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Should we do strategic planning for our supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on July 14, 2009
...eneral Motors is especially troubling as they speed to make decisions with respect to international outsourcing, dealer closures and according to new GM Chairman Edward Whitacre, Jr., "a shutteri...
T. Boone Pickens Gives Up on World's Largest Wind Farm
in IfEnergy, on July 13, 2009
...He's stuck with $2 billion worth of General Electric ( GE - news - people ) turbines, which he hopes to move to smaller projects throughout the Midwest and Canada. Pickens ran into other problems,...
Chrome OS: The reflective phase
in The CIO Weblog, on July 10, 2009
After the original explosion of Google Chrome OS related articles immediately after the announcement, today we get the day-after "thoughtful" posts exploring what it all means, and what will really happen with Google, Chrome OS, and the supposed arch-enemies of the two, Microsoft an...
Chrome OS: The Fight is Finally on for Microsoft and Google...
in Bizinformer, on July 10, 2009
...t's bugs and shortcomings. Everyone still uses Vista because, well, what else is there? Google hopes that Chrome OS will provide and answer to that question. It helps that Chrome OS is free .
Th...
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in Wangtam, on July 8, 2009
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Apple's lack of enterprise ambition
in The CIO Weblog, on July 8, 2009
...py one of those spaces, doesn't rely have much choice but to accomodate the other as well if it hopes to continue to find success.
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Taking out a mortgage loan without going mad
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 6, 2009
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Buyers can drive themselves crazy trying to predict the interest rate falls and rises, all in the hopes of securing a 5.4 percent interest rate on their 30-year fixed-rate loan instead of a 5.5 perc...
Satellite Hopes To Make Deadzones a Thing of the Past
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on July 3, 2009
The world's largest commercial satellite has been launched into earth orbit with the goal of providing mobile phone service to "dead zones" all across North America.
Owned by Reston, Va.-based TerreStar, the satellite is designed to pick up and relay signals from mobile phones.
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Daimler SP250 Celebrates 50th Anniversary, Sidney Gets a Treat
in Classical Drives, on July 3, 2009
...e Daimler 250's 50th anniversary and so the Daimler and Lanchester Owners Club of North America hopes to have as many V-8 powered roadsters as possible appear at British Car Day XXIII on Saturday,...
Outsourcing Trends
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 2, 2009
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Here's an interesting article on outsourcing trends (made more interesting because I am quoted in it).
In any case, I believe that outsourcing could be at the leading edge...
Is there room for Cisco in the online office suite space?
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...gy now?) of focusing on the top and bottom layers: cloud hardware infrastructure, which the company hopes to become a prominent supplier of with it's California blade servers, and services, which ...
Someday, I'll Eat Peanut Butter
in Allergies, on June 30, 2009
...e rotating images on its main page tugged at my heart:
Someday I'll eat peanut butter. My hopes too, sometimes. Our household hasn't had peanut butter for about 6 years now, since we fou...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
...ting examination early this month of what may be the biggest problem faced by the H-1B visa: Indian outsourcing.
A bill currently before Congress, the Durbin-Grassley visa reform bill, would probably...
So profitieren Kunden und Versicherer durch IT-Consultants
in versicherungsintern, on June 12, 2009
...eiberuflicher IT-Consultant: "Aus Sicht der Unternehmen geht es weder um das komplette Outsourcing der IT-Abteilung noch um den Aufbau einer Parallelabteilung. Es geht lediglich um punktuelle Unt...
Worth Watching!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 11, 2009
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This video is a humorous poke at the Customer-Vendor relationship in outsourcing deals... does it remind you of any of your relationships?
I just wish there was another one from th...
Nokia Hopes Cell Phones will No Longer Require Chargers
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 10, 2009
Quick- what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of charging your cell phone? If you said a cord, an electrical outlet or even a docking station, you may want to read on.
Nokia researchers are working on development of cellular phone charging by simply capturing ambient rad...
Outsourcing Your Dating Life
in The Dating Weblog, on June 10, 2009
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A number of sources ( TechCrunch , Online Dating insider , VentureBeat ) have reported on a new service that lets you outsource all the stuff involved in online dating - for a mere $480 a month.
