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Does election fallout bode ill for India tech?
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Tags: Government, Outsourcing, Investment, Marc Hebert, stock
Technical articles 2004-05-18
Atlas Shrugged, the book all geeks should read
We apparently got different things from that book!I finished that book only a couple of months ago, and I have to say that we read it so much differently: We got out of it so much different things.To my eyes, the book was completely about something different. The writer was...
Tags: Leisure
Discussion threads 2009-09-14
The president of fabricated crises
The president of fabricated crisesSome presidents make the history books by managing crises. Lincoln had Fort Sumter, Roosevelt had the Depression and Pearl Harbor, and Kennedy had the missiles in Cuba. George W. Bush, of course, had Sept. 11, and for a while thereafter through the overthrow of the Taliban...
Tags: Aldanatech, Bush, George W. Bush, off-topic, presidency, Social Security
Discussion threads 2005-01-12
Debate: Is science fiction destroying the future of spaceflight?
Science fiction authors Geoffrey A. Landis, M.M. Buckner and Adam Roberts discuss Project Constellation, NASA's planned successor to the space shuttle which will also be used as the base platform for planned trips back to the moon and, eventually, Mars. Landis has a couple of Hugos to his name, but...
Tags: Science Fiction, Landis, Buckner, Roberts, Team Management, Management, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-03-27
NASA: We need open sourcers, mad scientists (and maybe marketers)
Last week Wired let us know that NASA was going open source, sorta: "NASA scientists plan to announce a new open-source project this month called CosmosCode -- it's aimed at recruiting volunteers to write code for live space missions." Basically, CosmosCode will let open sourcers develop code...
Tags: NASA, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing Research, Open Source, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-04-18
NASA: We need open sourcers, mad scientists (and maybe marketers)
Naaa, skip Budwiser. How about the Viagra space capsule.Guaranteed to keep you going to no matter what the emergency. Or viagra plastered on their air locks which filter contaminations. roflmao, the quicker picker upperhave this tshirt by the way. hehehehe, should I go on?roflmao, I am seriously...
Tags: droolin, NASA
Discussion threads 2007-04-20
Wired: What's wrong with NASA
Gregg Easterbrook writes for Wired: Here is a set of rational priorities for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in descending order of importance: Conduct research, particularly environmental research, on Earth, the sun, and Venus, the most Earth-like planet. Locate asteroids and comets that might...
Tags: Earth, NASA, Wired Inc., Humanity, Gregg Easterbrook, Easterbrook, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-05-22
Download our IT World View on Turkey
The rapidly growing country of Turkey is starting to get the attention of foreign industrial and IT firms. Our download provides all the information an IT executive needs to know about this new market.The Republic of Turkey is located at the geographical and historical crossroads between Europe, Asia and the...
Tags: Strategy, Kevin Rayburn, information technology, IT World View
Technical articles 1999-12-06
Open source development: Right for your organization?
We've all heard the arguments in favor of using open source applications in an enterprise. But what about open source development itself? Should your next project be GPL'ed? Check out several good reasons why the answer to this question is yes.I’m sure we’ve all heard the arguments for adopting open...
Tags: Lamont Adams, open source
Technical articles 2001-04-10
Heat up your foreign investments with our red-hot download on Brazil
With freer foreign investment rules and a privatized telecommunications sector, Brazil has become a hot IT opportunity in Latin America. Read more by downloading our IT World View on the fast-paced world of IT in Brazil.Brazil has much to offer the foreign IT investor, including a declining inflation rate, a...
Tags: Strategy, Kevin Rayburn, information technology, foreign investment
Technical articles 2000-02-24
UTI Bank Achieves 99.99% Uptime at Call Center With Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Red Hat Cluster Suite
UTI Bank was one of the first private banks to launch operations in the country in 1994, after the Government of India passed a resolution in favor of privatization. The bank wanted to customize CRM to a high degree and handle a rapidly scaling call workload without any disruption in...
