Slower pace, lower wages leave 'rural offshoring' a niche
Atlanta-based Xpanxion, LLC began as an offshore software development firm over a decade ago, but in 2006 it opened a facility in Kearney, Neb. Why there? The reasons include a cost of living and wages that are lower than in other parts of the U.S.
Keep Your Outsourcing Provider Hungry for Your Business
IT leaders are increasingly turning to multiple outsourcing vendors to obtain application development and maintenance services. They're finding that spreading their application development and maintenance work across, say, three vendors makes more sense than having a single provider perform all of the work.
How to royally foul-up an IT outsourcing project
Outsourcing Virginia's IT operations to Northrop Grumman was supposed to put the state's network beyond politics, overhaul and standardize it and improve operations, but the effort has failed in almost every respect.
Xerox Buys ACS, Tosses 'Paperless Office' Vision
Why did Xerox's purchase of ACS make such news this week? It's one sign that complex paper-handling processes are going nowhere fast and that they're darn profitable to certain parties. Bye-bye paperless office.
IT Outsourcing: Many Mergers Ahead
Xerox's bid for IT and business process service provider Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) comes on the heels of Dell's announcement that it will purchase Perot Systems, and outsourcing industry analysts predict even more consolidation in the IT services market.
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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