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- The effect of exchange rates on out-sourcing
- The effect of exchange rates on out-sourcingToo complex once againThe real thing driving out-sourcing is the appalling low wages paid in other countries. The difference is so great that minor exchange rate changes have minimal effect.But glad to see you are getting outside your comfort zone Rudy.Stampede !Hi,Oil prices...
- Tags: Free trade, Oil Prices, out-Sourcing, exchange rate
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- Out-sourcing and Confidentiality
- Out-sourcing and ConfidentialityComments are working!testing.. testing.. 1 2 3...You need to include newlinesPosts use to be chopped off it you put newlines in them.LIke this...And this...You forget......we discussed this before. In order to get responses, you have to say something controversial. Who here is going to dispute that outsourcing is...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Out-Sourcing
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
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- Five reasons Chrome will take over the world
- Five reasons Chrome will take over the worldFive reasons Chrome will take over the worldYou know what ZDNet needs? More articles about Chrome! 12 over the last 24 hours just isn't enough so why not add to that number.Chrome isn't taking over anything because its terribly broken. It doesn't render...
- Tags: Development tools, Web browsers, chrome, Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Is open source labor or management?
- Is open source labor or management?WOW, do you really understand open source?Open source is neither, at best it flattens the cost of operations, and creates a stable IT software environment that benefits workers more productivity and management lowers costs. Like any other IT function, bad decisions, bad management, bad out...
- Tags: Big Corps, open source, OSS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?
- SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?The SOA Problem has moved elsewhereMy comments here.http://www.gandalf-lab.com/blog/2008/08/soa-adoption-down-from-2006-are-you.htmlI think the problem SOA tried to solve has moved elsewhere. With WOA ,SaaS and crowd sourcing the notion of a central body managing all enterprise services has diluted and hence you see a lot of...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA Problem, SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- The Perils of Showboating
- My friend David Spark sent me the link to the above video while we were chatting online this morning, and I facetiously commented it was a little like TechCrunch vs ZDNet. The bizarre contest above, which appears to be between a Capoeira performer and a boxer,...
- Tags: Contest, Online Collaboration, Collaboration, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-08-24
- Sourcing offshore: Cultural hurdles abound
- Sourcing offshore: Cultural hurdles aboundSourcing Offshore...I will say up front that I represent a publisher who specializes in international business, cultural, trade and logistics reference titles. We do a fair amount of outsourcing business overseas, with in-house editors to assure consistency. We found that most companies overseas were very...
- Tags: Supply chain, Purchasing & Procurement, Outsourcing, Sourcing Offshore, sourcing, logistics
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- News to know: Open source court victory; Surveillance; SAP; VMware
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself Olympics Victor: NBC, Over YouTube Lessig blog: Huge and important news: free licenses upheld NYT: Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Open Source, SAP AG, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Defcon, 3G, Notebooks, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Dabbler or Optimizer? Consulting company comes out with model that rates your org's green credentials
- Someone asked me last week if I knew of any companies that provide green tech assets services for small or midsize businesses. Honestly, I know of none, but I'll put my thinking cap on. Meanwhile, if you're wondering how you fare alongside your peers when it comes to "green enterprise...
- Tags: Sourcing, Green Technology, Consulting, Results Group, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Sourcing offshore: Cultural hurdles abound
- Update below: Do IT need managers need a crash course in India and China culture? My hunch is that they will as companies increasingly source to India and China. And the consensus appears to be that culture is a major hang-up. With that in mind here are...
- Tags: Offshore, China, Sourcing, India, Jason, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Channel Management, Business Operations, Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?
- Mozilla Labs has launched a casting call for concepts for the successor to Firefox and after watching a few videos it's striking how a common theme emerges: The browser could nudge the operating system out of the way. Mozilla's concept series is really a crowd sourcing effort...
- Tags: operating system, web browser, mozilla corp., mozilla labs, web browsers, operating systems, internet, software, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Goodbye, comp-sci -- now it's 'service' as a science
- Goodbye, comp-sci -- now it's 'service' as a scienceI once thought that wayThats until I stop taking what I learned for granted. That happened when I started working with more CIS and MIS people that could whip up a quick VB app for show but brought down servers under load....
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Development tools, service system, goodbye, IDE
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Day 2: iPhone Dev Camp 2
- Yesterday I learned a few lessons about live blogging. Not many people are refreshing it as much as I was. I should list my posts with most recent at the top instead of the other way around. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, App, Melodies, Medialets, Games, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Â A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...
- Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuit
- Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuitFragmentParagraph 3 Sentance 1 is a fragment, its missing the part that we need... what the lawsuit is actually about!Nothing new here folks, move along, move along.This isn't something new here. Microsoft is always infringing on someone elses IP.Are these guys...
- Tags: Corporate communications, MS Silverlight, video, patent, lawsuit, Olympic Games, Web, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Sun Exec: Your 'Eco Data Center' doesn't have to cost millions. Some tips for getting there.
- OK, so here's the $100 million question: Do you really want to spend that much to make your data center more green or at least more efficient? I thought not, which is why I agreed to speak with Sun Chief Technologist for EcoDC and Virtualization Services, Phillip Morris, about more...
- Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Yahoo's open source bet is a long run thing
- Yahoo's open source bet is a long run thingYahoo's open source bet is a long run thingBad for Google, great for everyone else!"In the long run we're all dead......and for a long time."RE: Yahoo's open source bet is a long run thingIs there anything open source at all about what...
- Tags: MS API, Open sourcing, open source, Darwin, Apple Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Software's drive to become like television
- Software's drive to become like televisionTypoFrom the comment:Free as in cost software, however, has the advantage of achieving large market share very quickly, as the consumption barrier is practically non-existent. That’s the recipe for the success of both Adobe and Flash, two products that clearly dominate their respective categories, but...
- Tags: TV, advertisement, software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Study: Offshore outsourcing dings customer satisfaction; Taking back office offshore ok
- Study: Offshore outsourcing dings customer satisfaction; Taking back office offshore okBy the same token......who are the "customers" of the "back office" people? Yeah, the CSRs. You keep them in house but outsource the "back office", and all you've accomplished is a slight shift of the dissatisfaction - your...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Strategy, back-office, outsourcing, Offshore outsourcing dings customer satisfaction, back-office offshore, offshore outsourcing, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Will Oracle answer these questions?
- Tomorrow sees Oracle provide its Q4 results. I have no more insight into what those numbers will look like than anyone else but if past history is anything to go by, they'll likely be 'dramatic.' More dramatic for me though will be insights...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
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