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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797210003321

Autore

Sharma Dinesh C

Titolo

The outsourcer : the story of India's IT revolution / / Dinesh C. Sharma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2015]

ISBN

0-262-32834-8

0-262-32833-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

History of computing

Disciplina

338.4/70050954

Soggetti

Computer software industry - India - History

Information technology - India - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published as: The long revolution.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

A history of how India became a major player in the global technology industry, mapping technological, economic, and political transformations.