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The world of IT outsourcing today has reached its strongest performance within the decade, says a leading IT research firm. From January-June this year, 282 IT outsourcing contracts reached the value of  over $49 billion in total contract value (TCV), and $10 billion in annualized contract value (ACV) or the value of a contract divided by its period.

According to TPI, the largest data source and advisory firm in the world, the IT outsourcing industry marks a record in the business industry during the first quarters of the present calendar year. TPI, a division of US-based Information Services Group Inc. (ISG), tracks a commercial contract that has values reaching to more than $25 million.

According to the latest TPI Index, the recently-completed second quarter report produced significant market strength and a solid route for growth during the residue of the year. One hundred forty-six contracts were awarded in the global outsourcing industry, which are projected to be at the value of $25.6 billion in TCV and almost $5 billion in ACV in the second quarter.

The three measures point out a notable market strength as this was the strongest second quarter performance since 2000. In addition, each of the past three quarters has topped the $20 billion TCV mark. This series signifies the best three consecutive quarter performance ever.

The industry has witnessed the highest number of outsourcing contracts, TCVs and ACVs during the first half of 2008 in more than 10 years. At the average of the year, TCVs in the broader market is on a trajectory to conceal the TCV record of 2004, which has been the most productive full year to date.

The first half of the year has been concluded to be one of the strongest within more than a decade. This feat is credited to the 282 contracts worth nearly $49 billion in TCV, and nearly $10 billion in ACV, that were awarded in the first half of 2008. The said contracts yielded a fast year-over-year increase of 24% by TCV and 36% in ACV.

This indicates that the outsourcing industry is continuously increasing despite the difficulties that it is facing today.

There are lots of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies around the globe who are determined, and trying to be on top of the industry. That's why many companies are striving to be recognized as one of the top Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) destinations in the world today.  

As of the moment, three countries lead in the Outsourcing Industry, India, China, and the Philippines. However, the Philippines is continuously honing their skills, improving their edge to be positioned on top of China, and replace India as the number one outsourcing destination in the world. The reason is American companies who are big players in the international scene are choosing BPO Philippines to run their offshore call centers. Not like other outsourcing hubs of the world, BPO Philippines not only offers a high rate of exchange on its currency, English speaking population, but also a culture and lifestyle that are very much like western.

Philippines still share a big portion in the success of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. Call centers remains huge in generating millions of revenues for the country over the past years. India was the major hub of outsourcing, but Philippines is gaining momentum in over-passing India on top. Outsourcing became an emerging industry offering methodical technology and never-ending job opportunities to millions of people when it started in the Philippines.

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) in the Philippines is attributed in the offshore market, collecting a total of $25.6 billion in 2006, landing third between India and China. The overall offshore IT market is estimated at a whooping $36 billion and growing. Compared to 2004 the revenue has increased to 62% with posted income of over $1.3 billion in the same year. In 2006, around 200,000 talented Filipinos are working in 120 BPO facilities nationwide. It is projected by the government and outsourcing players that the BPO facilities will earn US$11 billion by employing 900,000 people by the year 2010.

For this reason, many outsourcing players started to expand their operations in different parts of the country. If this continues, it is possible for the country to be known as the number one outsourcing capital of the world.

When one speaks about graphics designing, it does not only mean the images and styles a designer crafted on any particular medium. There is something more to it which is often neglected by most, if not all, graphic designers especially the novices in the field.

The images produced by graphic designing, whether in prints or in the web, serve as a vehicle in transferring an idea from one point to another. In the case of professional graphic designers, they try to convey what a client wants to drive home to prospective consumers and audience. They make use of images and texts which represents the personality of a company and the products or the services it offers. Hence, it is a form of passing information from a person to another and is likewise subject to varying interpretations depending on how a designer uses images and themes in representing something, and the kind of perception the audience have towards the design.

On the part of the designers, the images, themes, and lay-outs used in web designing can be arranged according to the kind of impression the clients want to convey to the targeted audience. They're the ones who will process the thoughts into visual images. Simply put, they are responsible for what kind of image will be developed and the consequent effects it has to the people who view it. This implies that they are socially responsible for the design and the images they create. How the public might take it is something that must be given consideration. Hence, graphic designing must not be viewed simply as a tool to popularize a company's web site, products, and services, with the ultimate aim to increase profit, but more importantly, it should also be seen as a tool to remind the people the acceptable norms and values in the society.

Hence, graphic designing should be carried out with ease and responsibility. No one wants to view obscene and lewd images, right? It would be upsetting to see inappropriate images along the main streets or in web pages. And, if it's really needed like advertising inner-wears, then, that would be understandable. But there has to be limitations along those lines. However, if the advertising doesn't need exposures of those sorts, then, why place the catch on sensuality? There's more than one way to say exactly what one means to say. It is just a matter of choosing the best among the given options.

So, let's remind designers out there to be socially responsible with their crafts, or else expect a fatal blow to our fundamental values. Being socially responsible always comes with professionalism.  For this reason, having such attitude is a form of virtue which develops as one learns, and as one becomes sensitive to his or her social milieu.