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Mac Malware Numbers Growing
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 10, 2009
...c malware; we will continue to see more and more everyday. Soon, I expect that Apple or some other vendor will have a constant virus scan suite for the Mac just like Windows does. In the meantime, sav...
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in Wangtam, on July 8, 2009
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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...
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...
Apple Finally Patches Java Vulnerability
in Java Entrepreneur, on June 21, 2009
...s a remote attacker to take over a system, and was ranked as 'highly critical' by security vendor Secunia ."
"Apple regularly comes under fire for its sluggish pace," writes ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Supply chain video:ERP market overview in 2009
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
...onomy?
Jim Shepherd believes that this is going to be a bit difficult for the software vendors as the companies might go bankrupt and so the license revenues will dry up. Of course this d...
Dude, You're Getting Ubuntu
in HackITLinux, on May 22, 2009
...d to get the same netbook with XP Home SP3 , it would cost you $399. It's always nice to see a vendor offer you the Linux cost savings..."
More here from Ubergizmo ... more here from Bu...
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...
NetApp Buys Data Domain for $1.5 Billion
in On Storage, on May 20, 2009
...ain is an innovative high-growth company with a complementary product line ideally suited for multi-vendor environments where customers want to minimize their use of tape for backup. NetApp has the di...
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 ...
SpringSource Buys Hyperic
in Java Entrepreneur, on May 11, 2009
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Enterprise Java vendor SpringSource has purchased Hyperic . Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"The move will expand SpringSource's Java offerings and allow the company to provi...
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...
Squarespace as a Situational App programming model
in The CIO Weblog, on May 4, 2009
... degrade gracefully and clearly show the problem in the results.
If I were a PaaS or other sort of vendor aiming at the business end-user, I'd be hunting down the folks behind Squarespace and thr...
Healthcare Suppliers Honored at MedAssets Healthcare Business Event
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
... innovative Group Buy solutions, according to Trading Markets .
Every year, MedAssets honors its vendors and suppliers at its Healthcare Business Summit. As one of the leading providers of healthca...
Window 7 coming early, as expected
in The CIO Weblog, on April 30, 2009
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It's usually a vendor that spills the beans, and in this case it seems to be Acer that is the culprit. Bobby Watkins of Acer UK is cited in this Pocket-lint story as saying, "23rd Octo...
50 Ways to Leave your Outsourcer
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on April 28, 2009
...ience exits. Unfortunately, this approach further encourages a long-standing trend of short-paying vendors - a practice that I have seen first-hand. Frankly, I find this practice to be both ethically ... ...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...
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. ...
What's Next For Sun?
in Java Entrepreneur, on April 10, 2009
...s struggled in recent years and spent months trying to secure a suitor."
"If no single vendor steps forward to purchase Sun, the possibility of a carve-out plan in which each business unit...
Here we go again
in The CIO Weblog, on April 6, 2009
...by the failure of this deal creates risk that can in most cases be avoided by proceeding with other vendors. Sun isn't unique (no established computer company is) in its capabilities. It has advan...
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...
RFID in times of recession
in The RFID Weblog, on March 27, 2009
...nding, it is expected to cast a small effect on the adoption of RFID. Despite all this optimism the vendor performance and end user activity during the first and second quarter of 2009 is expected to ...
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...
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 .
Enjoy!
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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...
MontaVista Software Launches Meld Developer Community
in HackITLinux, on March 7, 2009
... Meld is being opened to embedded Linux developers worldwide. MontaVista executives stress that the vendor is only a sponsor, and that Meld is a community site for all embedded developers, no matter w...
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
...uot;[the] gap between what we are hearing from our sources in the field and the guidance offered by vendors is widening. And not in a good way."
Of course, it would be naive to expect that servi... ...22
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...
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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...
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...
SaaS expected to grow through the downturn
in The CIO Weblog, on February 17, 2009
...aaS market despite our overall economic woes.
This isn't just good news for SaaS investors and vendors, but also for customers and potential customers; it's as clear a signal as you will find...
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...
Inovis takes supply chain to social networking boundaries
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
... I wrote a post recently about adoption of social networking features and Web 2.0 by supply chain vendors. Here comes another example from Inovis :
Inovis which provides solutions for managing bu...
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...
Dashboard Madness
in The CIO Weblog, on February 11, 2009
...ashboards seem to drive any real change in the organization."
This isn't a failure of the vendor or dashboard creator; this is a fascination with toys at the end-user level combined with a f...
Due Diligence in the post-Satyam World
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 19, 2009
...d. However, financial risk management should not automatically push outsourcing customers to larger vendors... remember, Satyam was one of the largest.
Instead, it is important to recognize the risks... ...o , Image# 7835377
In a recent article published in InformationWeek, Bob Evans offers 10 tips on outsourcing.
None of these are new - in fact, they represent perennial advice that is given by lawy...
Future of SaaS in supply chain
in Supplychainer, on January 15, 2009
...odels like SaaS come to the radar.
- API (Application Programming Interface) is important in SaaS vendor evaluation as you need to know whether the tools the vendor use can provide the type of the d...