Tags: Enterprise Linux, Bank, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Red Hat Inc., Agent, Call-center, Uptime, UTI Bank, Call Centers, Real Estate, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Open Source, It Operations, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
Case studies
Borsa Italiana Group Centralizes Data to Ensure Accuracy, Accessibility, and Security
Borsa Italiana Group, founded in 1997 following the privatization of the stock markets, is responsible for the management, organization, and function of the Italian stock exchange. Borsa Italiana's main goal is to develop financial markets and to maximize their liquidity, transparency, competitiveness, and efficiency. The challenge was to centralize and...
Tags: Security, Oracle Corp., Borsa Italiana, Investment, Databases, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software, Data Management
Case studies
SAP Utilities: Verbund - Privatization of Austria's National Grid
When discussions on privatizing the grid began in 1996, Verbund realized the consequences for its business. Therefore, in tandem with its SAP implementation project, the company undertook substantial business reengineering with the aim of completely reorganizing its business processes. While the structure established by stock corporation law would remain, the...
Tags: SAP AG, Austria, Verbund, Investment, Operational Planning, Finance, Business Operations
Case studies
Primed for Growth: Sallie Mae Selects Active Directory to Enhance Its Internet Presence and Serve Millions
The leading source for student loans in the United States, Sallie Mae is preparing for full privatization and further expansion. Enhancing its Internet-based applications is a top priority. The company needed a directory server platform for its Web offerings that could manage millions of users with speed, accuracy, and ease....
Tags: Directory Server, Web, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
Case studies
Netra X4200 M2 Server: Architecture
This white paper describes the architectural features and benefits of the Netra X4200 M2 server. Deregulation and privatization has created intense competition in the worldwide telecommunications market over the past few years. The marketplace continues to evolve as voice and data solutions become more integrated and next-generation wireless, video, and...
Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Messaging, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2007-03-01
POWEO Streamlines Business Processes to Improve Customer Satisfaction
POWEO wanted to ensure a competitive edge in the residential electricity and gas provider market from its start and manage an increasing volume of potential customers following privatization. The challenge was to place customer relations at the heart of business processes and capitalize on customer knowledge to increase customer satisfaction,...
Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., Customer Satisfaction, POWEO, Operational Planning, Product Marketing, Marketing Research, Business Operations, Marketing
Case studies 2008-08-01
noax Industrial PCs Document Order Allocations and Entries for a Producer of Meat and Sausage Products in Lithuania, Serving All of Europe
The UAB Utenos Mesa Company covers the entire production chain of meat and sausage products. Privatization, which first plunged the company into a deep crisis, came together with the independence of Lithuania. However, the meat processing company recognized its chance to modernize processing according to strong economic criteria, and set...
Tags: Meat, PC, Allocation, Productivity, Strategy, Management
Case studies 2008-01-25
Drucker Now 1.1 (Mobile)
Drucker NowGet usable insights on work and life inspired by Peter F. Drucker, the father of modern management.Peter Drucker eminent author and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom devoted more than 60 years to the study of how humans are organized across the business, government and nonprofit sectors of...
Tags: Insight, Mobile, Apptango, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Automotive, Marketing, Management
Software downloads 2009-10-31
WaterWorld Webinar
Steve Klepper, from the City of Corpus Christi, and Steve Rosenblatt, from IBM, will share how the largest city on the Texas coast regained control of their water management, avoiding the privatization of all water and waste water operations.
Tags: IBM Corp.
Webcasts 2010-01-14
Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War by Pratap Chatterjee 1.03 (Mobile)
Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes WarPratap ChatterjeeNation BooksFebruary 2 2009Halliburtons Army is the first book to show, in shocking detail, how Halliburton really does business, in Iraq, and around the world. From its vital role as the logistical backbone of the U.S....
Tags: Mobile, Halliburton Co., Iceberg Reader, Halliburtons Army, Nation Books, Litigation, Business Operations
Software downloads 2009-11-24
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