Date: 03/05/05     Keywords: no keywords

Customer service operations sent overseas can cost almost a third more, according to a new study.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Gartner%3A+Outsourcing+costs+more+than+in-house/2100-9589_22-5600485.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

Consultant-News.com has followed Avail, a public sector business which started with two consultants and has grown to 25 in the past year.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/How+to+build+a+consulting+biz+from+scratch/2100-9589_22-5600041.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/04/05     Keywords: technology

Commentary--New thinking about the way companies buy technology could reshape the industry landscape. Pay-as-you-go computing may take some sting out of upgrades.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Is+IT+ready+for+big+changes%3F/2100-9589_22-5599762.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Business departments wanting to improve their processes should take a hard look at what their IT departments are doing--they may have a lot to learn.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/What+the+business+could+learn+from+IT/2100-9589_22-5598404.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/02/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary-- Here's how Symantec put in an Oscar-losing performance when my hard drive came under attack.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Why+does+service+stink%3F/2100-9589_22-5596665.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/28/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--On Wall Street anyway, IT doesn't matter, at least not much. Oil is hot, tech is not.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Does+IT+matter+now%3F/2100-9589_22-5592972.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Don't believe all is lost. CIOs are willing to buy from small players--they just need the right approach.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/How+small+IT+vendors+can+win+big+accounts/2100-9589_22-5585684.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Famously long workweeks are shrinking as management improves and employees focus on life outside the cubicle.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Shorter+hours+in+software/2100-9589_22-5582885.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/17/05     Keywords: offshore

Government report also suggests that offshore outsourcing played just a small role in mass layoffs in the fourth quarter.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Fewer+pink+slips+for+techies/2100-9589_22-5580852.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/15/05     Keywords: no keywords

Unless the states focus on maintaining their gold standing, AEA warns, "American losses will not be confined to the basketball court."

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/U.S.+tech+leadership+to+go+way+of+2004+Dream+Team%3F/2100-9589_22-5576204.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/14/05     Keywords: no keywords

Report says California's big share of online postings for tech jobs fell in January, while Texas and Florida gained ground.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Golden+State%27s+lead+in+job+creation+is+melting/2100-9589_22-5575669.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/11/05     Keywords: offshoring

India and China will be the main winners from an increase in offshoring but Eastern Europe is also set to benefit, according to a report.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Competition+grows+for+global+offshoring/2100-9589_22-5573033.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

Some in computing world say HP's former chief helped inspire women, who nonetheless have been abandoning computer careers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Woman+advocates+regret+Fiorina%27s+departure/2100-9589_22-5570173.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/09/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Departing HP CEO Carly Fiorina had a vision. The problem was that it just changed every few months.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Fiorina%27s+fuzzy+vision/2100-9589_22-5569725.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/07/05     Keywords: no keywords

Harvard president's comments reignite debate over women in computer science, with reformers trying to reverse guy-centric patterns.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Opening+doors+for+women+in+computing/2100-9589_22-5557311.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

Consultants want their cake and time to eat it, too. A new survey shows that flexible working hours and can be viewed as better than a pay raise.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Work-life+balance+can+override+salary/2100-9589_22-5563785.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/04/05     Keywords: software

McKinsey says "it will be many years before the country poses a threat to its continental rival" in software outsourcing.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Report%3A+China%27s+outsourcing+industry+lags+India%27s/2100-9589_22-5562791.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/03/05     Keywords: technology

Commentary--As the cost of IT comes down, it's changing the ways small businesses use technology.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/New+IT+opportunites+tease+small+business/2100-9589_22-5562349.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/03/05     Keywords: security

Job satisfaction rose in January, but so did job security fears, according to a new study from staffing firm Hudson.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/IT+worker+confidence+holds+steady/2100-9589_22-5561019.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 01/28/05     Keywords: no keywords

The company announced the acquisition of the HR outsourcing firm and the restructuring of its outsourcing division.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/EDS+makes+an+outsourcing+push/2100-9589_22-5555076.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn