Offshoring
C|net, 10/26/04: Kerry report: Economy 'threatened' by offshoring
By Ed Frauenheim
Software programmers and other professionals hurt by outsourcing should get federal assistance, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Tuesday in a new position paper.
Kerry's paper also repeats a number of his ideas for keeping high-paying jobs in America in the face of the offshore-outsourcing trend, in which skilled work is sent to lower-wage countries such as India. The paper, published one week before the presidential election, is the latest move by Kerry to attack President Bush on economic matters. Bush has been quiet on the specific topic of shipping work abroad, but his advisers have defended so-called "offshoring" as healthy for the economy.
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IT Management
Computerworld, 10/26/04: Microsoft details new domain-specific modeling tools
The new technology is designed for building custom visual modeling tools
News Story by Heather Havenstein
OCTOBER 26, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Microsoft Corp. is continuing its efforts to tap the enterprise-level development market with the announcement of a new framework and tool for Visual Studio Team System to support the creation of service-oriented applications for various vertical industries.
The new technology -- designed to be used for building custom visual modeling tools -- is part of a Community Technology Preview released by Microsoft to help users and vendors test it with the design tools that will ship with Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Microsoft earlier this year detailed plans for VSTS, which it said will provide development, design and testing tools in a single product that can bolster collaboration among architects, developer and IT professionals.
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Linux Desktop Management
Computerworld, 10/26/04: Xandros unveils Linux Desktop Management Server app
It's free for now with the purchase of five copies of Xandros Linux
News Story by Todd R. Weiss
OCTOBER 26, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Linux desktop vendor Xandros Inc. today announced the availability of its new Xandros Desktop Management Server (xDMS) application, which gives IT administrators the tools to roll out, configure and maintain mass deployments of Linux-equipped PCs.
The new product is aimed at networks from small business workgroups to large enterprises, providing administrators with a graphical user interface instead of a command line to oversee their network. Point-and-click tools allow departmental desktop administrators to maintain systems with minimal training and technical expertise, according to the New York-based company.
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Future Focus
Morgan Stanley, Mary Meeker, 10/25/04: An Update from the Digital World
The Internet has become a leading source for news and information over the past decade, but we believe the emerging acceptance (by users and publishers) of Web content syndication services will drive even broader / deeper usage of the Internet as an increasingly relevant news and information medium. We see three factors that are combining to drive momentum: 1) rising usage of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) by content providers as a standard distribution platform for online content; 2) ramp in the creation of blogs and other user-generated content; and 3) Yahoo!’s easy-to-use integration of RSS feeds (including blogs) that was rolled out in beta to its distribution channel of 25MM+ My Yahoo! users in late September.
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