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F&A Outsourcing Providers Discover Competitive Advantage With Real-Time Transaction Inspection: Business Process Outsourcing BPO service providers specializing in Finance and Accounting (F&A) see a growing market opportunity but already face increasing price pressures. Advisory firms are commoditizing engagements and defining what service level guarantees should be. In addition, costs keep escalating in offshore locations, diminishing some benefits of labor arbitrage....; Tags: Competitive Advantage, Outsourcing Company, Outsourcing Venture, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting; White papers 2006-02-16

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MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search: The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...; Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-07-04
TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership: I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronics, TechForward, Lebovitz, Retail, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-04
euRO Ragnarok Episode Addon (exe): Inspired by the popular fantasy anime Ragnarok, the game is an ever-expanding universe of exotic lands and never-ending journeys set in a 3-D environment. Players can customize their characters and venture off alone or in groups in far-flung fantasy realms full of mystery and peril. With a community of millions...; Tags: Burda:ic; Software downloads 2008-07-04
Stolen: Google employees' personal data: Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external...; Tags: Google Inc., Social Security, Sales Channel, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Sales, Finance, ZDNet Australia, Privacy & data protection; News items 2008-07-03

The lighter side of Bill Gates (The lighter side of Bill Gates): The lighter side of Bill Gates The lighter side of Bill GatesNot impressed with photosBill Gates will change the world again but even better now that he has left Microsoft. Not many people are willing not only to give away their mass fortune but to be personally involved that it...; Tags: lighter side, Bill Gates; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System: If you consider this upper midrange $3,220 AVADirect's Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System representative of the value and build quality available from this small custom builder, we can report that we were mostly happy with this PC, even if we found it loud and its gaming performance a bit...; Tags: Games, AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System; Product reviews 2008-07-02
Does True Knowledge see value in distance from the bubble?: The flurry of attention around yesterday's Microsoft/ Powerset news set me thinking once more about UK-based True Knowledge, which has been compared with Microsoft's latest acquisition. TechCrunch UK's Mike Butcher reported last month that nameless venture capital firms were valuing True Knowledge at about £20million ($40million), and...; Tags: Valuation, Knowledge, U.K., Microsoft Corp., TechCrunch UK, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet: Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream. He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...; Tags: Spreadsheet, Productivity, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-02
News to know: Apple patches; Adobe; XP-Vista; Yahoo: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities. David Morgenstern: Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 update Apple update notice. Robin Harris: Why computers fail Adobe: Adobe Advances Rich Media Search on the Web ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Patch Management, Apple Inc., IBM Consulting Service, Web 2.0, 3G, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing; Blog posts 2008-07-01
$34m VC round for Spanish SaaS venture: One of the largest rounds of VC funding for a SaaS venture this year was closed earlier this month by Barcelona-based NTRglobal, which although little known outside its own market is one of Europe's biggest SaaS players. by Phil Wainewright; Tags: Software-as-a-service, NTR Global, NTRglobal, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Remote Administration, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]: Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]From the Obvious to the executionMuch of what you say is true, and as you point out much has been written on this subject, and very little changes.Having delivered some very successful projects myself, the biggest success factor is a clear delineation between, business,...; Tags: Strategy, Leadership, True Leadership, information technology, Bad leadership cause, Bad leadership, guest blogger; Discussion threads 2008-06-29
Offshoring: India still No. 1: Offshoring: India still No. 1And yet thier quality has not improvedWe tried a few software suites coming from Indian firms, not only did they not run with no execute turned on. They totally failed evaluations by metasploit.I know not everyone has as stringent security requirements as the DOD, but they...; Tags: Outsourcing, offshoring, No. 1; Discussion threads 2008-06-29
"IT is boring," scoff students: "IT is boring," scoff studentsIT is like any other career.Some of it is interesting and some of it is boring. There is also a misconception that once you have a degree in computer science you are automatically the cats meow. That is, IT graduates don't believe they need to pay...; Tags: Professional development, Outsourcing, IT IS; Discussion threads 2008-06-28
Offshoring: India still No. 1: Bangalore remains on top as the global outsourcing leader but with prices on the rise in India, locations like Beijing and Auckland are catching up fast. Bangalore has retained its position as the ideal global delivery location for businesses, according to a new report from IDC. The...; Tags: India, City, Beijing, International Data Corp., Delivery Location, Government, Vertical Industries, Outsourcing, Pricing, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Marketing, offshoring, China, Vivian Yeo, ZDNet Asia; News items 2008-06-27
U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in future: U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in futureIn other news...IBM, AMD, Intel, Boeing..announce job cutsThese "shortage of engineer" articles are starting to smell fishy when balanced against job cuts and outsourcing news from the same companies that complain about shortages.Why not just cut...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Brother-In-Law, U.S. tech sector job, sector job, U.S. Tech, job, strong growth, H1B; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
All the things Sun Ray won't do: All the things Sun Ray won't doNopeI can't, maybe i'm biased too. But when you hear senior IT-ers go on about helpdesks the size of 2 to 3 headstrong, instead of the at least 10 to 25 to 100 you have nowadays with the Windows environments.The problem with Wintel desktops...; Tags: Linux, Thin clients, Microsoft Windows, environment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, thin client, server; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
Hey, kids! IT isn't boring!: Hey, kids! IT isn't boring!There is no future in ITThe IT bubble bust around 2000 was only the tip of the ice burg. Today, IT is a mediocre industry that has an ecosystem of incompetent and insufficiently educated people from the "IT Recruiters/HR", the people doing the hiring to the...; Tags: Professional development, Strategy, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, IT IS, information technology, career; Discussion threads 2008-06-25
Shaolin temple kick starts online store: China's Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu and the star of many martial arts films, has set up an online store to flog its wares. SHANGHAI--China's Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu and the star of many martial arts films, has set up an online store to...; Tags: Reuters, e-commerce, China, Temple, Online Store, Shaolin Temple, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment; News items 2008-06-25
Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford: Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry FordDeservedly so. He is a modern day Henry FordLike HF, Bill Gates has truly made a historic impact on the high tech industry and his philanthropy work is already making an incredible difference.Good for him.Having said that, Microsoft has missed the internet boat...; Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Strategy, Bill G, personal computer revolution, Bill Gates, Billg, Henry Ford, modern day, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-25