HP PSG to rejig offshore-onshore employee ratio

Plans to increase offshore headcount by at least 40% from the current 10% by 2010

 

The Palo Alto- headquartered firm, which offers a portfolio of professional services from design to implementation, is revisiting its offshore-onshore staff ratio. HP's move of tweaking the current mix in the Professional Services Group (PSG) will leverage India's position in the global scheme of things. The company plans to increase its offshore headcount by at least 40% from the current 10% by 2010-end. Confirming the development, Anand Eswaran, vice-president, Global Professional Services, HP Software, said around 80% of the offshore staff will be sourced from the Bangalore office.

 

Keeping pace with others, HP has its head in the clouds. The global economy is not out of the woods and the company finds a bright spot in delivering software over the Internet or SaaS (software as a service). The traction comes from the firms' tectonic shift to opt for cloud-based offerings. Presently, companies are spending less than 5% of their IT budget on SaaS. It is expected to gather steam by 2015, when companies would be spending 25-30% of their finances by subscribing to cloud-based services. The technology major employs 3,00,000 people worldwide, of which 50,000 are based out of India. However, the exact number of employees at HP Global Professional Services could not be ascertained.

 

Source: DNA