So, tomorrow is the day for the launch of Windows Vista and Office 2007. This is a big day and Steve Ballmer is supposed to be at a Big Buy (or Circuit City ) tomorrow and Bill Gates spoke to Meredith Vieira on NBC morning show and all the evening television shows covered the launch.Continue reading “Windows Vista launching tomorrow”
Category Archives: Information Technology
What’s next for the US Small and Medium Manufacturer ?
The GNHCC Business Expo 2007 turned out to be a huge rallying of small and medium companies in the New Haven region. Tireless efforts of the organizers and various supporting organizations,associations and well wishers of New Haven businesses made the event a great success. As I wrote earlier – I was on the CAPM panelContinue reading “What’s next for the US Small and Medium Manufacturer ?”
Bill Gates leaves Microsoft while Apple leaves Bangalore…
The news on Thursday that Bill Gates will leave operational command of Microsoft and be full time with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from July 1, 2008 did not shock the stock market. Succession at Microsoft is likely to be a smooth affair. Observing how aggressively Microsoft expanded development work in India we canContinue reading “Bill Gates leaves Microsoft while Apple leaves Bangalore…”
Technology, Jobs and Home-Depot
This MSN report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics offers one angle of jobs outlook for the US. It suggests that many jobs that can be simplified and done by technology will be done by technology. Simplification includes consolidation of farms to larger ones which will find the smaller farmer out of work. Stock clerksContinue reading “Technology, Jobs and Home-Depot”
Cross-Sourcing between Pune and Nebraska
The popular press calls it a "culture" and "logistical" problem. The solution is "cross sourcing" according to this article in the Economic Times of India. Xpanxion an Atlanta based software outsourcing company is moving back it’s quality testing and deployment activities to Nebraska. The company wants to take the best of the world! They wantContinue reading “Cross-Sourcing between Pune and Nebraska”
Oreos,Philadelphia Cheese, Maxwell House Coffee
Oreos,Philadelphia Cheese, Maxwell House Coffee are the great brands from Kraft Foods the world’s second largest food company (Nestle is the largest). Kraft just announced a 1.7B$ outsourcing deal for IT management including hardware,software etc. to EDS. EDS in turn will partner with companies like Dell,Microsoft,CISCO,Dell. Kraft says that they’ll have a mix of in-houseContinue reading “Oreos,Philadelphia Cheese, Maxwell House Coffee”
The “O” word and fears of layoffs
When I tell folks that my field of interest is in outsourcing most people balk. They equate outsourcing with job losses in the US and just don’t want to know any more. This goes for IT folks and most other disciplines. It is with some reluctance that Purchasing and Supply management professionals have started takingContinue reading “The “O” word and fears of layoffs”
More IT Jobs with Outsourcing ?
Contrary to popular opinion in the US a study commissioned by the Information Technology Association of America and conducted by Global Insight suggests that IT outsourcing has added 257,042 U.S. jobs this year. The executive summary of the Global Insight report makes interesting reading. Particularly one recommendation of teaching multiple skills to current tertiary studentsContinue reading “More IT Jobs with Outsourcing ?”