Outsourcing Fair - Manila

Went to the outsourcing fair in last Thursday and Friday. Wow! I never imagined myself to be excited by something like a fair but this was something..

There was a palpable buzz in the area, of energy and of promise.

Among the speakers were the founder of GoogleTalk, the head of McKinsey Phils and an Indian CEO of an outsourcing firm.

Our company being a vendor of outsourcing services, we were on the lookout for outsourcing customers. Several companies and institutions were there offering services in matching vendors like ourselves to customers in mostly US/Japan/UK/Netherlands.

Among the claims that kept being pronounced by different speakers was the statistics that several independent studies/surveys showed that Philippines was ahead of India/China/EasternEurope in terms of cost and quality of service. And that several firms (Skype, Dell, IBM, etc.) relocated their outsourcing headquarters from India to the Philippines.

Very inspiring.