Sourcing Industry
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Linux gains ground in China
Insight Linux sales momentum is not likely to slow down this year, but "unprecedented" fierce competition is expected, says analyst.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS
When open source comes marching in
Insight Open source is gaining traction in the public sector, as Asian governments look for alternative software that meet business needs and offer more bang for the buck.
Tags: Open source
Sourcing maturity
Blogs A while back, I talked about inexperienced practitioners and more recently about professionalism in sourcing. Some conve...
A look ahead at 2009
Blogs As I mentioned in my previous post, having the 2008 sourcing industry information available, and in particular the "tale...
2009: Racing to subsidies
Blogs Last time, I noted a trend for 2009 in relation to increased government activity in the sourcing industry. As we observe...
Global financial contagion and sourcing
Blogs Watching the financial industry events unfold (perhaps snowball is a better word), I started wondering what this could m...
BPO, the unfulfilled promise
Blogs The adoption of larger-scale (i.e. total contract value of US$25 million or above) BPO (business process outsourcing) de...
Have we started to turn the corner?
Blogs I'm back from some surgery--something we'll all be pleased to outsource to experts! Making predictions is very risky,...
Players in the sourcing industry
Blogs Sitting in a major software outsourcing conference in Beijing this week, I couldn't help but wonder about the players in...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Understanding sourcing management
Blogs Something's wrong so it must be the service provider's fault! How many times have we all heard that? As the sourcing ...
China's emergence in sourcing realm
Blogs There has been a lot of talk about how China can, and perhaps will, impact the entire sourcing industry. I would like to...
What's happened to outsourcing?
Blogs Have you noticed that there aren't as many press releases about new outsourcing contracts being signed these days? ...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Are telcos new drivers of outsourcing industry?
Blogs The recent TPI Index from TPI highlighted an interesting trend where a few very large telco-to-telco contracts--instance...
Competition heats up for outsourcing industry
Blogs News this week might slip under the radar in terms of industry impacts as individual events may not have been game-chang...
Will cash solve China's 'community' problem?
Blogs China's legacy communities are LinuxSir, China Java World, and Huihoo. They have historically culled a group of ent...
