Outsourcing
Gartner, 10/25/04: Sourcing Decisions Aren't Set in Stone
No one should be surprised when organizations alter their IT sourcing plans or bring outsourced services back in-house. More and more sourcing strategies are proving to be journeys, not one-off decisions.
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Security
Wired News, 10/26/04: Home PCs Plagued With Problems
WASHINGTON -- Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers. They found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers.
One beleaguered home user in the government-backed study had more than 1,000 spyware programs running on his sluggish computer when researchers examined it.
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Digerati
The New York Times, 10/24/04: Pixar's Mr. Incredible May Yet Rewrite the Apple Story
By RANDALL STROSS
EVEN his biggest fans might see Steven P. Jobs, Apple Computer's chief executive, as a brilliant dunce. He has the absolutely best software to run a personal computer but can't figure out how to convert technical superiority into the industry standard. He has the absolutely best portable player for tunes but can't figure out how to convert market dominance on the music side into increased market share on the computer side.
He's capable of better, much better. His record as C.E.O. of Pixar Animation Studios - he somehow serves as the boss of two publicly traded companies - suggests that, at Apple, he may yet pass from erratically great to best of the best. In the early years at Pixar, he had incredible technology and no idea what to do with it. But once the strategic vision came into focus, he started on a roll that is unlike any other and continues to this day.
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