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Girding The Grid

Innovation may be the life-blood of technology, but once the electrons stop flowing even the best information system goes limp. About 50 million electricity customers throughout the Northeast and Canada

How To Manage A Globally Staffed Project

Managing the development of new software and deploying systems gets more complicated the more spread out the resources. If your applications are developed in Bangalore; your data centers are in

The Next Big Thing: Blind Faith In U.S. Innovation?

Typically, worries about the United States’ future in technology are brushed aside by uttering four words: “The next big thing.” The next big thing will give displaced workers a new

Leaping, Then Looking

Chris Heim knows he’ll have to eventually send some of his product development work to India, China or some other country. The chief executive of HighJump Software, a supplier of

Economic Security: The Gut Effect

Will the movement of high-paying technology jobs gut the U.S. tax base? In all likelihood, the impact will be muted. Economy.com estimates 800,000 back-office jobs will disappear forever over the

National Security: Off The Radar

The loss of high-paying jobs to other countries isn’t viewed as a national security issue yet, but that may change. If information technology is increasingly moved offshore, the Department of

To Protect and Serve

Many organizations are keeping a lid on security spending, but that doesn’t mean they’re standing pat. Instead, they’re trying to spend available dollars more wisely. That can mean consolidating responsibility

September 2003 Online Extras

24/7 SERVICES The Coming Commoditization of Compensation (Topline Online Exclusive) 1.4 million U.S. jobs will be moved offshore by 2015. Find out where, why and how (much). Foreign Worker Debate

Corporate Performance Management

What is it? An umbrella term for systems that monitor the key metrics of business performance. A corporate performance management (CPM) suite contains software to help plan initiatives, track progress

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