Archive for the ‘e-learning outsourcing’ Category.
October 15, 2009, 12:28 pm
As you may be aware, following the release of the ValueNotes e-learning offshoring report, we held an executive briefing to discuss the key findings with members of the industry, and also to facilitate Indian e-learning buyer-vendor interactions. The result was phenomenal, as Deepali blogged about earlier.
What we didn’t expect was the great response to the ValueNotes industry presentation, an integral part of the event. Since we’re still getting requests, we thought we should share a few of the slides with interested parties in the Indian e-learning space. And what better place to do so than our blog!
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September 22, 2009, 11:49 am
This week I’m in the process of applying ValueNotes’ proprietary company rating model to the Indian e-learning outsourcing industry. One of the sub-parameters that companies are being rated on is marketing presence in key client markets, that will illustrate a part of the company’s overall strategic intent.
A quick summative analysis of Indian players reveals that the majority of firms (small ones, these) have at best a few marketing representatives in key markets such as US and UK. While the big boys have set up base and even moved beyond to expand in the Middle East and various parts of Europe, the rest of the industry has a long way to go before it can catch up!
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August 11, 2009, 5:55 am
It’s true that expectations from the executive briefing for our report, ‘e-learning Outsourcing: Advantage India 2009‘, were high…
I’m now happy to say that we did not come away disappointed. In fact, the event stood true to its name, and we were, in fact, (e)nlightened!
A few stills from the event…
Continue reading ‘Learning… A new perspective’ »
July 22, 2009, 5:43 am
ValueNotes recently got quoted in an article on e-learning by Outlook Money!
The article discusses our market sizing and industry growth figures, and also goes on to argue the reasons behind industry growth. A VN quote includes, “Factors like high number of English-speaking graduates, including specialised talent pools in engineering, IT, management and a relative cost advantage over most other countries were the primary reasons for outsourcing elearning services to India in the initial years. However, the experience, capabilities and relative maturity that Indian service providers have built up over the last decade is driving the industry today.”
On this front, while we believe that industry maturity has intensified in the last 4 years, India is yet perceived as a low-medium value provider in the e-learning space. Most providers have developed service expertise in content solutions, however, this is an area that is becoming more and more commoditized. Industry forerunners that offer high value services including learning consulting, specialized technology solutions, etc. are, however, changing this perception and driving growth. Also, innovation seems to be the hot industry keyword lately . Providers are trying to branch out and develop more innovative products instead of the standard e-learning services (more on this later)… perhaps another reason why Outlook Money agreed with our e-learning industry growth projections? 
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June 15, 2009, 3:05 am
The new e-learning report released by ValueNotes (more here) places the revenues from the Indian offshoring industry at $341 million in the calendar year 2008, growing at a CAGR of 15% until 2012. Many readers will, however, interpret these numbers differently, and rightly so. We thought we should elaborate on our means of deriving the growth figures especially, given the multitude of plausible arguments and individual projections.
A pertinent blog post by Amit Garg, CEO, Upside Learning (found here) asserts that the industry will grow at a more bullish 25-50% over the next four years, driven by prominent players. Our primary research did throw up companies who have grown and will continue to grow at 50-100% (some even at 300 %!) in the future, but these were in the minority. Several companies, including one of the industry leaders, mentioned that they had static growth in 2008, with a spillover effect expected through 2009 into 2010. Companies mentioned that their clients were delaying buying decisions amidst the recessionary climate. Studies by bodies such as ASTD (2009) also hint at this trend, with fast shrinking resource allocations to training initiatives in the US, the biggest client market for many e-learning providers. Hence we believe the industry growth for India could be slow, at 10-15%, until 2010.
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