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"With as many as 83 outsourcing transactions with a total contract value of $22.7 billion, the first quarter of the current calendar year saw the strongest ever performance in the history of outsourcing, according to the quarterly report on the global outsourcing industry announced by outsourcing advisory firm TPI on Thursday."