Outsourcing
Computerworld, 9/26/03: Outsourcing is the fastest growing federal technology segment
The Department of Homeland Security is one of the agencies driving the increase
Story by Linda Rosencrance
SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - Outsourcing is the fastest growing technology segment in the federal government, according to a report released today by research firm Input.
In an announcement, Input said federal spending on outsourcing will increase 13% per year between fiscal 2003 and fiscal 2008, rising from $8.5 billion to $15.5 billion during that five-year period.
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Computerworld, 9/25/03: ITAA panel debates outsourcing pros, cons
The Bush administration has no plans to block offshore outsourcing
Story by Patrick Thibodeau
SEPTEMBER 25, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - NEW YORK -- Although the Bush administration sees good and bad in the recent trend toward offshore outsourcing, it has no plans to block companies from moving IT jobs to India or other countries. Instead, it plans to focus on developing an economic climate that helps create jobs in the U.S., an administration official said yesterday.
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Microsoft
Information Week, 9/25/03: The buzz over bugs continues
Don't expect the sruhaha over software flaws, viruses, worms, and hacks to go away anytime soon. The subject got plenty of discussion at InformationWeek's fall conference this week in Tucson, Ariz., where many IT executives echoed the sentiments of those cited in our Sept. 15 story, "Fix-It Fatigue," who said they were tired of spending hours of staff time downloading, testing, and distributing software patches to their Windows environments. Some worried U.S. businesses could get hit even harder if computer systems became the target of a really malicious strain of virus or hackers intent on doing serious damage.
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The New York Times, 9/29/03: To Fix Software Flaws, Microsoft Invites Attack
By STEVE LOHR
Microsoft's Security Response Center in Redmond, Wash., is the computing equivalent of a hospital emergency ward. When a problem comes in the door the center's director, Kevin Kean, and his staff must swiftly make an assessment: Is the security weakness detected in a Microsoft software product only minor? Or is it possibly so serious that, if exploited by a vandal's malicious code (as happened last month with the Blaster worm) it might crash computers and networks around the world?
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