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- Enter Argentina as a nearshore destination...
- It's taken several years, but Cap Gemini's newly aquired center in Buenos Aires is a significant development for the country as a sourcing location. With GDP growth running at 4.7% this year (and expected to remain consistent in 2008 and 2009), inflation back under control, and IT and process skills...
- Tags: Sourcing, Information Technology, Argentina, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Phil Fersht
- Blog posts 2007-12-15
- Strategic sourcing for Vendor Management Results in Flexibility, Simplicity, and Reduced Costs
- Cisco Systems has an enormous IT infrastructure budget. Lack of consistent process meant that Cisco could receive 20 different agreements for the same service with the same vendor. Agreements in different countries would have different prices, lengths, terms, and service levels. This was an inefficient and complex process for both...
- Tags: Sourcing, Agreement, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Case studies 2007-12-13
- Fixing a broken patent system
- Fixing a broken patent systemReform?Patent reform is meaningless unless software patentability is abolished and it remains first to invent. First to file tends to reward companies with deep pockets. Not necessarily the actual innovator.Sourcing has astronomical elasticity. Example: Compression RDK_aa3.4.6..i2Bill Gates owns most anything to be said and made for...
- Tags: Patent Reform, sourcing, patent system, inventor, patent, continuation, software
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Ancestral Quest (exe)
- Ancestral Quest AQ family tree software is an easy-to-use and versatile genealogy program for Windows. Its format is perfect for the beginner and yet powerful enough for the most advanced genealogist. Easy data entry, keyboard shortcuts, scrapbooking, professional printouts, and excellent sourcing capabilities are just some of this genealogy software...
- Tags: Sourcing, Ancestral Quest Family Tree Software, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Keyboards, Business Operations, Management, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2007-09-18
- Monkcast #11: Green APIs, open sourcing discontinued software, and more
- The boys from Redmonk James Governor and Michael Cote and I recorded our 11th MonkCast today and as usual, we were all over the technology map. Being the hot topic that it is just about everywhere, we covered a wide range of "green" subject matter. As a part...
- Tags: Software, Sourcing, API, Governor, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- From Outsourcing to Selective sourcing: Considerations for Sharing the IT Load Through Flexible Managed Services for Storage
- A significant percentage of the Fortune 500, including GM, Proctor & Gamble, Blue Cross, and Xerox outsource their entire IT departments to a third party. Most cite the same reasons: outsourcing IT allows them to focus with less distraction on their core businesses, create a more predictable cost structure for...
- Tags: Managed Services, Sourcing, Information Technology, Outsourcing, Strategy, Storage, Management, Hardware
- White papers 2007-08-01
- Scaling for Success: How One Manufacturer Developed an Automated sourcing Solution to Increase Productivity and Improve Metrics
- Haworth, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of office environments, operates in more than 120 countries and employs nearly 9,000 members worldwide. In 2005, Dow Chemical selected Haworth to be the global solutions provider for furniture products and services. A new system was required to enable Dow,...
- Tags: Sourcing, The Dow Chemical Co., Purchasing & Procurement, Performance Management, Leadership, Manufacturing, Strategy, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- Case studies 2007-07-19
- The 10 Keys to Global Logistics Excellence
- Globalization of the world economy and the supply chains has advanced at an almost unbelievable speed. Growth in world trade, and corresponding cargo container movements, continues to substantially exceed overall economic growth, meaning that trade volumes are doubling every 5-7 years. Being part of this global economy is high on...
- Tags: Sourcing, RedPrairie, Logistics, Purchasing & Procurement, Globalization, Supply Chain, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2007-04-12
- How Adobe can overcome the issues around open sourcing the Flash Player
- How Adobe can overcome the issues around open sourcing the Flash Playeropen source subprojectsI like your post Stewart, it addresses most of the concerns surrounding open sourcing the Flash Player and how Adobe can benefit from going in that direction.While I see the reasoning I'm not completely convinced open source...
- Tags: Strategy, Adobe Systems Inc., open source, Macromedia Flash Player, sourcing
- Discussion threads 2007-04-11
- How Adobe can overcome the issues around open sourcing the Flash Player
- This is a longer post, so youve been warned, but its something Ive spent a lot of time thinking about, so hopefully its valuable. Open Sourcing the Flash Player is a contentious issue. In some corners, the lack of open source causes Flash to be anathema to the web. Others...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Flash, Adobe
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Achieving sourcing Excellence: A Three-Year Plan for Success
- Learn how you can respond to challenging market conditions and add value to your organization by attaining sourcing excellence. Explore the stages of development, and see how you can create a three-year plan to achieve sourcing excellence.
