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The Challenging Economy's Effect on the IT and Telecom Market by SkillSoft Corporation
some feel that a slowdown is inevitable, others say services such as telecommunications and outsourcing could benefit from the recession in the long run. The hardware and equipment industry could...
Enable Project-Centric Manufacturing with Business Software by IFS
Project-centric manufacturing business models that involve outsourcing and short product lifecycles expose manufacturers to a number of risks they were not...
SearchCIO.com ebook: Unlock Outsourcing Potential and Change by Accenture
The key to unlocking outsourcing potential lies in targeting the right projects, choosing your suppliers wisely and then...
Next Generation ALM: Collaborative Software Development on Demand by CollabNet
CollabNet is the standard for on-demand collaborative software development networks. CollabNet software and services help distributed enterprises reduce...
Best Practices for Communications Transformation: Transportation, Energy, and the Public Sector by Alcatel-Lucent
energy and the public sector), b- best practices to deliver the services and manage the projects efficiently, and c- innovative solutions and strategies deployed by these industry segments...
Taking Control of Your Business: Growing Profitably in the Professional Services Market by SAP America Inc
services firms are wrestling with how to grow their client base while responding to outsourcing trends, regulatory change and sophisticated clients. Find out how professional services...
Location Evaluation Factors for Offshore Outsourcing: the Promise and the Peril by Accenture
of Alsbridge, Inc. discusses many of the factors that go into evaluating and choosing offshore outsourcing locations. Outsourcing always carries both risks and advantages, whether contracted in the U.S...
Why Should You Consider Procurement Outsourcing? A Holistic Approach towards Vertically Integrated to Virtually Integrated Business Process Services by Wipro Technologies
Procurement Outsourcing is defined as a process wherein organizations take a calculated approach of moving some of...
Dell Equallogic PS Series and VMware View Enhance Virtual Desktop Project Success by Dell, Inc.
because they provide new levels of flexibility and new ways of doing business, such as outsourcing and telecommuting. But managing these devices - provisioning, troubleshooting, patching, and...
Back Office Outsourcing and Investment Reporting - A Guide for Investment Advisors by Advent Software, Inc
kind of reporting quality without blowing your budget for it? The answer, prospectively, lies in outsourcing...
Observe IT Pro 4.0.3 - Free Software for Recording & Replaying Terminal and Citrix Sessions by Observe IT
Organizations today are using offshoring and outsourcing to reduce operating expenses. These 3rd party vendors need remote access to your network. You...
Preparing for Cloud Computing: The Managed Services Revolution by CA
computing is the logical evolution of information communication technology (ICT) outsourcing for a Web-enabled world and it can encompass many different outsourcing models, from...
How Outsourcing Drives Business Process Improvements by CompuCom Systems, Inc.
More than ever, business and IT must collaborate to meet current business realities. Significantly, CIOs must map out long-term strategies that address business plans...
The Future Carrier Network: Adopting New Outsourcing Business Models by Alcatel-Lucent
in terms of new technologies and service roll-outs, but rather in terms of new strategic business outsourcing models. It defines the imperatives driving the need for this approach, lays out the specifics of...
Doing More With Less: Helping Software Development Teams Thrive in a Down Economy by Electric Cloud
Cloud VP Engineering Martin Van Ryswyk as they explore specific ways you can transform your software development infrastructure to cut costs yet boost productivity. Following the economic...
Secure Internet Single Sign-On (SSO) 101 by Ping Identity Corporation
of the enterprise's security domain to outsourced services, including business process outsourcing (BPO) and software as a service (SaaS) providers, and trading partners, as well as within the...
Five Steps to Secure Internet Single Sign-On (SSO) by Ping Identity Corporation
networked resources while still providing access to external applications, including Software as a Service (SaaS) and other business process outsourcing (BPO) arrangements. Fortunately, there...
Minimizing Code Defects to Improve Software Quality and Lower Development Costs by IBM
overall code quality using static and dynamic analysis. It then shows how IBM Rational Software Analyzer and IBM Rational PurifyPlus software can be used together to reduce the number of...
Oracle Advanced Security Technical White Paper by Oracle Corporation
environment presents numerous security and compliance challenges. The economic benefits of outsourcing must be coupled with adequate protections to safeguard intellectual property and privacy...
The Agile Project Manager by VersionOne Inc.
products to market faster than ever before. Agile methodologies are leading the way by helping software teams deliver products more frequently and with significantly higher quality. Making the...
Genius Project4Domino (GP4D) by Genius Inside
management, project, budget and cost tracking and reporting. Product Type: Project Management Software

Target User: Line of Business Managers

IT Problem: Keeping track of your projects and have an...
E-Book: The Midmarket CIO's Guide to Disaster Recovery Planning by Compellent
issues associated with disaster recovery planning -- from virtualization and applications to outsourcing and affordable solutions. Disaster recovery (DR) is, without argument, one of the most important...
Leveraging SaaS Technology for Web Application Security by Cenzic
personnel can protect sensitive data without costly Web application security assessment outsourcing by using automated security assessment products. Information security managers and...
5 Levels of Agile Planning: From Enterprise Product Vision to Team Stand-up by Rally Software Development Corp.
Existing agile methods often focus on small, single-team projects, overlooking the broader impact of large programs. This paper outlines a distinct planning...
JIRA 3.13 -- Bug and Issue Tracking Software Trial Demo by Atlassian
JIRA lets you prioritize, assign, track, report and audit your issues, whatever they may be -- from software bugs and help-desk tickets to project tasks and change requests. More than just an issue tracker...
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Software development trends in 2008: Outsourcing, agile development by Jennette Mullaney, Assistant Editor, and Michelle Davidson, Site Editor
to also write your requirements," Wiegers cautioned.

As the year progresses and more software projects are outsourced in part or in entirety, increased fragmentation and globalization will take their toll on those overseeing these pursuits. Project... More...

Dec 26, 2007
Offshore outsourcing projects: Seven things every PM should know by Bas de Baar

It's hip, it's hot, and managers still think it's cheap: outsourcing software projects offshore. In any case, it is the wave of the project future. Every project manager has to deal with offshore outsourcing sooner or later. Here are seven things... More...

Aug 8, 2008
Software pros start to feel effects of recession by Colleen Frye, Contributor
experts saying they don't know what will happen in the long term. To get a sense of how software developers and the IT industry at large are being affected by the recession, we talked to a few software pros in the trenches. While they're starting to feel... More...
Dec 16, 2008
Testing models and outsourcing by John Overbaugh
com), as well. But most people, when referring to a test factor model, are referring to an outsourcing model wherein all testing is outsourced in an "over the wall" or black box manner. As you weren't specific in your question about references to any other test... More...
Jan 7, 2008
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