Although offshore outsourcing provides a higher Internal Rate of Return (IRR) in terms of IT investments, many US organizations have also experienced dissatisfaction when outsourcing IT projects to offshore countries, such as, missed deadlines, budget overruns,and other labor- or task-related issues. Continue Reading >

Mobile phones are no longer a conventional device to make phone calls. We have entered an era where these devices are being made “smart” enough to have its own OS running desktop or PDA like applications to handle our data processing needs on the go. As the boundaries between desktops and these Smartphones become indistinct, the imminent threat of new cell phone viruses are being felt worldwide. Continue Reading >

When you have a process, routine-based, sequential, logical company, innovation can mean doing something different. It can mean the next step being different than the previous one. It can mean improving on something, rather than creating something new. Continue Reading >

Implementing new technologies for technologies' sake can be wasteful and detrimental to business. Business should use technology as a tool in alignment with business strategies to beat competition by increasing revenue or cutting waste. By capturing a sale at the moment of decision, creating new and innovative technology products, providing dynamic information and pricing specific to customers, and reducing time to market, sales are increased. Continue Reading >

Some IT managers think that just speaking to business is communicating and seeing business perspectives. The reverse is true, save for the IT perception that business dictates a request. The pressure on IT to produce with shrinking IT budgets becomes enormous. That pressure to perform with less leaves little room for up-front questioning that gets beyond the, “who, what, when, where and why” linear querying. Often, there is little chance for that, based on the titles involved in requesting and delivery. Continue Reading >