Outsourcing
C|net, 11/12/03: Keane hiring in Canada
By Ed Frauenheim
Job market tidings have been gloomy for U.S. tech workers, but information technology services company Keane has some encouraging news for IT pros in Canada. Keane said Wednesday that it launched a campaign to fill 175 new jobs at its facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Because of increased demand for its "nearshore" application outsourcing services, Keane said it is seeking to attract IT professionals from Nova Scotia, Ontario and other Canadian provinces to fill a variety of new technical positions.
Studies have forecast more IT work heading offshore to countries such as India. According to Keane, Canada is a promising nation for outsourcing, thanks to factors such as time zones similar to those in the United States and a common language. Keane's growth in Halifax is being supported with assistance from Nova Scotia's Economic Development Office and Nova Scotia Business, the province's business development agency.
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Meta, 11/3/03: Developing a Sourcing Strategy
Stratos Sarissamilis
Sourcing strategies based on a sound business case drive successful undertakings, but man users approach outsourcing tactically, often mortgaging near-term savings for long-term loses.
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Meta, 11/4/03: Sourcing Outsourcing: Part 1
Kip Martin
Increasing demand for IT outsourcing and the evolving capabilities of strategic sourcing solutions, in conjunction with integrated supplier relationship management solutions, will create requirements for tools to facility both service provider selection and the management of complex outsourced systems and processes.
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IT Management
Giga, 11/12/03: Providing Employees With Home PCs Poses Significant Risks
David Friedlander
Do companies typically allow employees to take PCs home to be used for work? What are the risks of offering our employees old PCs that we are replacing?
Giving or selling computers to employees poses a number of risks. Although many of the risks can be mitigated, companies that want to offer employees old PCs or laptops should give them away rather than sell them. Many companies offer an employee purchase program through the preferred corporate desktop vendor with a negotiated discount. In rare circumstances, companies have actively subsidized home PC purchases. However, companies that want to give employees the ability to work from home periodically should either set up remote access or issue laptops when appropriate.
The risks of giving employees old PCs include:
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Collaborative Technologies
eWeek, 11/12/03: Ray Ozzie on Longhorn & Groove Networks
By Steve Gillmor
Since the early days of his development of Lotus Notes, Ray Ozzie has competed vigorously with Microsoft while working closely with Redmond as a leading ISV on the Windows platform. Now, with Microsoft's significant investment in Ozzie's Groove Networks, the collaboration has broadened. In the aftermath of Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Ozzie spoke about Longhorn and Groove with eWEEK Contributing Editor Steve Gillmor.
SG: What are your gut feelings about Microsoft's Longhorn Wave?
Ozzie: If anybody had any doubt that the rich client is alive and well, this should extinguish any of that doubt. They are pouring billions into keeping the rich client alive and well and healthy, and there are just an amazing number of very smart people working on the stuff. Yeah, it's early, but all I can hope is that a lot of people pay attention to it. And at the appropriate time, sensitive to how people can make investments over long periods of time, I hope we see a lot of new interesting stuff come out, because there are a tremendous number of new services that are going to be available on the client side. I'm pretty psyched about it.
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Optimism
Computerworld, 11/13/03: Dell posts 21% increase in earnings in Q3
Products sold to U.S. consumers jumped by 28% over year-ago levels
Briefs by Linda Rosencrance
NOVEMBER 13, 2003 ( COMPUTERWORLD ) - Dell Inc. today reported third-quarter earnings of $677 million, or 26 cents per share. That's up 21% from the $561 million, or 21 cents per share, in earnings the company reported in the same quarter last year.
Revenue was $10.6 billion, 16% higher than the $9.1 billion reported in the same quarter of 2002 and up more than 40% from the third quarter of 2001. The quarter ended Oct. 31.
Dell cited 35% growth in the Asian-Pacific and European markets as contributing to the increased earnings.
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