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"Microsoft has launched a quality certification program to boost product
development by Indian software companies.

The program is designed to help vendors adopt international standards
for engineering and development. Software consulting firm QAI India
will offer the program.

The program will cover training and tools, development process and
certification. It may take up to six months for the program to be
completed, and it costs about $2,800 (125,000 rupees). So far, three
companies--Talisma, PacSoft and Skelta--have signed up.

The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom),
an Indian software industry trade body, estimated that the software
products market will grow to between $8 billion and $11 billion by
2010. At present, it said, product development is marred by issues
related to quality and costs.

"The increasing investment of global product development companies in
research and development centers across India is an indication of the
tremendous potential of the Indian software development community,
particularly in creating globally accepted products," Sheila Gulati,
director of developer and platform evangelism at Microsoft India, said
in a statement. "Our endeavor is to build a rich, local software
ecosystem and to help the Indian ISV (independent software vendor)
community develop great products and deliver world class IP
(intellectual property)."

This week Nasscom also announced a national entry-level test in India
for workers joining call centers and other outsourcing jobs, in a move
designed to boost quality of output."

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snowman · Guest

eh? I didn't see any reference to MS outsourcing in that story. It was
simply a story about MS investing in India and setting up training for
customers and companies. "Outsourcing" is soimething else altogether.