You'd think that the deep recession in the IT industry and the tens of thousands of resulting layoffs would satisfy even the most parsimonious of bean counters -- but it hasn't. While unemployed U.S. Techies learn to flip burgers, business is booming for India's two largest outsourcing firms -- Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys -- which have just reported their best quarters since the downturn began.

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Both have also announced they are hiring thousands of workers. One of the companies helping to funnel cash and jobs across the globe is Microsoft, which recently announced that Infosys will take over a broad swath of its internal IT operations for the next three years. That's right -- the world's largest software company,, won't even eat its own dog food, preferring instead to let someone else wrestle with the complexities of Windows Server and Windows 7. [ Windows 7 is making huge inroads into business IT. But with it comes new security threats and security methods. InfoWorld's expert contributors show you how to secure the new OS in the ' PDF guide. ] I certainly don't begrudge Indian workers a job; like us, they want to feed their families and have a decent life.