Emerging offshore destinations: Sri Lanka among top 30

Sri Lanka ranked among top 30 emerging countries for globally sourced activities in 2010-2011 by Gartner, Inc of USA.
Gartner’s Top 30 locations for offshore services in 2010 in Asia are Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
“This year the Top 30 countries are exclusively emerging nations,” Research Vice President at Gartner Ian Marriott said.” As the pace of change is slower in developed countries we have chosen to focus on those locations that are still maturing and developing, domestically and internationally.”
Nine countries from Asia/Pacific were represented in the 30 leading countries, compared with 10 in previous years.
“Gartner’s inclusion of Sri Lanka on the Top 30 clearly outlined the potential of Sri Lankan IT/BPO industry. We are pleased to note Sri Lanka is ranked among the top emerging countries for outsourcing by Gartner,” said SLASSCOM Chairman Dinesh Saparamadu.
“Our focus is to build the industry to become US $1 billion export industry by 2015 from our current position of $ 390 million. We need to continue to focus on building market awareness, driving capacity expansions and making our incentives and national policy framework globally competitive. We have built a strong foundation and a productive partnership with the government to drive the growth of the industry,” Saparamadu added.
In the past 12 months, Gartner has seen considerable efforts from many countries to consolidate or grow their positions as leading locations for offshore services.
Emerging nations have placed significant emphasis on IT and business process services providing a vehicle for their economic growth, as many potential trading partners are moving from recession to tentative growth.
The result of this is that eight new countries have moved into the Top 30 - five for the first time - Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Colombia, Mauritius and Peru - along with three re-entrants - Panama, Sri Lanka and Turkey.
Gartner, Inc. is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, and has 4,400 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries. priu.gov.lk