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Strike hits Indian tech hub

Strike hits Indian tech hubthat's weird"Bangalore shut down for two days in April as people rioted following the death of film icon Rajkumar, leaving eight people dead. Software firms lost $40 million in revenue. "If some movie star dies in U.S. would it spark riots in L.A.?yet another reasonNot to...

Tags: outsourcing, Indian Tech, movie star, AMERICAN SUPERVISOR, outsource, movie

Discussion threads 2006-10-04

Monsoon floods hit Indian tech capital

Monsoon floods hit Indian tech capitalWhat is DR and BCP.Maybe we'll get BACK the JOBS outsourced there?We can only hope and pray.....Realisticly though, it's too bad that probably won't happen:(

Tags: Disaster recovery, Monsoon, Indian Tech

Discussion threads 2005-10-26

Indian tech exports reached $17.2 bln this fiscal year

Indian tech exports reached $17.2 bln during fiscal 2004-2005, according to National Association of Software and Services Companies. The jump represents growth of 34.5% over 2003-2004 revenue of $12.8 bln. Of the $17.2 bln, $5.2 bln was revenue from call centers and business process outsourcing services. The remaining $12 bln...

Tags: INDIAN

Blog posts 2005-06-03

Indian tech grads bring parents to work

Indian tech grads bring parents to workyou cant be serious."If they have arranged marriages, why can't they have arranged careers?" Hebert said.How about because they are adults now !oh and if this company is California based... how about bringing jobs back to North America?ExactlyNo one in US gives a rats...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Indian Tech, software

Discussion threads 2004-10-19

Additional Resources

Death of the black box EULA

Nonsense. Just look at Psystar.They died by the EULA. The judge even brought that up.And open source software has an EULA of its own, telling you exactlly what you can and must do to be able to use the software.Any failure to follow the EULA/GPL allows the owner of the...

Tags: EULA, black box, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Indian cement company buys American solar technology

Indian cement maker goes solar with American tech. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Tech, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Dell: A few examples of what's wrong with your tech support

The on-site tech support tech was obviously in the U.S., but ....it sounds like the "other end" of the line is somewhere half way around the planet (maybe also taking orders for "Shammy Wows") while reading off a scripted Q&A screen.Kinda like "cloud tech support"?What really hurts is that this...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp., tech support, cheap machine

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Maldives taking their final dive?

Will the island nation of Maldives disappear? Even Rupert Murdoch's Sky TV has reported on the uncertain future of the low-lying islands. And now the Maldives' president is asking the world to take action to save his tiny nation. Of course, Maldivians see their homeland threatened not...

Tags: Sea Level, Global Warming, Maldives, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Dell and Perot: What this means

Look at more than the upside to any acquisition Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan's detailed post on the transaction ) (here's an InfoWorld post, too) From the macro view,...

Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Perot, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-21

U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon warns of 'abyss" and 'widespread disaster'

Those are some of the words from the U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, speaking in Geneva this morning. He was at a World Climate Conference, having just paid a personal visit to to the Arctic where melt is happenin'. Ban says the Arctuic is warming faster than anywhere else...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-03

India outsourcing workers stressed to the limit

This applies to America as well"Workers are suffering from obesity, sleep disorders, depression and broken relationships - problems which can lead to more serious conditions such as diabetes or heart disease. In a country where a public healthcare system is virtually non-existent, overworked outsourcing employees could present a health crisis...

Tags: Managed hosting, Benefits, outsourcing, outsource, health care, job, information technology, worker

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Ask the Leadership Coach: Outsourcing from both sides of the divide

Leadership coach John M. McKee addresses the effects of global outsourcing. He answers emails from a dedicated employee who was recently let go, and a CEO who is trying to balance the costs and benefits. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's IT Leadership blog. After 17 years...

Tags: Job, CEO, Managed Hosting, Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Leadership, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Laptop Warranties and Accidental Damage Coverage: What You Need to Know

Hewlett-Packard, after being flogged in public, contacted me and replaced my broken laptop that they had earlier claimed was accidentally damaged and not covered by their warranty. I appreciate HP's willingness to rectify the issue, but there clearly needs to be some improvement on their part...

Tags: Warranty, Hewlett-Packard Co., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Friday distraction: Let's hear your review of "IT Chicks"

Friday distraction: Let's hear your review of "IT Chicks"I gave it one minute"it blows".The acting is horrible.Ew.I've worked tech support and IT. Ew.I stopped at 3:18.Friday distraction: Let's hear your review of "IT Chicks"If there is a second episode, it won't be by popular request.RE: Friday distraction: Let's hear...

Tags: Kato, IT Chick, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

Sitting "Shiva" For My Dead Laptop

My laptop's screen died during 4th of July weekend. I sent it back to HP for warranty repair, but then they wanted either $89.00 to send it back without repair, or $440.00 to replace a $99.00 OEM part due to "Accidental Damage". I...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Shiva Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-14

My Experience with Dell's Namastechnical Support

My Experience with Dell's Namastechnical SupportMy experience has always been positiveI've always had a great experience with Dell technical support. I've had to use them on several occasions to support my Latitude XT. I've never actually had an indian support rep though.1) The digitizer on my tablet stopped working. I...

Tags: Notebooks, OK Here, Dell Computer Corp., Namastechnical Support

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

News to know: Yahoo CFO; Oracle's Java; iPhone 3G S specs; EC2 outage

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Yahoo names Tim Morse as new CFO Larry Dignan: Can Oracle give Java a boost (and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Java, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-06-12

H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about

H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutDICK DURBINYou link to his page right in that top paragraph... yet you still can't get his name right?RE: H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutThere are thousands of highly skilled Americans that are unemployed that are willing to take...

Tags: Obama, H-1B, H-1B legislation, worker

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

Bain survey finds tech and telecom execs are least worried

Bain & Company released its 12th Bain’s Management Tools & Trends Survey results from interviews with 1400 top executives around the world. One of the findings was that tech and telecom execs were the least concerned about long-term impact from the recession and are the most...

Tags: Bain, Recession, Telecommunications, Survey, Exec, Workforce Management, Productivity, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Two BPM interviews that show how robust custom development still is

A Bright Light in High Tech Nice to see a tech sector bucking the economy I recently conducted two different interviews on the BPM business process management space. One of these was with Phil Gilbert, President of Austin-based, Lombardi Software and the other...

Tags: Lombardi Software Inc., BPM, ERP, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-05-20