Magic City Morning Star: U.S. Offshoring of Personal Data Grows- June 22, 2005 According to the Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego, CA there have been close to 60 reported security breaches of customer financial information from United States corporations thus far in 2005, involving 13.5 million customers identities. The companies include Choicepoint, Inc., Bank of America Corp., Wachovia Corp., Ameritrade Holding Corp., DSW Shoe Warehouse, Time Warner Inc.,http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76591112/magic-city-morning-star-u... Ukraine IT Outsourcing Myths Covered by Ezine Articles- June 22, 2005 An article about Ukraine IT outsourcing myths has been published by Ezine Articles, an online article directory. While Ukraine is becoming a new popular IT outsourcing destination, there are still many myths about it and no clear understanding of the opportunities outsourcing to Ukraine can present... See the article here: Ukraine IT Myths Dispersedhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76512308/ukraine-it-outsourcing-my... Dell founder thinks different about Apple CNET News.com- June 17, 2005 Apple has been in the news a lot lately. First, the news of AppleIntel deal. Now, there's more coming. Michael Dell is thinking different about the Mac OS. The founder and chairman of the No. 1 computer maker told Fortune magazine that he would be interested in becoming a switcher himself if the opportunity ever came up. "If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happyhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76512309/dell-founder-thinks-diffe... Falling CD Sales: It's Not All In Piracy- June 14, 2005 Declining CD sales can't be blamed on file-sharing networks alone, according to a new report. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said Monday that digital music piracy is a problem, but other factors--such as the rise in the number of entertainment sources--are more likely to have had a significant impact on music sales. "It is very difficult tohttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76563430/falling-cd-sales-its-not-... The Advance of Open Source- June 13, 2005 Open Source is gaining more and more popularity, and not only among developers and techically minded folks. Apart from software development, Open Source is gaining new markets. As Nokia announced, a new web browser for its smart phones will use two components already employed by Apple Computer in its Safari Web browser for its Mac OS X operating system. Moreover, This is not Nokia's firsthttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76606484/advance-of-open-source.ht... Turning Outsourcing into Your Ally- June 9, 2005 A white paper published recently by the Pythian Group covers the issue of making the IT outsourcing work for your benefit. Nowadays, you often need to outsource just to stay competitive. However, not paying enough attention and giving it enough consideration can turn outsourcing from a life savior into a nightmare. The trend toward IT outsourcing is increasing dramatically. According to ahttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76643930/turning-outsourcing-into-... What to outsource and what not to outsource: email security- June 8, 2005 E-mail security consists of five critical components: spam and fraud prevention; virus and worm protection; policy and content compliance; e-mail privacy; and intrusion prevention. Managed service providers address only two of these components: spam and viruses. Deciding to use a managed service rather than handling e-mail security in-house means leaving your organization vulnerable to threatshttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76643931/what-to-outsource-and-wha... Macworld Concerned about Apple Outsourcing- June 6, 2005 US policymakers are looking to Apple as a "symbol of US industry" thanks to the success of the iPod, but is Apple's a good example to copy in the light of a collapse in the US manufacturing employment market. The Boston Herald has some concerns about Apple's outsourcing of manufacturing jobs overseas at a time when the US jobs market is faultering. Reporter Brett Arends looks at thehttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76606485/macworld-concerned-about-... Mobile Era: Laptops Outsell Desktops for First Time- June 5, 2005 In a sure sign that the era of mobile computing has arrived, notebooks have for the first time outsold desktops in the United States in a calendar month, the research firm Current Analysis says. After tracking sales from a sampling of electronics retailers, Current Analysis says notebook sales accounted for 53 percent of the total personal computer market last month, up from 46 percenthttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76591115/mobile-era-laptops-outsel... Why Outsourcing Fails - One More Attempt To Analyze- June 3, 2005 Some time ago, I have seen an article that suggested possible reasons why outsourcing projects fail. Among other things mentioned in the article, the following statement looks very important: So why do so many IT outsourcing projects fail to deliver the benefits that companies want Perhaps companies need to realise that just because a service is outsourced, it doesn't mean a company canhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ItOutsourcingComments/~3/76643932/why-outsourcing-fails-one... |