Date: 05/20/05     Keywords: no keywords

Consulting firms are often criticized for not applying to their own businesses the advice and best-practice doctrine that they apply to clients' businesses.

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Date: 05/19/05     Keywords: no keywords

A UK and U.S. company, pioneers in the outsourcing industry, merge to form a global consulting group.

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Date: 05/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

Analysis--Wage inflation in India, steeper competition and dwindling margins will cause outsourcers to work harder for their revenues--but profits are still to be made.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Outsourcing+on+the+brink+of+changes/2100-9589_22-5705146.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 05/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--David Patterson, president of the Association for Computing Machinery, warns that the U.S. could easily forfeit its IT leadership to Asia.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/U.S.+IT+leadership+in+trouble%3F/2100-9589_22-5703667.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 05/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Example: A company seeking product ideas asked its employees and also hired a marketing group. The employees came up with the same ideas, plus many, many more.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Building+innovation%3A+Don%27t+pass+the+buck/2100-9589_22-5695214.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 05/03/05     Keywords: software

Indian firms have taken over quite a bit of software development from the U.S. Now, they want to become the guys in the blue suits.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Outsourcing+giant+Wipro+eyes+consulting+gigs/2100-9589_22-5693500.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/29/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Tech CEOs can't imagine that Sarbanes-Oxley's backers ever thought compliance would cost so much.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Tech%27s+big+complaint+of+2005/2100-9589_22-5689895.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/29/05     Keywords: no keywords

Next month, IBM's Tivoli systems management division will detail Eclipse-based tools designed to improve IT administration.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/IBM+Tivoli+plan+knits+in+Rational+tools/2100-9589_22-5689034.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Human resources outsourcing is on track to continue record growth in the United States, according to a new survey.

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Date: 04/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Companies are rethinking the promise of outsourcing due to bad experiences with current projects, according to a study by Deloitte Consulting.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Study%3A+Outsourcing+falls+from+favor/2100-9589_22-5681252.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/22/05     Keywords: no keywords

Country is becoming a center of innovation, according to some experts. Another view is that China is likely to be stuck as follower.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/China+closing+the+tech+gap%3F/2100-9589_22-5680355.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/21/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--In the heated debate about globalization, outsourcing has been overlooked. It's not always about saving money, it's about finding talent, too.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/It%27s+all+about+talent+24%2F7/2100-9589_22-5678088.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/18/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--OK, so winning isn't everything. But 17th place? News.com's Charles Cooper looks at America's poor showing in an international coding contest.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/%27We%27re+No.+17%27--Why+U.S.+coders+fell+flat/2100-9589_22-5675227.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/18/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why Silicon Valley fears a meltdown if trade and geopolitical frictions with Asia's emerging superpower escalate.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Pro-tech+China+policy+on+shaky+grounds/2100-9589_22-5675168.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/14/05     Keywords: no keywords

Companies can better protect their confidential information by dealing directly with suspicious queries, says infamous ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Mitnick%3A+%27Human+firewall%27+a+crucial+defense/2100-9589_22-5671188.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/14/05     Keywords: no keywords

Some industry leaders are expecting China to represent close to 24 percent of the entire Asia Pacific marketplace by 2008.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Consulting+markets+to+open+up+in+China/2100-9589_22-5671147.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/13/05     Keywords: no keywords

Q&A Is it the Domino Theory of outsourcing? Wipro's CEO talks about India's rising costs and new interest in China.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Outsourcing+moving+to+China%3F/2100-9589_22-5669415.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/13/05     Keywords: offshore

Outsourcer Marc Hebert says the new calculation that India's offshore prospects is dimming is a misreading of the facts.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/India%3A+Washed+offshore--or+not%3F/2100-9589_22-5669396.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

For some reason many people don't truly believe the market can be doing well again unless strategy consulting work is going through the roof.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Strategy+consulting+rebound--myth+or+reality%3F/2100-9589_22-5662916.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 04/11/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Michael Kanellos gives incoming HP CEO Mark Hurd a few words of advice...like ditch the Gulfstreams.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/How+to+save+Hewlett-Packard/2100-9589_22-5662237.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn