Offshore Outsourcing
Information Week, 7/28/03: Offshore Outsourcing: A Means To An End
By Bob Evans
Offshore outsourcing is today perhaps the most emotional and least-understood business practice in the world. To be sure, in a lot of cases it is and will continue to be wrenching and deeply disruptive for not only many individuals but also large groups of professionals caught on the wrong side of this trend.
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User Issues
eWeek, 8/4/03: PCs Aren't for Everyone
By Jim Rapoza
Not everyone should have a personal computer. There. I've said it. You'll say I'm a techno-elitist, that I believe that some people should be excluded from the technology revolution. That's not true.
I believe that everyone should be part of the technology revolution. But I don't think PCs are the right platform for everyone because of their high complexity level and because of the harm that not understanding these systems can cause users.
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Managed Security Services
Giga, 8/5/03: Market Overview 2003: Managed Security Services
Steve Hunt
Demand for managed security services, or outsourced security services, in North America and Europe has only slightly increased since our last market overview on the subject in 2000. This is remarkable, especially considering the steady consolidation and reduction of the vendor population. There are far fewer major vendors in the space than there were just two years ago. Many acquired their competitors, and some went out of business altogether. But even with this reduced net competition, spending for managed security services has risen only modestly. Today, we find a few focused service providers with bright outlooks and profitable books, and most others doing damage control. However, all of the vendors have created a rut for themselves through ineffective marketing and, as a result, have tainted the entire sector of managed security services with the sour taste of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD), rather than painting a picture of value and benefit.
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Collaborative Technologies’
Shelley Powers’ Blog, 8/5/03: FOAF, Flocking and the Semantics of Starlings
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To be a Semantic Web, it must be mechanical, and therefore precise, mathematical, and ultimately unambiguous. But to be a Semantic Web, it must also encapsulate meaning, context, and embrace ambiguity. Ignore the discontinuities, embrace the discontinuities.
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All About The Latest Celebrity Running for Governor of California
Associated Press – Trust Me, You Probably Haven’t Seen this Report Yet
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