Institute addresses both business process and information technology sourcing topics, providing the global outsourcing and offshoring community with information that empowers highly productive, sustainable sourcing strategies and relationships. The Institute’s distinguished Board of Advisors, senior executives and thought leaders oversee the Institute’s research agenda to ensure that it fully supports the business needs of corporations, service providers and investors.

Everest Research Institute members receive access to unparalleled analytical and advisory services, including access to Everest analysts, in-depth reports on major outsourcing and offshoring topics, white papers on market-shaping events, and Webinars designed to provide insight and information about important market trends. The Institute’s wealth of knowledge and experience provides members with unique perspectives into today’s marketplace and the competitive edge required to take advantage of emerging opportunities.

Everest Group is a global operational strategyPLUS consulting firm with offices in such leading business centers as Dallas; Gurgaon, India; London; Amsterdam; New York; Toronto and Melbourne. An industry leader since 1991 when we created the sourcing consulting category, Everest Group has earned a worldwide reputation for ongoing innovation as we help clients achieve maximum value from their operations, which includes sourcing strategy and implementation. Everest created the Everest Research Institute as the central source of industry information. Please visit www.everestgrp.com and www.everestresearchinstitute.com for more information.

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