Oct 30, 2011
Summary: According to the article from LA Times, the researchers have discovered a malware virus that has invaded 61 countries (Bowden). Viruses have always been a problem for the world because our technology is always getting more hi-tech. The virus that we speak of is a computer virus that can steal data from any computer [...]
Dec 17, 2009
This article pertains to the Goggle’s open source Android operating system (for mobile phones) that was released last year. Priya Ganapati of Wired.com says that while the system had a slow start it has become increasingly popular but has run into a few problems. Mainly the problem is that there are three version of the [...]
Dec 15, 2009
The article, “Make Customer Service Local and Strong” posted on Bloomberg.com talks about the economy forcing businesses to resort to outsourcing in an effort to cut costs. The article makes some clear and precise points. The main point is that customer service is an essential part in any business and if its not addressed as [...]
Dec 14, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009 Chapter 11: IS in Business Craig Gentry, a young man doing an internship for IBM was sitting in a cafe one day and discovered something he had pondered on for quite some time, a breakthrough in encryption. This breakthrough would totally change the way security via the web is handled. Consumers [...]
Dec 13, 2009
Windows 7 is Microsoft’s new operating system that was launched in early October. Microsoft’s last system , Windows Vista, became known as a bust with many glitches and problems with the software. Software developers for Microsoft has responded to these complaints and shortcomings with Windows 7. Shortly after the launch of Windows 7, complaints started [...]
Dec 1, 2009
Outsourcing in Costa Rica has become a great asset to business. When comparing call centers from the Middle East and Asia to one in Central America such as Costa Rica you can notice that the language and accent barrier is not as bad when the primary language is Spanish. Another asset is the time zones; [...]
Nov 19, 2009
How to build a (strong) virtual team This article written by Anne Fisher is about IBM’s experience building a virtual team. They have found that 90% of workers in the U.S. work somewhere away from their company’s headquarters and 84% work in locations other than where their bosses work. We are becoming an [...]
Nov 16, 2009
“Offshoring” is an article I found on the economist.com web site. It differentiates outsourcing with offshore outsourcing and offshoring. Outsourcing is when a company decides to shift or hand one of its functions to another company. Offshore outsourcing is when this is done with another company overseas. Many claim this is harmful to the country [...]
Nov 16, 2009
More energy saving methods are soon to hit the US from China. Novermber 16th in beijing, the company anounced its first american manufacturing plant. The facility is to located in phoenix area and will begin production by next October. Suntech will now become the first major Chinese cleantech player to bring factory jobs to the [...]
Nov 16, 2009
Some of the world’s top retailers, including UK’s Tesco and American speciality retailer Home Depot, have been outsourcing projects to Indian third party service providers, including TCS and Infosys, apart from their own captive centers to support their existing IT systems and also develop newer applications. For example, Tesco saves over $60 million every year [...]
Nov 15, 2009
Chapter 11. Systems Development and Project Management “Can Outsourcing Save Sony?” Sony, a Japanese company, makes technological equipment such as TV’s, computers chips, game consoles, cameras and more. Sony has always been very secretive about their TV design and manufacturing. All manufacturing is done in-house to protect the elements of the design. By [...]
Nov 14, 2009
“Agilemobile.com Ltd. Announces New Version of Its Award Winning Agile Messenger for Apple’s iPhone, Just $1.99 Until Nov 30, in iTunes” This article is about a software company that is based in Thailand and has its main focus on developing software for mobile phones including the iphone. What is recently made available for all iphone [...]
Nov 12, 2009
Chapter 11 System Development This article was a product comparison between two iPhone apps, the Navigon and the TomTom. Both are turn-by-turn navigators designed to utilize the iPhone GPS and are made to compete with actual GPS navigators. Both products have similar features, including, walking mode, and the ability to save favorites. Each product costs [...]
Nov 12, 2009
“India Takes Outsourcing to New Heights” In this article in Business Week, they illustrate outsourcing in Asian Pacific Countries.The TPI index, in 2007 revealed that the Asia-Pacific outsourcing contracts contributed US$12.8 billion to the global outsourcing market in 2007, a 30 percent increase from 2006. The annual contract rose by 13 percent. Indian companies were [...]
Nov 12, 2009
Hooking up your TV to the Internet is a complicated process. Hulu is a website where television can be watched from the Internet. What if people want to connect their computer to their televsion in order to have a bigger screen. Hulu is a good source for this, but it is not convinient at all. [...]
Nov 12, 2009
In reading the article from Telcomworldwire, “IBM and QBE signs outsourcing infrastructure constract,” the article discusses IT company IBM agreement with QBE Insurance Group, a specialist business insurer, to manage the information technology infrastructure of QBE’s UK and Western European offices. The agreement will make major changes to QBE programming and cover the development and [...]
Nov 12, 2009
The article that I chose was from cnn.com/tech and it talked about how Mozilla Firefox has developed over the years. It came from the ashes of the old web browser called Netscape. Netscape lost much of its popularity in the 1990s since the use of Internet Explorer. I think that it is interesting that an [...]
Nov 12, 2009
NASA has offered 2 million dollars for a winner that could design a space elevator. Creating an elevator would make it more convenient and cheaper for NASA to get into space. Although the proposal is far fetched they are expecting at least one winner at some point this year. There currently have been no winners. [...]
Nov 12, 2009
Chapter Eleven System Development and Project Management discuses the methods used to develop systems. The steps of developing systems are known as the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The steps are: planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance. Even though this system seems simple and to the point, today’s systems are so large that [...]
Nov 12, 2009
This article is about small to medium size outsources in India that are doing really well despite economic conditions due to the low cost of doing business with them. The reason they are getting a lot of business is because they are willing to take on smaller projects which is yielding them favor with their [...]
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