CenterBeam
Computerworld, 6/19/02: CenterBeam, Nasdaq Liffe in outsourcing deal
Nasdaq Liffe Markets LLC has chosen CenterBeam Inc. to handle its IT outsourcing.
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Outsourcing
Enterprise Systems Journal, 6/1/02: Wanted: A Host That Serves Reliability
Despite high-profile blowouts, managed service providers succeed at selling their high-availability message to large enterprises.
by Alan Joch
South Florida: Luxury condos, warm ocean water and pleasure-boat-lined docks. A place to escape your problems. Or, if you're John Wolf, a place where problems—also known as hurricanes—can escape to find you.
Wolf's the executive director of Océ Production Printing Systems, headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. He's seen the darker side of working in paradise: Each year, from late summer through fall, Boca finds itself in prime, business-destroying hurricane territory.
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CFO Magazine, 6/1/02: The tech 20: the people, trends, and issues that most influence information technology today.
Scott Leibs
BECAUSE information technology exerts such a strong influence at companies of all sizes around the globe, and because it continues to evolve rapidly on many different fronts, it merits a closer look. On the following pages we offer snapshots of the 20 people, technologies, and trends that have had a major impact on the IT world in the past year, and that seem likely to remain dominant forces in the months ahead. Many affect finance directly, and they all promise (or continue) to reshape business in ways none of us can fully imagine.
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#14 Offshore Outsourcing
What began as a cheap fix for Y2K problems has exploded into a legitimate and multifaceted industry, which must make the manager of the Bangalore Starbucks very happy. India accounts for more than 85 percent of the offshore IT outsourcing market — Oracle Corp. now has 5 percent of its workforce there — but China, Russia, Poland, Ireland, and other countries are also happy to provide IT brainpower for only 60 percent to 70 percent of what U.S. workers earn. At a time when demand for traditional technology outsourcing is flattening, the offshore variety is predicted to grow to more than $17 billion by 2005 (and that's spending by U.S. companies alone), and account for up to 28 percent of the IT budgets of companies that take this approach. Already, though, IT salaries are climbing in India; analysts say "mundane" coding will move to China and other nations eager to emerge digitally.
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Giga, 6/19/02: Network Outsourcing Services From Network Operators vs. IT Services Providers
As enterprises look for ways to cut their costs for information technology, a growing number of organizations see the outsourcing of infrastructure management, including the transfer of assets, personnel and operational responsibilities, as an attractive option. Network outsourcing, in particular, is an ideal candidate due to robust remote management and monitoring tools, high capital and relatively high operational costs, and a relatively low source of competitive differentiation.
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