The future shape of any business can be defined by its outsourcing. India leads the world in offshore outsourcing. This is because Indian Service Providers do not just offer cost effective solutions, but also value addition by improving productivity and quality.

One might reconsider his decision to outsource a business process when initial investment in infrastructure, training and other such preliminaries come into the account. But the actual cost advantage is realized over a period of time in an outsourcing venture which
involves a committed relationship and understanding between both the parties involved.

India is a talent rich country. Of the 23 software companies in the world that have achieved the prestigious SEI-CMM Level 5, 15 of them are Indian. The creativity combined with the experience helps Indian vendors deliver high quality work in wide range of services which includes e-commerce, business process re-engineering, system migration, etc.

About 82% North American companies prefer India most while outsourcing the business process. It is because of the exceptionally good schooling system, an example of which can be Indian Institute Of Technology, one of the best and the toughest engineering school in the world. Not only this, India also offers the largest pool of the technical skills in the world. The country's universities add 180,000 engineering graduates to its rank annually.

Apart from this, India has the largest network in Asia with 24.3 million telephone lines expanding at the rate of more than 20% a year. It has 123,000 route km of fiber optical cable network. Over 8000 VSAT'S are installed all over the country by various service providers, private users and government agencies.

The government even keeps the Information Technology in its top five priorities. This is evident from the fact that government has set up a separate ministry of Information Technology and has also approved the 108 point action plan to promote IT in country submitted by National IT Task Force.

The IT Act 2000, passed by Indian Parliament in May 2000, has brought e-commerce with in the decree of law, and accords severe punishment to cyber criminals, thus putting India among one 12 countries worldwide to have cyber laws.

Thus it can be said that India has emerged as a global brand in terms of superior quality.