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Five steps to reduce outsourcing risk
Insight perspective Outsourcing relationships carry some inherent uncertainty but there are ways to lower potential damage to your business. One lawyer offers some advice.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT budgeting, Outsourcing, Supplier, outsourcing agreement, sourcing, law firm, IT budgeting, risk assessment, Change
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
China is India's 'only possible threat'
Insight newsmaker Nasscom Chairman Ganesh Natarajan calls for India to improve its infrastructure, and urges local companies to innovate and reinvent themselves.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Security, India, Information Security, software, job, China, revenue
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...
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
'Global' India is more insulated than 'regulated' India
Blogs Now that it's proven that Uncle Sam is in poor financial health, everyone's been wondering what this means for India. Ev...
2008 in review: Ups and downs
Blogs Just as I did last year, with the sourcing market results in for the full year, it's worth considering how things have g...
Sun guides buyers through the cloud
News Sun Microsystems has launched a service to help companies develop and deploy cloud computing, a rare move into professional services for the company.
Tags: Services, Service level management, Business applications, Cloud computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Cloud computing, Consulting, professional services
Sourcing for Olympic results
Blogs With the Olympics in full swing, there is an interesting parallel between Olympic performance and business performance. ...
Sun open sources mobile Java UI toolkit
News The firm has released the code for its lightweight user interface toolkit under a modified GPLv2 license, in what it says was response to developer demand.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Java, Open source, Toolkit, Mobile, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., phone
Sun: We screwed up on open source
News Simon Phipps, Sun's chief open source officer, says the company alienated open source developers from 2001 to 2002 but is now healing the rift.
Tags: Open source, Officer, Open-source Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, software, Project GlassFish, sourcing, Java, application server
Cisco offers open source alternative to Soap
News The networking equipment maker has developed its own messaging protocol Etch as an alternative to the Soap standard, and made it open source.
Tags: Web services, Open source, Security, Cisco Systems Inc., GPL, W3C, CIO, performance, software, networking equipment company
Stronger S'pore dollar won't hurt too much
News The move by Singapore's central bank to address inflation is good as higher prices will make the country less competitive, say analysts.
Tags: Cost control, IT budgeting, IT Services, Singapore, phone, food, bank, product design, U.S., R&D
Time ripe to experiment with cloud computing
News Hardware, applications and services in the "cloud" are now a mature enough option for IT decision-makers to experiment with, says Accenture chief scientist.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Utility computing, Security, Google Inc., Chief Information Officer, Chief Scientist, Cloud Computing, CIO
Sun boosts revenue with free software strategy
News Sun chief Jonathan Schwartz has created his own free software foundation, open sourcing everything from Java to Solaris as a way to grow revenue.
Tags: Open source, Software, Databases, Servers, Storage, Database, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., phone, Support Services
