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China to overtake India in offshoring by 2011
Analyst group IDC predicts that in four years' time, Chinese cities will be the most popular locations for offshore global delivery. Read more »
Australia number one in Asia Pacific for offshoring
The Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) dominate a list ranking the top 30 global offshoring locations. Read more »
Asia/Pacific region to dominate developer market
A massive increase in the number of software coders in China and India is expected, while outsourcing and offshoring mean you must refine your skills. Read more »
BEA to take on Asia thanks to Oracle
Oracle's acquisition of BEA will boost the latter's presence in Asia Pacific, as well as strengthening Oracle's foothold in the telecommunications space, but there will be no serious ramifications on the local market, according to analysts. Read more »
IBM goes on mainframe offensive
IBM has plans in place to spend tens of millions of dollars to coax new customers to buy the company's mainframes. Read more »
Baby boomers choking AU$11bn IT outsourcing
IT outsourcing in Australia is set to crack AU$11 billion in 2008, according to Gartner, but Australia's dwindling IT baby boomer generation will cause problems Read more »
Offshore outsourcing upstarts bite at India's heels
India may be the best known destination for offshore contact centres but "nearshore" countries such as Egypt also want to get a piece of the action. Read more »
Opera looks to India for emerging talent
Opera Software is opening its own office in India to take advantage of local coding talent. Read more »
India to get a look at Windows code?
India may soon become the latest Asian country to gain access to the source code of Microsoft's Windows operating system. Read more »
SAP to double programming staff in India
German software maker SAP plans to hire 1,900 software programmers to work in its Bangalore, India, development center by the end of 2006, the company said Tuesday. Read more »
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Outsourcing overseas
Sending software development tasks overseas is the latest cost-cutting phenomenon, but is it a case of 'you get what you pay for'? How can you optimise offshore development? Read more »
Asia's open source hangup
One of the main draws and selling point of open source technology is its much celebrated developer ecosystem. But, according to an industry expert, this community spirit seems to be lacking in Asia. Read more »
Taking developers into the interface
In the second half of our interview with Matt Thompson, director of Sun Developer Network, we discuss JavaFX phones, Sun's view of Google and Adobe, Swing's appearance and just how much of a bubble the industry is in. Read more »
Interview: Microsoft's security guru, Steve Riley
Before the start of Tech.Ed 06 Builder AU caught up with Steve Riley who works at Microsoft as a Senior Security Strategist to talk about Vista's new networking stack, security vs usability, and the uptake of IPv6. Read more »
What if? an alternative history of tech
Michael Kanellos imagines a world where Apple licenced the Mac and wrestling is a corporate sport. Read more »
Is Java getting better with age?
Scripting languages are catching on with developers, but Sun's James Gosling sees plenty of kick left in Java. Read more »
Meet Microsoft's alpha tester
Ron Markezich is Microsoft's CIO, and he has some thoughts to share on making sure that 'Microsoft's products are the best products in the world', why offshoring won't grow, and why everything is .NET. Read more »
Linux gains an Asian foothold
China, Japan, and South Korea recently announced that they would work together to create a new, Linux-based operating system that would end their dependency on Microsoft. Read more »
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Will China produce the next GTA?
-- Is it only a matter of time before the next big gaming hit in the west is built in the east? Read more »
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