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Netizens driving firms' social responsibility
News Online communities increasingly driving corporate social responsibility in Asia-Pacific, but governments still hold most sway, finds new study.
Tags: Green IT, Web 2.0, Corporate responsibility, Hewlett-Packard Co., Asia, India, Asia-Pacific, Europe, corporate governance, Corporate Social Responsibility
Microsoft to patch new DirectX hole
News New hole in DirectX could allow an attacker to take control of a computer if the user visits a site and runs a maliciously crafted QuickTime file.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Security implementation/standards, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Apple QuickTime, DirectX, Vulnerability, Admin User
When cash is king in M&A
Blogs Following on from last week's posting, we've seen more merger and acquisition (M&A) activity with TCS acquiring Citigrou...
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...
1H09: Asia-Pacific and ITO the bright spots
Blogs With the 2009 first half results for the sourcing market now out, it's worth digging into them a bit to see what they te...
Deciding to outsource: Is it cultural?
Blogs You may have been expecting this to be about cultural differences in relation to companies that outsource but it's not. ...
Who cares about sourcing?
Blogs When was the last time your CEO got excited about sourcing? If you're like many others out there, you probably can't ...
The link between academia and outsourcing
Blogs One of the surest signs that an industry or profession is maturing is its entry into the university realm. This can be e...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Cutting costs sensibly
Blogs I've been quiet for a while, watching how people in our industry will react to the ongoing global economic turmoil. O...
Reducing value leakage: back to basics
Blogs Negotiating a good contract, managing volume reductions and managing service reductions are all important steps in terms...
