Interference with employee pensions isn't a legitimate business purpose for an outsourcing- May 31, 2005 While there can be many reasons for outsourcing, some are not such a good idea and can lead to a court hearing. In a recent outsourcing case, departing employees sought to use a time-honored principle of employment law against an outsourcing undertaken by Honeywell Inc. That principle is that a company may not discharge an employee in order to interfere with his pension benefits. Whilehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272268/interference-with-employ... Another Eastern European Report of Expected IT Outsourcing Growth- May 30, 2005 INFORMATION technologies require a significant start-up investment, both in terms of equipment and expertise, making it a natural activity to outsource. Slovak companies that outsource their IT generally use basic hardware and support services. Insiders expect that as time goes on, however, this will change, and companies will take advantage of the full range of IT solutions that providershttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272269/another-eastern-european... Google PageRank is back- May 30, 2005 The end to all the rumours and expectations of Google's PageRank being gone for good - The grey bar in Google's toolbar is not grey any more. Google's PageRank has been gone since May 26, which caused a lot of different emotions in SEO and web designer circles, ranging from complete despair to almost happiness. Google's PageRank is, to put it simple, a rating based on many factors, as Googlehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272270/google-pagerank-is-back.... Outsourcing Don'ts- May 30, 2005 I came across this short list of outsourcing don'ts and thought I'd share it with my blog's visitors. While there are other things that can be added to it, this is a start. IT vendor relationships are challenging in general, but relationships with outsourcers are the most challenging of all. According to a white paper by Technology & Business Integrators, a consulting firm in Ramsey, N.J.,http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272271/outsourcing-donts.html Six Winners of 2005 Outsourcing Excellence Awards Announced- May 27, 2005 A leading international marketing research firm has selected its best six companies based on outsourcing relationships, and presented its Outsourcing Excellence Awards last May 25 in Scotsdale, Arizona. The Outsourcing Excellence Awards is an annual program developed by Outsourcing Center, an online community specializing in thought leadership, best practices, and innovation in outsourcing.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272272/six-winners-of-2005-outs... Another argument against Eastern-flavoured outsourcing- May 27, 2005 As tensions between Japan and China escalate over arguments with origins in World War II, technology companies should prepare to lessen their reliance on the two countries, according to market research company Gartner Dataquest. "More than 95 percent of the largest 2,000 companies in the world have extensive interests, investments and employees in China and Japan," said Dion Wiggins, vicehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272273/another-argument-against... EU puts funds toward global research on open source CNET News.com- May 26, 2005 Open Source is becoming a European priority: The European Union is putting money toward research into open-source software and standards across the world. The newly approved funding--660,00 euros, or $825,594--is for the two-year FLOSSWorld project, Europe's first initiative to support international research and policy development on "freelibreopen source software." Previous FLOSShttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272274/eu-puts-funds-toward-glo... IBM broadens its hosted-software effort CNET News.com- May 25, 2005 The future of business applications is on the web. IBM's interest to the area is strong proof of it. Increasing its focus on the hosted-applications sector, IBM on Wednesday launched programs designed to support companies that build, sell and market Web-based software to businesses. The Armonk, N.Y.-based company introduced a set of initiatives aimed at helping its independent softwarehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272275/ibm-broadens-its-hosted-... Is Ukraine's IT Infrastructure Developed Enough - Outsourcing Myths- May 24, 2005 Ukraine's IT infrastructure is rapidly developing. As the recent research conducted by the Ukrainian Democratic Initiatives Fund and Kiev International Sociology Institute has shown, 13.1% of Ukrainians have a computer. 14% use Internet andor email either at home or at work. Internet connectivity, being one of the primary concerns for offshoring, is also developing rapidly. Telecom is onehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272276/is-ukraines-it-infrastru... Ballmer: Google might dissapear in the next five years! - Softpedia News- May 22, 2005 While Microsoft is still in the process of developing Longhorn that should reportedly improve searching, among other things, they can't find anything better to do but have a go at Google. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, spoke during a lecture at Stanford Business School about the potential of the software considering the continuous expansion of the computing processes in other domains besideshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/109272277/ballmer-google-might-dis... |