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- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is real
- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is realAs of September...... a sudden decrease in interest in hiring people is understandable. That's when many people decided to believe what they heard and the economy tanked.There's a question to what degree the banking crisis had to spread to...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Problem 4, Problem 2, Problem 1, STEM worker, job, information technology, IT Labor Shortage, IT Offshoring
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is real
- IT departments are planning to increase offshore outsourcing in 2009, after two years of declines. Nevertheless, a new survey shows offshoring remains a very small portion of IT budgets, and U.S. IT leaders say they’re still grappling with an IT labor shortage. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Information Technology, Offshoring, IT Offshoring, IT Department, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner, SIM Card, Offshore Outsourcing, Society Of Information Management, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- US IT offshoring to double to $14.7 bln by 2009
- US IT offshoring to double to $14.7 bln by 2009In Related NewsThe U.S. standard of living for household incomes of less that $50,000 will decline by 50% by 2009.
- Tags: Strategy, IT Offshoring, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-02-02
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- Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)
- RE: Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap or even freeGreat post, Ed! Seeing how you outlined the cheapest way to get Microsoft Windows 7 there should be no reason why anyone would not want to upgrade now. Price is no longer an issue. This would be...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, legal way, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?
- I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Outsourcing picks up for smaller enterprises
- The outsourcing market has traditionally been perceived as something only the larger enterprises entertain. Research from Computer Economics suggests that as the large enterprise business has become tougher, the outsourcing companies are getting better at reaching the smaller and mid-sized market. The reports...
- Tags: Application Development, Information Technology, Outsource, Service Provider, IT Organization, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, Software Development, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Software/Web Development, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Sun faces H-1B visa probe
- Many points to make, but here is 1 quick point...Well before the current "economic slump", many U.S. citizens were Vocal, taking a stance against the H-1B visa program and the growing "offshoring" process. It's not just because of the economic downturn.. There are real problems with the H-1B program (and...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., H-1B, H-1B visa
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottom line
- SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottomCompletely disagree. Outsourcing only works for small projects that can't be done in-house, like wiring jobs, installing generators and the such. Outsourcing entire departments doesn't work. I've seen it before, when the employee is on a contract...
- Tags: Managed hosting, Outsourcing/Offshoring, outsourcing, outsource
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- Who Benefits From Outsourcing?: The Political, Economic and Cultural Ramifications of Outsourcing
- While simple on the surface, the decision to outsource is a major strategic undertaking for most companies. Since it involves evaluating the probable reduction in costs against the consequences of a loss in control over production or performance of a certain business function, the opportunity to outsource and offshore should...
- Tags: Sourcing, Outsource, Benefit, Offshoring, Intetics, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, Purchasing & Procurement, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2009-08-18
- Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fall
- Microsoft to open retail stores near Apple's this fallBrave, but who's going to show up?That MS dude from the Apple ads?Those store will be gone in say 8 months.I am confused"they?d be more showcases than actual retail outlets"So, kinda of like an art museum? You can look at the Picasso,...
- Tags: Retail, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-15
- In praise of 'slow IT'
- Common wisdom says that an engine running in overdrive for an extended period of time will overheat and break down. People driving themselves too fast and hard risk breakdowns or health problems. David Sprott recently posted an interesting piece on the need to slow down the blistering...
- Tags: Pace, Information Technology, David, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-12
- Report: IT salaries and benefits drop, IT job market over-saturated
- Report: IT salaries and benefits drop, IT job market over-saturatedthat brings to mindsome training ads I hear daily on the radio still claiming that IT is the only field that will grow in the next 5 years.I'm wondering if folks taking those classes can file a class action lawsuit...
- Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, Strategy, Benefits, information technology, IT Salaries, training, IT job, benefit
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- U.S. sheds another 35K IT jobs in May, but market may be stabilizing
- U.S. sheds another 35K IT jobs in May, but market may be stabilizingSurpriseI'm surprised that no one has posted a comment here. I would have expected to see somebody expressing their thoughts on the evils of offshoring, or the hatred of the greedy corporations or something.RE: U.S. sheds another...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- 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
- More fallout from Microsoft's moves to consolidate its ad platforms
- More fallout from Microsoft's moves to consolidate its ad platformsReMore fallout from Microsoft's moves to consolidate : I believe we will continue to see more fallout across all industries. Just look at the automotive market or lack of and the number of related business es that are crumbling. Software and...
- Tags: advertisement, Microsoft Corp., fallout, video editing
- Discussion threads 2009-05-08
- Microsoft's mixed quarter: 'We expect weakness to continue'
- Microsoft's mixed quarter: 'We expect weakness to continue'Amazing cash flow given the economyMore than $4 billion in cash in one quarter? Pretty much any other company in the world would be drooling to have that kind of problem. Still, revenue down is not a good thing. It looks like investors...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., desktop, PC, mixed quarter, sales, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-04-23
- Would you give up pay or benefits for someone's job?
- Would you give up pay or benefits for someone's job?I would take a pay freeze or cut.Of course, I'm not a CEO right now either... :)Interestingly, it's usually the non-union people......who willingly give up some pay and/or benefits to help keep their co-workers employed. Nearly every time...
- Tags: Benefits, MGP2, Big Business, benefit, job
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayer
- Our fancy Internet infrastructure operates on a wire and a prayerYou're missing the pointWe should not permit single point of failure networks to be built. Besides, there's over 80 million miles of fiber in the U.S. alone, and it simply is not possible to monitor all that cable, or...
- Tags: Network technology, WikiAnswers, cable, prayer, Internet-infrastructure
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
- 10 skills developers will need in the next five years
- 10 skills developers will need in the next five yearsYou forgot one thing!You need to be able to work for the same or less hourly wage than someone in India, Russia, or China. Qualifications are one thing, but CEOs always go for cheaper. Being able to work for...
- Tags: .NET, Scripting languages, Application servers, Programming languages, Middleware, Development tools, Microsoft .NET, skills developer, Ruby, Java, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus Money
- IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus MoneyI Wonder About the Title"IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus Money"Why truncate the words by leaving off the "g"? I wonder if that has anything to do with . . . . Hmmmm.RE: IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus Moneythe writer is...
- Tags: Government, Recruitment & Selection, Regulations, Stimulus Money, Gettin, IBM Corp., job
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
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