VirtualDatingAssistants.com will do the work of creating your profile and scre...
Will the Volt save GM?
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
...y lost and stores it in its hybrid batteries. You would have to say that if GM is pinning it's hopes on the Volt, it's dreaming. According to the data here , the Volt's electric motor wo...
Could This be the Future of Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 9, 2009
...rket, but because of the underlying concept of reverse project auctions.
I have long thought that outsourcing projects could be susceptible to reverse auctions. In commodity-level sourcing, a project...
It's Not Called a Sunroof for Nothing
in Classical Drives, on June 8, 2009
... Summer, for those of us who live up north, is special. It raises hopes for the future, gets us outdoors, even encourages a change of wardrobe. It's also the beginning of the sunroof season. Thu...
Apple Rumors Are At the Breaking Point
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 8, 2009
... black matte iPhone body to make my fingerprintsdisappear.
Lastly, on the "don't get your hopes up" list is the announcement of a Mac Tablet or uber-iPhone . If this were to happen, I w...
Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officier
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 7, 2009
...-generation digital infrastructure
Fostering a culture of open and innovative government
Chopra hopes that he can find ways to use technology to achieve the White House's goals more quickly an...
Crowdsourcing
in Web 2.0, on June 7, 2009
...urcing as "the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people or community in the form of an open c...
Palm Pre has Captured Wireless Carriers' Attention
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 1, 2009
...tely following this news, Verizon's Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said in a webcast that he too hopes to have the highly anticipated Pre on the Verizon network within the next six-months.
The Pre...
Economists predict recession ends this year. As if!
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
...t kidding themselves if they think this will blow over this year. "Investors are pinning their hopes on other people's hopes that things will get better. These are probably the very same peop...
Sun CEO Announces Plans for Java App Store
in Java Entrepreneur, on May 22, 2009
Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz this week announced plans to launch an app store (currently called Project Vector) for Java software.
"It will be modeled after Apple's iPhone App Store and will allow users to download and install new software over the Internet," wr...
AT&T Considers Dropping Cost of IPhone Plans
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 20, 2009
...T&T is considering offering cheaper data plans with limited Web surfing as early as late May in hopes of significantly boosting iPhone sales.
The possible price cut (to $60 a month; a $10 reducti...
Infosys CEO interviewed
in The CIO Weblog, on May 20, 2009
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Gopalakrishnan clearly sees the dangers in industry consolidation and in changes in the nature of outsourcing, with more businesses taking the same tack as they have with their internal IT organizat...
Speed Sourcing - An Over-Reaction to Long Procurement Cycles?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 19, 2009
... EquaTerra highlighted its "Speed Sourcing" concept - an accelerated process to complete outsourcing deals. The practice, whereby the entire procurement and negotiation process is compressed...
iUnika GYY Netbook is Cheap to Buy and Cheaper to Run
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 15, 2009
...ould never have to plug the thing in; would you care then? Netbook designer and distributor iUnikia hopes so.
The iUnikia netbook is a bit lean on technical specs, but it is solar powered. That's...
The Revolution
in The CIO Weblog, on May 12, 2009
...ymore and why exactly you still need that plump budget, anyway.
To be fair, Hackett discusses both outsourcing and offshoring in their cost control strategy, and both are among the techniques that I ...
Selling to Procurement Organizations
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 10, 2009
...rested in the issues that arise when selling to corporate procurement departments. A legal process outsourcing company that I'm associated with is cracking this nut, and the differences between th...
Microsoft Plans its iPhone Killer
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 1, 2009
...zon Wireless to launch a touch screen smartphone early next year code-named "Pink," which hopes to widen the reach of its Windows Mobile operating system.
The handset will also include Micr...
Chrysler's Italian job
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
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After months on life support, Chrysler is now pinning its hopes on a restructure with three new principal owners: the US Government which says it will keep its nose out of day to day operations, t...
