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The outsourcer : the story of India's IT revolution / Dinesh C. Sharma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharma, Dinesh C.
- Series:
- History of computing
- Standardized Title:
- Long revolution
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer software industry--India--History.
- Computer software industry.
- Information technology--India--History.
- Information technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A history of how India became a major player in the global technology industry, mapping technological, economic, and political transformations.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms; Exchange Rate of Indian Rupee vis-à-vis U.S. Dollar (End-of-Year Rates); Introduction; 1 India's First Computers; 2 The Beginning of State Involvement; 3 The Rise, Fall, and Rise of IBM; 4 The Dawn of the Computer Age in India; 5 Discovering a New Continent; 6 Software Dreams Take Flight; 7 The Transition to Offshore; 8 Turning Geography into History; 9 Conclusion: The Making of a Digital Nation; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Originally published as: The long revolution.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-32834-8
- 0-262-32833-X
- OCLC:
- 913742478
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