globalisation in comment and analysis
Who sat in judgement...
Comment He has been in the IT industry for more than 22 years and covers the areas of software development, global sourcing and globalisation issues within Gartner. Here are the judges. Jo Best is the award-winning news editor of ZDNet Australia and a... [03 Jun 2008]
Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?
Comment And let's not overlook the contributory pressures that globalisation and shareholder expectations have placed on financial services, which are the engine rooms of the UK and US economies. Experts say investment banking fraud can never be eradicated... [15 Apr 2008]
Indian IT outsourcers look ahead
Comment A panel of three business leaders, Accenture COO Steve Rohleder, Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju and Cisco chief globalisation officer Wim Elfrink, were far more focused on the issues of today: performance delivery in turbulent markets, tackling... [14 Feb 2008]
The rise of the 'Brics'
Comment But within IT we are already getting used to globalisation. It actually stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China and was coined by the investment bank Goldman Sachs when they published a report titled Dreaming of Brics in 2003. [18 Dec 2007]
How to stop "runaway" ERP projects
Comment Fashion and retailing is one of the vertical sectors Lawson is strong in and the industry's supply chain is becoming increasingly extended by globalisation, and, not surprisingly, China is a hotspot for clothes manufacturing. [01 Oct 2007]
Opinion: Global services' level playing-field
Comment The world became used to globalisation in manufacturing a long time ago. The global services landscape is maturing fast, as a new book by regular silicon.com contributors Mark Kobayashi-Hillary and Dr Richard Sykes makes clear. [02 May 2007]
India diary, day 3: Inside the outsourcing campus
Comment But globalisation is an opportunity for developed countries just as much as developing countries, he added, especially if they see the chance to sell their goods and services around the world. Wednesday 7 February - Hyderabad [06 Mar 2007]
Editor's Blog: The meaning of innovation
Comment Aside from all the politics about offshoring or workers brought in on migrant visas, surely the real lesson is this: if you are going to go into tech or any other career made more competitive by globalisation, do so with your eyes open and with a... [02 Mar 2007]
Q&A: Microsoft UK head of innovation Jim Lawn
Comment Lawn: If you look at computer science in university and tertiary education then the numbers are going down and that's one of the things we've linked with the story around globalisation and offshoring. [01 Mar 2007]
Leader: Trust the private sector to train us?
Leader The news came on the eve of the company's Government Leaders Forum in Edinburgh, which included a parade of politicians speaking about how 'something must be done' to combat the digital divide, prepare for an ageing population and generally... [01 Feb 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: My Christmas wish list
Comment On the other hand ICT is gradually spreading globalisation, and in turn is bringing peace and freedom to one nation after another. It may have been my proximity to Lapland and the trees and lights around Helsinki but it seems about the right time... [20 Dec 2006]
UK vs the developing world
Comment Practices such as global outsourcing - IT and business process delivery from global locations - have ensured that globalisation is burgeoning. And who knows - it could be that the economic possibilities that globalisation and outsourcing are... [29 Nov 2006]
Meg Whitman
AS Profile Whitman has also taken a lead in the net neutrality debate, lobbying against the telcos who want to create a two-tier internet, and she is one of 12 of the world's leading business people - along with Bill Gates - who advise the UK government on... [25 Sep 2006]
Boardroom brief: Offshoring - how to get it right
Comment Morris says: "The whole of the executive management needs to understand the impact of their response to the globalisation phenomenon on their organisation. He says globalisation and offshore outsourcing can no longer be ignored or sidelined by a... [29 Aug 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Education on the fly
Comment Perhaps this is the ultimate networking - globalisation! As a youngster I recall people impressing upon me the importance of getting an education. This was mostly expressed as a need to invest, or sacrifice, 'X' years at school and university in... [24 May 2006]
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