Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Three years ago, Chris Collins, a Wisconsin native, flew to China to take a job teaching English at a private school. He began studying Mandarin on the plane. Today, at 25, he is the international business development manager for a Chinese software outsourcing company, MaesInfo Corp., speaks the language and ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
An article by Jacquline Zhang summarizes pretty well: by adding up the dangers and benefits of outsourcing to China, you get a fairly mixed report card.
(+) We score service provider availability a positive. There are some true diamonds with potential to grow, given the projects. The challenge is finding the ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Recent IDC study indicated almost half of small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) have increased their IT budgets for 2008, ahead of larger enterprises. Study shows their lack of expertise in buying and deploying technology means their spending will be concentrated on playing catch-up with their larger counterparts. It also found ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Here is a breakdown of where the job losses were as well as which sectors were adding jobs. Worst hit continue to be construction and manufacturing. Education, Health Care and Professional Services added the most jobs.
Total change in non-farm payroll = - 20,000
* Private ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
The current U.S. economic slowdown will lead buyers of IT services to consider increasing the percentage of their labor in offshore, lower-cost locations such India and China, according to Gartner.
With concerns that the US economic slowdown could extend to other geographies, organizations are refocusing on IT cost reduction and taking ...
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