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Wisconsin's Apologist for IT Failure

Wisconsin's Apologist for IT FailureEDS is toast in Seattle150 EDS consultants are to be turned lose from the Seattle Office in August. Let me give a theory. In government, just as in business, there are core competencies. Where many will argue that IT is a core competency of every on...

Tags: Government, HEALTHCARE, Strategy, Outsourcing Deals, Government IT project, future possibility, Electronic Data Systems Corp., outsourcing, Medicaid, information technology

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

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HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral

Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

News to know: AT&T; Apple; Google; Verizon; Microsoft

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. Dancho Danchev: Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak Larry Dignan: The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Mobile Applications, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle

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: FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies Richard Koman: FTC publishes final rules on blogger...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Psystar, FTC, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Desktops, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing

Watch this space for future problems! There’s a lot going on in the outsourcing world lately. Things like: - Perot Data Systems being acquired by Dell - ACS getting bought by Xerox Add to these deals,...

Tags: Solution, BPO, Outsourcing Company, Customer, BPO Deal, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, Managed Hosting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-05

News to know: Microsoft, ICANN, Best Buy, RIM, mobile apps, Zimbra

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. Richard Koman: Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft CNET: Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement rulin Sam...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, ICANN, Dana Blankenhorn, Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Sales, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-01

News to know: HP; AT&T; Malware; Twitter; RIM

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. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hordes of owners complain of problems with HP Elite Pavilion PCs using Core i7 Ed Bott: Apple...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., AT&T Corp., Malware, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-28

HP to Cut Loose its BPO operations?

Why sell what you just bought? A recent Channel Insider article raised the concern that HP might sell off or shutter some of its outsourcing business. Specifically, the article speculated on the BPO operations that EDS brought into the firm as part of HP’s acquisition of EDS....

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., BPO, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-07

News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave

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. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-02

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

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'that's like SAP "wrecked" outsourcing...while I agree the govt inquiry may come to nothing, Moffat's argument is ingenious. By agreeing to a locked SIM, allowing AT&T to continue to play games with 3rd party apps like Skype...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Apple Inc., wireless business, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Sprint outsources network maintenance and operations to Ericsson

Sprint on Thursday said it would outsource its network to Ericsson in a seven-year deal valued at $4.5 billion to $5 billion. The deal (statement, Techmeme) allows Sprint to offload the costs associated with running its network. Sprint will transfer 6,000 employees to Ericsson. Ericsson will now handle...

Tags: Network Maintenance, Network, Ericsson Inc., Sprint Communications, Wireless, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-09

PwC: rotten to the core or just plain stupid?

I hope that my good friend Vinnie Mirchandani doesn't take offense to the title of this post. PwC is his alma mater in a past life. However, events at Satyam in India, which have not received the attention they deserve in the US, have taken a decidedly weird or comic...

Tags: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Satyam, Francine McKenna, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-30

CODA and Corefino ink cloud accounting partnership

CODA, which has developed an on-demand financial application built on the Force.com platform has inked a partnership deal with Corefino, the Sunnyvale CA. based accounting outsourcer. Dubbed Corefino2go, the service sees CODA providing the technology requirements for Corefino's people, place and platform offering. Karen Watts, Corefino's CEO...

Tags: Business Process, Accounting, Partnership, Financial, CFO, Corefino, CODA, Business Structures, Operational Planning, Financial Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Outsourcing? Avoid long-term deals

Outsourcing? Avoid long-term dealsAbout that last paragraph"[i]outcome-based agreements, a relatively new type of contract that binds suppliers to provide particular business results - and not just a service or product. Such contracts are the way of the future for private and public-sector bodies with ever-shrinking budgets, Intellect said.[/i]"So we should...

Tags: Managed hosting, business result, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

News to know: Steve Jobs; iPhone 3GS; Google Voice; RIAA victory; FCC

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: Jobs recovering from liver transplant; re-ignites debate over privacy rights Andrew Nusca: WSJ: Jobs had...

Tags: FCC, Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Voice, RIAA, Apple iPhone 3G, Sam Diaz, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Federal Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government

Blog posts 2009-06-22

News to know: Morro reviewed; RIM; Intel; Windows 7

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. Ed Bott: How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Cloud Computing, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-19

News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; Palm

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. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Social Search, Palm Inc., Text Messaging, Corporate Communications, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Branding, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18