50 Ways to Leave your Outsourcer
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on April 28, 2009
...ues, in an article posted on WhatPC yesterday, talked about the difficulties involved in exiting outsourcing arrangements.
Mr. Jaques rightfully points out that offshoring and outsourcing relations...
Future structural changes in supply chains
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
...son and Zeng suggest, we could see entire value-chains established within a geographic region.
- Outsourcing and contract manufacturing changes: There is some opinion that contract manufacturers th...
More job cuts ahead: Bain
in Sox First, on April 23, 2009
... achieving their cost reduction targets. The other tools they plan to use to meet these targets are Outsourcing and Business Process Re-Engineering. All up, that's a sign that many more will lose...
Louisiana Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Board Certified Interventional Pain Physicians -- Ensuring Patient Safety
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 22, 2009
...t state to achieve such a victory, Louisiana has now set a precedent for the rest of the country in hopes of ensuring the best possible patient safety and care when it comes to pain management procedu...
Microsoft Stops Mainstream Support For Windows XP
in Wangtam, on April 16, 2009
...uld Save $1+ Billion Per Year Outsourcing Search To Microsoft
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InfoSys's Sales Decline
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on April 15, 2009
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Proving once again that the outsourcing marketplace is not immune to the recession, IT outsourcing giant, Infosys, has seen a downturn in its business - its first since 1981. ...
Will Karen Mills Make a Difference at SBA?
in Bizinformer, on April 8, 2009
...by 18% since 2003. Lobbyist Todd McCracken, president of the National Small Business Assn., says he hopes Mills will deploy her nonpartisan credentials and experience to reach across the aisles in cra...
A video on social efforts from Dr. Patrick Dixon
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on March 31, 2009
...st in social welfare oriented activities. In this video from Patrick, he talks about the effects of outsourcing on social welfare in poor countries and a sustainable solution to solve global poverty p...
Girl Ambition: Kids on the Web
in Web 2.0, on March 30, 2009
...it a closer look. Girl Ambition is site for girls by girls. Started by three working moms, the site hopes to provide a safe, fun, positive, and inspirational environment for tween girls and their pare...
Asetek appoints new supply chain lead
in Supplychainer, on March 29, 2009
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According to Business Wire , Mr. Tang brings extensive knowledge of OEM and EMS manufacturing, outsourcing, materials and supplier management to the company. Tang also brings expertise in contrac...
Are Visa Rules a Form of Protectionism? India Thinks So...
in Global Mobility Report, on March 22, 2009
...m hiring foreigners on H-1B visas. The problem is not just the H-1B visa. Many U.S. politicians see outsourcing to India as part of their own economic problems. And bitterness in India over the tighte...
IBM Buying Sun?
in Java Entrepreneur, on March 21, 2009
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The Wall Street Journal this week broke the news that IBM is considering purchasing Sun Microsystems .
"Teams of International Business Machines Corp. lawyers are examining Sun Microsystems Inc.'s contracts and documents in a due-diligence process that could take a...
Three of Spain's Cities Getting Electric Car Infrastructure
in IfEnergy, on March 21, 2009
...e cities will get the recharging stations needed to support a small fleet of electric cars.
Spain hopes to have a million electric cars on the nation's roads by 2011.
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And Now for Something Completely Different
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 20, 2009
... and gloom, sometimes we need to take a minute and laugh. To that end, take a look at this clip on outsourcing from The Onion .
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Newspapers: obituaries and renewals.
in Sox First, on March 17, 2009
...with the death of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . The Financial Times says there might be two hopes for the industry: that charitable endowments may replace commercial business models and that r...
Will Health Care Reform Affect Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 15, 2009
...hat the U.S. funds its own social safety net, and how that funding creates additional pressure for outsourcing/offshoring.
Unlike most of the industrialized world, the U.S. does not fund the bulk of ...
8 Mistakes
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 10, 2009
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While an article like this shows up in the outsourcing press on a regular basis, this one, in GlobalServices, is a good, succinct summary of eight...
Whither the call center?
in The CIO Weblog, on March 9, 2009
...mic crisis creates an environment with the potential, or even likelihood, of great upheaval for the outsourcing market. You can find all perspectives on just what that upheaval might look like; Satya...
