Vivek Paul is at the center of the outsourcing debate. As vice chairman of
Wipro Ltd. and CEO of Wipro’s global IT, product engineering and business process
services segments, Paul has been central to the company’s growth; the $1 billion
company has 26,000 employees and 24 locations around the world. Editor in Chief
Eric Lundquist interviewed Paul at the company’s Mountain View, Calif., offices.
Why the dramatic rise in interest and activity in outsourcing?
In the 1990s we learned that manufacturing could be done anywhere. In the 2000s we are learning that knowledge can be done anywhere.
What are the limits?
Anything can be done because you have all the enabling technologies in place.