The politics of offshore outsourcing
IT is going global and so are IT-enabled business processes. Can any political agenda really change that?
TECHNOLOGY
Built to order
As more companies outsource the design and manufacture of their products, a compelling case for product lifecycle management software has emerged.
MANAGEMENT
Touching the void
Obtaining the end-user ‘buy-in’ to critical IT project rollouts can be the difference between success and failure. What’s the secret?
MANAGEMENT
Funds transfer
The bedrock of B2B payments, the BACS system, is finally moving into the Internet age. Are businesses ready to move with it?
Maturing identity
Infoconomy survey shows that organisations are tackling the pressing need for ID management head on.
A degree of scrutiny
Proposed regulations will force businesses to conduct thorough risk analysis of their IT operations.
DEAL WATCH
Flying the Linux standard
The City of Munich has confirmed it will switch its 14,000 users from Windows to Linux.
INFLUENCER
David Luckham
An interview with Stanford University’s pioneer of event processing.
Q&A
Computer Associates
Interim CEO Ken Cron explains how CA can clean up its profile after a prolonged financial scandal.
COMPANIES
Month in review
A round-up of the month’s top IT stories, including Oracle and Microsoft’s antitrust battles.
Infoconomy Index
Company analysis
An in-depth analysis of the events shaping leading technology companies.
Adobe
Tibco
IBM
Oracle
QAD
Salesforce
SECTOR OVERVIEW
A standard response
The vested interests of storage have finally agreed on a standard that will enable the mixing and matching of multiple vendors.
WIRELESS FOCUS
Mobile enterprise
An examination of some of the recent developments in the mobile communications sector
An alternative Brew to Java
Bluetooth take-up
Single point of failure
Wireless drivers
FINANCE
Financial results
Analysis of the latest figures from the IT services market.
M&A
Recent deals and takeovers, as SSA Global rebounds from bankruptcy with purchases of Marcam and Arzoon.
Offshoring has become a political minefield, says Kenny MacIver.
UPDATES
Insider
Highlights, facts and inside stories from the frontiers of the information economy.
IT recovery takes hold
First mobile virus strikes
Software ‘undervalued’ by directors
Netegrity: Identity affirmed
Security spending rising rapidly
Letter from America
RESOURCES
Crib sheet
A primer on mobile connectivity.
Industry trends
Highlights, facts and stories from the stormy seas of the information economy.
IT services
Servers
CIO outlook
Management workload
Books
Compassionate Capitalism
On the Up and Up
Last word
Oracle’s antitrust hearing has exposed new depths in discounting, Andrew Lawrence?