The Outsourcing Paradox
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 8, 2009
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In this article in IndustryWeek, one of the key problems in outsourcing relationships is explored. While this article focuses on manufacturing, it also applies ...
The key themes in the supply chain of tomorrow
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
...ootprint and help make better customer service-level decisions as well as lead to more advantageous outsourcing of key functions.
Sustainable sourcing and procurement. By encouraging suppliers to d...
IBM to Buy Satyam?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 6, 2009
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The rumor mill is swirling around Satyam. On March 7, the Australian web site, IT News reported that IBM was in talks to buy Satyam. This is really interesting and looks like it could be a good, opportunistic, pickup for IBM.
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Obama's Tax Breaks and Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 3, 2009
...a recent article published by the Gerson Lehrman Group, Obama's elimination of tax breaks for outsourcing was analyzed. The article states (and I agree) that there is a large difference between ...
A More Pessimistic View of Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 2, 2009
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In today's Tech Trader Daily section of Barron's a pessimistic view of the Indian outsourcing industry this year. Wachovia's Edward Caso points out that "demand remains lack...
Opmanager online
in The CIO Weblog, on March 2, 2009
...nent which monitors servers and applications and generates statistical data and alerts, the company hopes to move a number of their ManageEngine components to the platform by the end of the year.
One...
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in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 1, 2009
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Please Don't Take Away Our Tax Breaks!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 27, 2009
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As a long-time participant in the outsourcing industry, I was not surprised by India Inc.'s hyperbolic reaction to the budget presented by Pre...
The 25 Most Dangerous Places for Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 26, 2009
...interesting article popped up in Network World today highlighting the 25 most dangerous places for outsourcing . In addition to simply listing 25 areas with high crime or high risk of terrorist attac...
Outsourcing Takes a Hit
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 24, 2009
... BusinessWeek had a piece earlier this month on the how a number of businesses are cutting back on outsourcing as part of their fiscal response to the recession. Of course, that's hurting outsour...
New Blog Deals With Crisis
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 24, 2009
...es, I will puke.
Malcolm's blog is extremely well written and insightful.
And I'm sure he hopes it will be a short-lived venture.
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Is Mexico still a viable near-shore location?
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2009
A report by the US Joint Forces Command published in January 2009 caught some by surprise: "In terms of worst-case scenarios for the Joint Force and indeed the world, two large and important states bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse: Pakistan and Mexico ." According to...
Microsoft Follows Apple's Tactics When It Comes to Applications
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on February 16, 2009
...d Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
Unlike Apple, Microsoft does not make smartphones itself, but it hopes to establish its Windows operating system for mobile phones as the industry standard much in t...
Data management and forecasting remain top challenges in life science sector
in Supplychainer, on February 16, 2009
...erent systems. This may require recruiting resources with specific expertise in data integration or outsourcing such task to business services firms.
The authors also propose companies to focus on v...
YouTube Adds Downloads - Some for a Fee
in Web 2.0, on February 15, 2009
YouTube shook up the world a little this week by announcing that it would a.) begin offering downloads and b.) charge for some of them.
The story is being covered by a number of blogs and news sources ( VentureBeat , TechCrunch , paidContent.org , Mashable , Lifehacker ). VentureBeat describes ...
Compliance and Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 11, 2009
... Wilson of Citadel Compliance Group LLC describes compliance issues and concerns that arise during outsourcing and offshoring transactions. The article, intended for both outsourcing and compliance m...
Ireland Hopes to Become Electric Car Hub
in IfEnergy, on February 10, 2009
Justin Moresco had an interesting piece yesterday morning about Ireland's efforts to attract foreign investment by becoming a model for the switch to electric cars. The government of Prime Minister Brian Cowen originally proposed the plan back in November. As part of the Electric Vehicle pla...
Omega-3 and Female Depression
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 7, 2009
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High intake of omega-3 fatty acids have been found to decrease the occasion of depressive symptoms in women by about 30%.
According to researchers from Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and th...
