Utility Computing
Press Release, Computer Sciences Corporation, 5/6/04: Utility Computing
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) today announced Results-Driven Computing Services, a flexible, vendor-independent and cost-effective way for customers to tap into computer applications and services on an as-needed basis without paying for always-on capacity that could be sitting idle much of the time.
Results-Driven Computing offers clients with variable processing requirements predictable, "pay-as-you-use" pricing, access to a broad range of options and "just-in-time" provisioning using industry-leading security tools and practices. In addition, clients obtain greatly increased visibility into their infrastructure services and control over the most critical business processes associated with them via CSC e4, the company's proprietary business process management solution.
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Offshoring
c|net, 5/6/04: Craig Barrett, CEO, Intel: Do we want to compete?
Offshoring. To some, that term encapsulates all that is evil in Corporate America: moving existing jobs from here in the United States to foreign lands in order to exploit low wages or lenient regulations, et cetera.
For Intel, there isn't mass movement of jobs offshore. Most of our hiring in foreign lands represents newly created positions that serve growing markets. When creating new jobs, companies must hire where the marketplace is growing (or has greater potential for growth). For many companies, including Intel, the opportunities for growth are greater outside rather than inside the United States.
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We won't win the race by asking others to slow down. We will win by being better than the competition. That means we must have higher productivity, greater innovation, superior education, cooperative government policy--and more. Unfortunately, the United States is falling behind on many of these fronts. So, as Americans, we have to ask ourselves: "Do we want to compete?"
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c|net, 5/6/04: How India is handling international backlash
By Dinesh C. Sharma and Mike Yamamoto
NEW DELHI--Manoj Kunkalienkar doesn't panic when he hears stories about a potential U.S. backlash against India over offshore labor.
The president of ICICI Infotech, an outsourcing company based in Mumbai, India, says clues to the future of India's technology industry can be found about 4,000 miles away, at the other side of Asia.
"If you recollect, there was a negative sentiment about Japanese goods during the '80s. Today, brands like Toyota, Sony, Honda and Mitsubishi are as much a part of modern America as Ford," Kunkalienkar said. "Backlash is a passing phase, and ultimately, corporations as well as people will realize the greater business benefits."
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