Outsourcing is increasingly on top of the minds of key decision makers in both local and multinational companies. Many aspects of a business can now be outsourced, from payroll, to procurement to even R&D! While Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is a practice more commonly adopted in North America and Western Europe, BPO is still at its nascent stages in many parts of Asia Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ).

In April, IDC will be bringing, at no cost to you, a live web conference on BPO in the APEJ region. This live web conference discusses the trends and forecasts for the APEJ region in 2006 and explores the following key questions:

• What are some of the main characteristics of the APEJ market in 2006?
• What are customers in the region demanding and are vendors meeting those requirements?
• Which areas of BPO are hot in the APEJ region in 2006 and why?

IDC continually meets up with vendors who provide BPO services as well as enterprises that consume BPO services. In addition, IDC continually speaks to key decision makers as well as assesses BPO facilities across APEJ in order to gain a better understanding of the kind of capabilities present in the region. IDC's analysts also continually engage in research across 12 APEJ countries to give a truly local perspective on the BPO scene in the region.