Outsourcing
Outsourcing Center, 8/02: Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, It's Off to Work We Go
Advice for Starting an Outsourcing Relationship
By Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The devil's in the details is not just a popular cliché. When it comes to structuring an outsourcing relationship, the details make the difference between blue chip deals and fiascos. Outsourcing is not an off-the-shelf solution. Because approaches correlate to outcomes, the manner you undertake the behind-the-scenes work before an outsourcing relationship begins is crucial.
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Outsourcing Center, 8/02: (i)Structure Creates Model to Chart IT Outsourcing Performance in Information Technology
Take The Test and See How You Rate!
By Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Editor
When you spend 14 years running other people's servers, you notice trends. "Some things make a significant difference in both cost and performance," points out Dave Leonard, chief technology officer (CTO) for (i)Structure, Inc., an IT infrastructure outsourcer headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
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IT Management
Information Week, 8/2/02: IT Buyers Predict Spending Growth
For 2002, both U.S. and U.K. IT decision makers predicted about 4% growth, while German tech buyers said spending would be flat.
By Sandra Swanson
U.S. and U.K. IT buyers are more optimistic about tech spending than their German counterparts, according to a recent study by United Business Media's RoperNOP Technology Group and CMP Media business divisions. For 2002, both U.S. and U.K. IT decision-makers predicted about 4% growth, while German tech buyers said spending would be flat. The outlook for 2003 was much brighter, particularly for the U.S., which expects 7.7% growth. U.K. respondents came in at 6.3%, and German buyers predicted 5.4% growth.
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Information Week, 8/5/02: Downside Up
Despite more gloomy economic news, some companies are positioning for future growth
By Tony Kontzer with Rick Whiting and Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
The economic news was mostly bad last week, with new data indicating that the business slump has been worse than generally realized, causing more hand wringing among downturn-weary executives. One way to deal with the news is to clamp down harder, reel in expenses, and brace till the gloom passes. Another: Take action now to prepare for an eventual upturn.
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Giga Research, 8/2/02: Key Metrics for Monitoring Desktop and Mobile Hardware
Most people are measured on the ability to show improvement over a period of time, or at the very least, the ability to prove we aren’t making things worse. While subjective opinions are interesting in a subjective world, the person with the most impressive title wins — and, in most cases, that is not likely to be you. If objective measurements (metrics) can be captured, they can be used to better drive an agenda more in line with goals. If they hold up, objective, quantifiable facts will beat subjective opinions in most, though unfortunately not all, situations.
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Networking
PC World, 9/02: Gigabit Nets For Small Business
1000-mbps nets come to desktops.
Ramon G. McLeod
Gigabit networking over copper wiring has been available since 1999, but until very recently, high costs placed it beyond the reach of small and midsize businesses (and advanced home networkers).
Now, gigabit ethernet controllers are starting to appear on PC motherboards, notably the one inside Dell's new OptiPlex GX260. And Linksys has introduced its first line of products aimed at smaller businesses that want to upgrade their PCs and network switches to the 1000-mbps (1-gbps) standard. Though prices are still fairly high, users who work with large data sets (such as enterprise-level databases) or stream video over a network should consider it.
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Microsoft
Infoworld, 8/5/02: Office gets its XML Groove
By Mark Jones and Heather Harreld
AS MICROSOFT DRIVES XML into the core of its client software stack, Groove Networks is set to unveil a new toolkit designed to extend the collaborative capabilities of Windows applications.
The move is part of Microsoft's overall effort to leverage XML to make Office the de facto front end to any enterprise application, and more specifically tightly couple Office with Microsoft offerings such as Great Plains and BizTalk.
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