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APAC CIOs score 'poor' in managing assets
News Region's IT chiefs rate themselves well in executing IT and governance but give low marks on competence in technology and asset management, new survey reveals.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Innovation, SOA, India, International Data Corp., Singapore, Cloud Computing, CIO
Beware hidden costs in your IT organization
News In current economic climate, IT heads may do well to monitor often overlooked costs such as maintenance contracts, training and certification.
Tags: IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Training, Storage, Procurement, Hardware, software
Malaysia won't capitalize on Satyam fallout
News Local outsourcing players can't compete directly with India, but will gain long-term benefits from increased transparency and governance, say market watchers.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Competitive advantage, Outsourcing, India, Positioning, International Data Corp., Malaysia, Kelly Outsourcing
The changing view of sourcing advisors
Blogs The topic of sourcing advisors has been a regular one in this blog, and with all the recent news in terms of "ranking" s...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
Looking ahead
Blogs As we contemplate the last day of 2007, I thought this would be a good time to look ahead to next year. What sourcing...
Simple hardware approaches to secure laptops
Techguide Find out some ways to quickly and easily enhance the security of employees' personal laptops with a limited budget.
Tags: Security, Hardware, Authentication, Seagate Momentus, Encryption, Hong Kong, USB Flash Drive, Seagate Momentus Full Disk Encryption, hard drive, Laptop Computer
Professionalism and sourcing
Blogs Last week during our TPI conferences in Asia-Pacific, I found myself discussing the concept of professionalism of sourci...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Offshoring
The 3C sourcing framework
Blogs As many of us have noticed, the labor arbitrage era as it relates to sourcing is rapidly coming to an end. This perio...
Art and science in sourcing
Blogs People involved in service delivery and sourcing often experience a challenging dichotomy in their jobs. On the one...
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
The once and future app store
News Third-party applications are the future of the smartphone business, but there are varying--and valid--theories on how those applications should reach the world.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Carrier, Symbian Inc., phone, AT&T Corp.
How has 2007 gone?
Blogs Even though we're not quite at the end of 2007, I thought now would be a good time, before people start heading off for ...
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...
TCS clinches billion-dollar deal
Blogs Did TCS get your attention when they announced this deal? The market penetration, in specific areas, achieved by a nu...
Is a giant awakening?
Blogs If we analyse the global sourcing market on a geographic basis, one key trend stands out significantly, as shown in the ...
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