- Tags: Management, Business Operations, Strategy, Purchasing & Procurement, Sourcing
- White papers 2007-01-01
- GenCrowd (exe)
- GenCrowd 3D from Genemation, the Face Creators, allows you to generate realistic looking 3D models of heads at differing levels of detail, based factors such as age, ethnicity, and gender. Need to populate your stadium or street scene in Tokyo, London, Los Angeles, or Bombay? How much time and money...
- Tags: 3D, Sourcing, Animation, GenCrowd 3D, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2006-12-15
- Adobe partners with Mozilla by open sourcing a core part of the Flash Player
- Adobe partners with Mozilla by open sourcing a core part of the Flash PlayerInteresting TimesThis is particularly interesting given Adobe's use of Webkit in Apollo. It shows they're not backing one horse, and seem to be making increasing gestures towards open source development.I'll be interested to see how the WebKit...
- Tags: Purchasing & Procurement, Business structures, WebKit, Adobe partner, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, sourcing, Mozilla Corp., partnership
- Discussion threads 2006-11-07
- Adobe partners with Mozilla by open sourcing a core part of the Flash Player
- Adobe is announcing a very interesting partnership with the Mozilla Foundation today. Adobe has been good about dipping its toes into the open source waters with a lot of their ActionScript 3 API releases and the free Flex 2 SDK. But this time, they seem to think that the water...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, ActionScript, Mozilla Corp., Flash
- Blog posts 2006-11-06
- In Outsourcing, It Often Doesn't Win to Be the Lowest Price
- Evaluating outsourcing alternatives can be difficult, especially when looking at the results of the sourcing evaluation against corporate priorities. For example, how does a person defend any decision other than selecting the lowest cost sourcing alternative when the organization must lower costs? Experience shows that corporate executives frequently select a...
- Tags: Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Outsourcing, Strategy, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
- White papers 2006-09-14
- Innovation sourcing
- The leaders in tomorrow's outsourcing market will be those who can deliver the greatest business value.Excellence in low cost service delivery will be taken for granted - the winners in the market will be those with the capability and vision to help clients innovate in terms of ...
- Tags: Innovation, Sourcing, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Leadership, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
- White papers 2006-09-11
- Ambiguity over open sourcing Java only serves Sun's detractors
- Ambiguity over open sourcing Java only serves Sun's detractorsDana - GPL DOES NOT EQUAL Open SourceGPL DOES NOT EQUAL Open Source. Look at what Apple just did with dTrace from OpenSolaris - without any stupid viral GPL obligations. That's CONTRIBUTING to open source, rather than HARVESTING FROM open source. For...
- Tags: Programming languages, sourcing, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, GPL
- Discussion threads 2006-08-14
- Ambiguity over open sourcing Java only serves Sun's detractors
- Sun Microsystems' quiet announcements today at a small gathering at the San Francisco W Hotel (a stone's throw from LinuxWorld Expo) about open sourcing the Standard Edition SE version of Java, while a welcome step, won't change the long-baked perceptions about Sun and Java.This validation by Sun of the long...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java
- Blog posts 2006-08-14
- Constructing Service Machines - Global sourcing of Knowledge-Intensive Services
- Outsourcing highlights the need for explication and conceptualization of the relationship between the parties involved. Within the Service Sciences, Management and Engineering -framework service production systems can be studied as Service Machines. The machine -metaphor focuses research on the contractual constructions that link together various productive resources and capabilities and...
- Tags: Sourcing, Knowledge, Helsinki University, Outsourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2006-07-01
- AM4U Desktop Newsreader (exe)
- This desktop newsreader is a tool designed to manage and view rss/xml news feeds. You can add all your favorite rss feeds into this program for viewing at anytime, the feed information is updated every 60 minutes as well as a desktop news ticker sourcing information directly from the BBC...
- Tags: Sourcing, RSS, Purchasing & Procurement, Desktops, Internet, Business Operations, Hardware
- Software downloads 2006-06-16
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