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- Investing in the right vehicles for change
- Bailing out Detroit won't change these automotive businesses, unless the automotive leaders truly want to embrace changing their very DNA and use the vehicles at their disposal to make them more profitable, more innovative and more nimble than their competitors. by Phil Fersht
- Tags: Vehicle, DNA, Business, Outsourcing, Biotechnology, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Texas gov. intercedes in failing IBM project
- Texas Governor, Rick Perry, ordered state agencies to stop transferring data to IBM to prevent data loss on a failing project. Here's what's going on with this failure-in-progress. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Texas, IBM Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Michael Krigsman, Agency, State, Backups, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- IT offshoring is exaggerated and the IT labor shortage is real
- IT departments are planning to increase offshore outsourcing in 2009, after two years of declines. Nevertheless, a new survey shows offshoring remains a very small portion of IT budgets, and U.S. IT leaders say they're still grappling with an IT labor shortage. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Information Technology, Offshoring, IT Offshoring, IT Department, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner, SIM Card, Offshore Outsourcing, Society Of Information Management, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Can flagging industries be replaced by BPO services?
- President-Elect Obama is facing a massive task to redeploy workers in consolidating and declining industries, such as automotive manufacturing. Could creating BPO jobs we an answer? Could the USA become a competitive BPO location? by Phil Fersht
- Tags: BPO, Industry, President-Elect Obama, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht, Job, Chrysler LLC, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Webcast: Competing in an International Markeplace
- David Cahn, a former research director for AMR Research and veteran of the manufacturing industry, presents an insightful look at the "risk versus reward" decision process for manufacturers who are looking to either expand internationally or outsource. Subject areas include: Selling considerations - what...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Webcast, CDC Software, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Outsourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Manufacturing, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
- Webcasts 2008-11-13
- NFL lobbyist on White House staff pushes for online gambling ban
- With a former NFL lobbyist now at the White House, Treasury takes time out from financial crisis to ensure that football gets a monopoly on online gaming, even though billions of dollars of taxable revenue are now flowing offshore. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Lobbyist, White House, NFL, Games, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Personal Technology, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Richard Koman, Industry, Business Ethics, Regulations, Internet, Taxes, Strategy, Leadership, Management, Government, Financial Planning
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- The time is now for a Microsoft-Yahoo search deal
- The patience over Microsoft and Yahoo's never-ending deal dance is wearing thin among the chattering class--bloggers, analysts and folks sick of following this dysfunctional courtship--and the consensus is right. The time to do a Microsoft-Yahoo deal is now and it's time to put aside the bad boardroom blood and hook...
- Tags: Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Squali, Aggarwal, Data Centers, Outsourcing, Search, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Wave of the future for alternative energy?
- Courtesy: Pelamis Get out your atlas, see if you can find Agucadoura, Portugal. Just three miles offshore there, these big metallic sea snakes are bobbing in the ever-restless waves of the North Atlantic. And they're generating electricity for over a thousand homes on...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Portugal, Pelamis Wave Power, Venture Capital, Telecom & Utilities, Outsourcing, Finance, Financing Startups, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Will Tim Cook be the next Steve Jobs?
- Last month, after a press event at Apple's Cupertino headquarters, I made an off-the-cuff observation about the future leadership of the company. In short, I commented on how Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who took a portion of stage time from Jobs to talk about new notebooks, was wearing blue...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., CEO, Leadership, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- The change imperative: It's back-to-basics time
- It's about accepting we now operate in a global economy and that we are competing at a level where we need to work as hard, and as smart, as the next nation. I hope President-Elect Obama can help instill a new work culture in the US. by Phil Fersht
- Tags: Imperative, Phil Fersht, Meltdown, BPO, Industry, Deterioration, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Strategy, Banking, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Financial Services
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Leading Consulting Engineers Discuss Power Factor, Real Power, and UPS Overload
- The purpose of this paper is to document expert opinions from leading consulting engineers regarding various power trends that are occurring in the IT industry.
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., American Power Conversion Corp., Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2008-11-05
- Leading Consulting Engineers Discuss Power Factor, Real Power, and UPS Overload
- The purpose of this paper is to document expert opinions from leading consulting engineers regarding various power trends that are occurring in the IT industry.
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Dell EqualLogic, Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2008-11-04
- Offshore BPO (zip)
- Complete explanation of BPO companies and following types of BPO companies in specific. BPO companies are categorized as follows: Offshore BPO Companies, Onshore BPO Companies, Near Shore BPO Companies. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Offshore, BPO, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Software downloads 2008-10-29
- Current economy helping outsourcing and SaaS
- Silver lining in a down economy There were some interesting data points in the last week concerning the economy and its impact on the technology sector. Phil Fersht, a fellow blogger and AMR Research Director, just finished a web survey of spending in...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Outsourcing, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Western European IT services market will grow 4.8% in 2008-2012
- According to a recent study published by IDC, the Western European IT services market will grow 4.8% in 2008-2012, to reach $249 billion by 2012. Despite the economic downturn, higher demand for outsourcing combined with the increasing externalization of custom application developments will drive IT services spending upwards by 5% in...
- Tags: Custom Application Development, Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, NB
- Blog posts 2008-10-18
- Linux versus Windows: another fine Microsoft TCO Analysis
- When you're hired to prove an untruth, success depends on confusing the reader and this report does that in spades - a beautiful example of the consulting art. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Consulting, Analysis, Outsourcing, Linux, Microsoft Windows, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy, Information Technology, IT Professional, TCO, Salary, Computer, Roi/Tco, UNIX, Open Source, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Blog posts 2008-10-18
- BriefingsDirect Insights Analysts identify IT winners and losers in global economic downturn
- I think this is a great time to do a startup. Number one, VCs be damned at this point. You don't need their money at all, just some angel investors to invest in some very minute infrastructure. With cloud computing out there and the number of things you can do...
- Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dana Gardner, Data Warehouse, Financial, SOA, Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Vertical Industries, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- News to know: Ballmer on Windows 7; T-Mobile G1; Google's 3Q
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ballmer: It's ok to wait until Windows 7; Yahoo still 'makes sense'; Google Apps 'primitive' Microsoft wants you to move: To IE 8, Vista... Ballmer: 'Windows...
- Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile G1, Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, T-Mobile, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Outsourcing, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Gartner rates offshore outsourcing hot spots
- Gartner on Thursday walked IT folks through its global sourcing--also known as offshore outsourcing--methodology in a spiel that was part informative and part subtle hint that the consulting and research firm offers these services. Much of analyst Frances Karamouzis' talk at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo focused on...
- Tags: Offshore Outsourcing, Gartner Inc., Outsourcing, Financial Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- IBM signs up new client for sustainability consulting
- A financial investment firm from Boston, Jantz Morgan, is turning to IBM's green consulting services arm (aka IBM's business strategy consulting practice) to help it integrate the idea of sustainability into its corporate operations. The focus will go beyond the company's impact on the environment; it will...
- Tags: Sustainability, Consulting Service, Consulting, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
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