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Oracle to raise India headcount by 1,400

Oracle to raise India headcount by 1,400where are all the protectionists gone?What? No lunatic protectionist anti-India rantings yet? I'm disappointed.FYI: Market has improvedSince that happend who the heck are you expecting to complain?Read stats on unemployment in the USA so you will know why and where they are.Now I do...

Tags: Outsourcing, protectionist, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-01-10

Study: Government data limited on offshoring

Study: Government data limited on offshoringoffshoring is gonna hurt this countrya lot more before the gov takes any actionsoftmoney has givin them a closed ear to the issuewe have laws for minoritiesyou have to hire so many, well, americans are becoming a minority now, we needs some new laws to...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, job, offshoring, protectionist

Discussion threads 2004-09-23

Mandrake in contract to boost Linux security

Mandrake in contract to boost Linux securityFrench protectionist economic policies at work.It's no suprise that the contract benifits a French company. They are big time protectionist there and it is screwing their economy. Compete or die.Great to see people all over the world helping out.It is great to...

Tags: Airbus S.A.S., French company, French Government, Linux, Mandrake, Microsoft Corp., protectionist, security, software

Discussion threads 2004-09-23

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TechGuard keeps spam and botnets at bay with one-click, enterprise-level security for SMBs, SOHOs

One of the most difficult things for a small or medium business to do is set up a security scheme that's effective, affordable and intelligible to the average employee. Chesterfield, Mo. and Baltimore, Md.-based TechGuard is attempting to address that problem by bringing its enterprise and government-level...

Tags: Security, Firewall, Network, SOHO, Small And Medium Business, TechGuard, SM, Smb/Sme, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-13

EC ramps up PR war with Intel (by publishing 518 page decision)

Not a big surpriseThe EC is a protectionist tool extorting technology and money from the creative genius of the US and other countries outside the EU. If you are successful, you are a target.RE: EC ramps up PR war with Intel (by publishing 518 page decision)Well that says it...

Tags: Intel Chip, Intel Corp., page decision, PR War, public relations

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaign

Windows enthusiasts launch 'Boycott Opera' campaignYeah, ok, Apple too, along with Microsoft.I did forget Apple: I don't get that either. HansWhat is a "Windows Enthusiast"?This is something I don't understand. I've never understood how someone could get behind a for profit company like this. I could...

Tags: boycott, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Windows Enthusiast

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

EC software law could divide open source

EC software law could divide open source Her's an idea, be a big boy and pick something elseYou don't like product "A", use product B, C, D, E, F, G, etc.Don't like that, write your own code.Considering there are allready US laws for negligenceIF you kill someone with your crappy...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, EC software law, EC Software, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

IBM: Fuddy duddy as competitive edge

IBM: Fuddy duddy as competitive edgeAt the expense of US WorkersYep, all they have had to do is fire US workers and replace them over seas. A great business model indeed. But remember, these aren't layoffs, but "resource actions". No Big Blue in my shop!IBM has cut workers payIBM has...

Tags: IBM Corp., worker

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Is the call center finally coming onshore?

Protectionist sentiment is swelling. The Buy America provisions in the stimulus bill are symbolic of the increasing resentment towards jobs and work going overseas. I have already seen this provision included in some sourcing RFPs from healthcare organizations and other companies benefiting from bailout money, or with significant public sector...

Tags: Agent, Call-center, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Real Estate, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Phil Fersht

Blog posts 2009-02-28

The Web video showdown: Content providers, cable companies and the users stuck in the middle

The Web video showdown: Content providers, cable companies and the users stuck in the middleBye Bye CableI seem to be in this boat. Paying $500 a year for basic cable which I was barely watching. Decided to go to HD Antenna and get 8 channels for the price...

Tags: Network technology, video, cable, cable company, Comcast Corp., Internet video

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Learning from Walmart

Learning from WalmartTelxonIt's interesting that this technology still gets mentioned by name. We worked with Telxon units at a small IT software development company I worked at in the mid to late-1990s, developing client/server solutions for Fortune 500 companies. What we worked with was handheld computing form factors. We ran...

Tags: Handhelds, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Telxons, free trade

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Legal concerns stop researchers from disrupting the Storm Worm botnet

Legal concerns stop researchers from disrupting the Storm Worm botnetBad Legal Advice was the Cause of the Present QuandaryThat is, both ISPs and legislators in the various countries have fallen victim to the same bad source of worse legal advice: lawyers!After all: if they had been thinking when they came...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Storm Worm Botnet

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Economic crash = car crash in America

Economic crash = car crash in AmericaI am sure you are quite upset at the thoughtthat the shutdown is only for 4 weeks, and not forever.Crash and burn, babyChryPly hasn't been on strong footing in a long time, even long before Daimler tripped all over themselves and "merged" with them....

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, car, Economic crash, job

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

Remedying the trade imbalance with China

Remedying the trade imbalance with ChinaCopyright and patentYour discussion of the IP to be protected mentions copyright but not patents. For example:Knowledge products the stuff normally covered by copyright is the category of goods that relies so heavily on copyright. [End quote]Because software can be protected effectively only by...

Tags: Manufacturing, patent, trade imbalance, imbalance, Remedying, software, patent violation

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Steve Jobs for President. Of GM?

Steve Jobs for President. Of GM?Technical innovations?Is the iPod or the iPhone successful because its technology is far in advance of any available to other companies? Or because existing capabilities are being used to design devices appealing to the public?Wouldn't Steve Jobs be a more appropriate replacement for Mr....

Tags: Investment, labor cost, General Motors Corp., Steve Jobs, car

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Economic crisis as a technology change agent

Economic crisis as a technology change agentProtect AmericaWe are witnessing the evacuation of the best jobs as they continue to move offshore all in the name of Corporate profits and the so-called Free Trade Economy.Free Trade isn't free if there are inequities and trade imbalances.America can and will return to...

Tags: Real estate, Regulations, Outsourcing, Financial services, Microsoft Ecosystem, technology change agent, free trade, agent

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Can Google not do evil?

Can Google not do evil?So happy"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57RE: Can Google not do evil?Your vision of Microsoft being the dark side and...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Free trade, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot

Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross PerotIf you dont care for perot, his charts, or want another source... how aboutthe comptroller general?A movie released last goes over the same type of stuff. We have a massive defecit, one that will eat our country whole if its not dealt with....

Tags: Free trade, Perot, Ross Perot, Magna Charta, Welcome Back, Magna

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close

Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeArticle CorrectionMr. Berman is a Democrat, not a Republican.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeFixed. thanks.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeLovely. So the RIAA prop up successfully bought a judgment that...

Tags: Pandora, SoundExchange, Webcaster

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Canadian court shutters torrent tracker

Canadian court shutters torrent trackerJust Walk AwayI realize that most of the people on the internet are content junkies but the best way to deal with a for profit company that relies on sales to survive is to not buy their product. Don't download illegally and don't buy physical content....

Tags: E-books, INTERNET, Intellectual property, Well Let, tracker, e-book, music

Discussion threads 2008-07-15