The Effect of Satyam's Revelation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 10, 2009
...r Satyam and its employees. However, it may also prove to be a turning point for Indian outsourcing vendors and large Indian companies and could have a silver lining - particularly if it brings more r... ...ockphoto , Image# 5721341
As you've all seen by now, Satyam (one of the biggest Indian-based outsourcing companies) is in the midst of an earnings misstatement crisis. Like many other companies...
Satyam stranger than fiction
in The CIO Weblog, on January 7, 2009
Not really fiction, but certainly stranger than anything I was imagining when I wrote this entry on the dismal prospects for Indian off-shoring firms last week, singling out Satyam particularly in light of their increasing financial difficulties.
As has been the case in the past (most recently wi...
Taking advantage of recessionary pressures to restructure IT
in The CIO Weblog, on January 5, 2009
...cidedly unscientific ideas on procurement and support, lightweight, flexible operations models, and outsourcing and offshoring options.
It's always interesting to me how businesses can suddenly f...
Feasting on the carcasses of off-shoring firms
in The CIO Weblog, on January 2, 2009
..., or other savory delectables, of those less fortunate. India's various disadvantaged off-shore outsourcing firms may be on the menu after a particularly troubling 2008; Internet access problems, ...
BroadSoft Buys Sylantro
in The VoIP Weblog, on January 1, 2009
...antro's Multiplay Application Feature Server while working on ways to technically bring the two vendor's platforms together," writes Telephony Online's Rich Karpinski .
"Broad...
Microsoft layoffs may be imminent
in The CIO Weblog, on December 29, 2008
...t suspiciously questioning meetings, individuals being cautioned on personal performance, immediate vendor cut-offs. Put them all together, and it seems that something is afoot in Redmond.
It's n...
Bridal Gown Spotlight: Pronovias Habana
in White Lace Wedding, on December 26, 2008
Looking for spring styles? Take a peek at this Pronovias bridal gown...
This is Habana and it is gorgeous. It has a slightly vintage/retro feel to it and is a perfect pick for an elegant look all around. This particular line tends to be fairly expensive, but with so many places to shop fo...
Toshiba Announces 512GB, 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive
in On Storage, on December 19, 2008
... it says is the world's first 2.5-inch, 512GB solid state hard drive for laptops.
"The vendor plans to showcase the storage device at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in Janua...
Self-correcting problems
in The CIO Weblog, on December 15, 2008
The best kind to have, aren't they? So I thought, hey, those folks in the Financial sector who have reportedly been having trouble filling their IT positions in 2008 have to be feeling pretty good right about now... seems like those unfilled positions have probably either disappeared or ...
Lou Dobbs, the Auto Bailout and Outsourcing (and Outsourcing Contracts)
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 13, 2008
...ions can be triggered by bailout monies, but there is a strong likelihood that they may.
Offshore vendors should review their contracts - particularly with those industries that are troubled - to ge... ...they receive a bailout. Chief among them is preconditioning the bailout money on such companies not outsourcing jobs overseas. Dobbs, not a liberal by nature, has long been a foe of the outsourcing in...
MS Office/MS Exhange for Android-Coming Soon
in The Smart PDA, on December 12, 2008
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DataViz is an Independent Software Vendor, which develops mobile applications for a number of platforms including Palm OS, Symbian OS, BlackBerry, Java, Linux and Windows Mobile. It has released ...
Core IT skills lacking in talent pool?
in The CIO Weblog, on December 11, 2008
...perception front more than the talent front. Both Linthicum and McKendrick identify consultants and vendors as among the forces holding back SOA, but those arguments are applicable to many new technol... ...er ways to expose the information and power within them to average staff. There is going to be more outsourcing, and there accordingly will be less specialist hiring by organizations, regardless of th...
From finance failures to the FBI
in The CIO Weblog, on December 9, 2008
The FBI, at least, does not seem to subscribe to the oddly popular notion that the catastrophe on Wall Street was caused or significantly contributed to by poor IT leadership. Or at least they seem not to blame former Lehman Brothers' IT head Chad Fulgham individually for the mess, sin...
Are We Going to Start Paying the Crowd?
in Web 2.0, on December 8, 2008
... Crowdsourcing : the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people, in the form of an open call. Put in...
Entellium files Chapter 11; Intuit hopes to pick up the pieces
in The CIO Weblog, on December 3, 2008
...ers, to be sure, but in the end probably not much more inconvenient than if a conventional software vendor had gone out of business and left them stranded with an unsupported package. The timelines ar...
Zoho announces SQL API
in The CIO Weblog, on December 2, 2008
...s your data anywhere, any way") and extending it into the SaaS space. Zoho and most other SaaS vendors already offer hooks into their systems to allow you access to your own data (gosh, how gener...
The Mumbai Tragedy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 1, 2008
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Last week's terror attacks in Mumbai could have sweeping effects on the outsourcing industry over the next year. The brazen targeting of westerners by militants potentially...
India-Pakistan: Bad for business
in The CIO Weblog, on December 1, 2008
... (although greater than it was last week), the severity is immense. I have to imagine that even the vendors giving lip service to their Indian operations are casting about behind the scenes for other ... ...
Despite commitments from some large outsourcing players to continue their India-based operations, a more widespread perception of the dangers raised by the Mumbai attacks which I wrote about las...
