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Fri, Feb 5, 2010 17:05 EST

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Posted by: Beth Bacheldor in News Topic: Partner/Vendor Management
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Just like most everyone else, budget cuts are forcing the federal government to outsource projects currently handled within. I’m sure there are plenty of examples of this in President Obama’s
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Posted by: Jen Darr in Best Practices Topic: Applications
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Perhaps this scenario describes your desktop software situation: Half of your end users use Office 2007, and the rest are still running Office 2003. All you’ve heard from the former are
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Posted by: Beth Bacheldor in Best Practices Topic: Partner/Vendor ManagementBlog: Inside IT Outsourcing
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Crafting the best outsourcing deal for your organization – one that delivers the needed services at the (guaranteed, of course) levels – is a complex business. Throw in the pricing aspect, and
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Posted by: Beth Bacheldor in Best Practices Topic: SecurityBlog: Inside IT Outsourcing
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There’s plenty to talk about when considering the disturbing Google mail hacking incident in China. Clearly, the event has sparked international concern and even prompted a response from U.S.
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Posted by: Beth Bacheldor in Best Practices Topic: ApplicationsBlog: Inside IT Outsourcing
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I’ve written before that application development outsourcing has been on the downturn, largely because of the recession and painful economy. For several years, application development was the most
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Posted by: Beth Bacheldor in Soapbox Topic: IT Organization ManagementBlog: Inside IT Outsourcing
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The big news today is that 85,000 jobs were lost in December. Unemployment in this country runs at a high 10%, and the economy has lost 7.2 million jobs since the start of 2008. Our corner of the
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Posted by: Beth Bacheldor in News Topic: Enterprise ManagementBlog: Inside IT Outsourcing
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IBM is wrapping up 2009 with a few new outsourcing deals. One, announced Dec. 22, is a 10-year, $83-million deal with Digicable, an Indian cable and broadband distribution company in India. One day
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