SL receives second NOA ‘Offshoring Destination of the Year’ award
View(s):Local private sector IT body SLASSCOM has announced that Sri Lanka has received the UK-based National Outsourcing Association Awards’ “Offshoring Destination of the Year Award 2014″. Further, this is the second, consecutive year that this country has received this honour.
The announcement by SLASSCOM is as follows: “Sri Lanka won the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) Offshoring Destination of the Year Award 2014, for the 2nd time, validating that the country is a leading destination for outsourcing of information technology and Business Process Management. In BPM, finance and accounting is a global niche, whilst product engineering in IT is a core competence for the nation. The quality of service provided in these niches have contributed immensely to the IT/BPM industry’s growth from a revenue of US$ 213 million in 2007 to US$ 720 million in 2014. The National Outsourcing Association Awards (NOAAs) took place on 20 November at the Marriot Hotel in London. NOAAs now in its eleventh year recognises and celebrates the efforts of companies and destinations that have demonstrated best-practice in outsourcing”.
Further, this SLASSCOM announcement also quoted the following statement by NOA Chief Executive Officer Kerry Hallard: The NOA Awards brought together more than 400 outsourcing professionals to celebrate the many successes in the industry. Once again we received a record number of entries with strong submissions from many of the industry’s key providers, as well as entries from an increasing number of new players. The standard of submissions showed a growing display of innovation and business transformation through outsourcing”.
Additionally, SLASSCOM also opined that “(being) shortlisted for the European Outsourcing Association (EOA) Offshoring Destination of the Year Award 2014 and winning this award for two years in a row has put Sri Lanka on the map, especially in niche markets of Product Engineering and (Finance and Accounting Outsourcing)”.
(JH)