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AIIA: Indian outsourcing threat can help Australia

Australian companies are slowly but surely outsourcing more of their programming projects to countries like India -- but this could mean better jobs for Australian coders, according to the Australian Information Industry Association. 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 »

Australia overreacts to Indian outsourcing: Gartner

The level of outrage over the outsourcing of software development to India is disproportionate to the effect it is having on the local industry, according to analysis group Gartner. 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 »

Little room for process management in AU outsourcing

While Australian businesses are showing increasing interest in service and process management approaches such as ITIL and CMM, that enthusiasm drops off dramatically once outsourcing comes into play, according to new data from research firm Forrester. Read more »

South Australian companies miss out on outsourcing contracts

Initiatives designed to teach small local IT providers how to engage with the South Australian government have been described as nothing more than pre-election sweeteners. Read more »

Salesforce.com Googles its CRM suite

Salesforce.com and Google have announced they will jointly offer Google Apps integrated with Salesforce.com's CRM (customer relationship management) applications. Read more »

NZ Ministry of Justice: We want open source

The New Zealand Ministry for Justice believes that open source software is a more stable, supportable, and cost-effective choice compared to proprietary solutions. Read more »

IBM named IT services kingpin

IBM has maintained its role as the IT services kingpin, coming out on top of a league table from analyst Gartner. 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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From Empires of man to empires of the mind

Nathan Brumby says it's time for Australia to step up to the plate or risk falling behind as the need for better, faster, cheaper grows louder from smarter consumers. Read more »

10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT

As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry. Read more »

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 »

Building Microsoft code inside the tornado

Q&A -- Vice president S 'Soma' Somasegar shares his views on how interoperability and open source will help Microsoft. Read more »

Managing data: Content to outsource

For mid-size Australian businesses that want to awaken as quickly as possible from their current Web nightmare - resulting from content-heavy sites - a new breed of ASP is emerging that promises fast relief. Read more »

Use special project management techniques for dispersed teams

In the past, a project team almost always resided in one location. The reason is obvious: it wasn't easy to communicate and collaborate with people who were not in the same physical location. The communication has improved, and so must the management. Read more »

Train your team to gain long-term benefits

Before you go outside for expertise, you should consider the benefits of spending the money you had budgeted for a consultant on training your in-house staff to handle not only the project at hand but also others down the road. Read more »

Herding a team of developers

Software development is rarely a solitary process, so integrating teams is a critical skill for any major project. We look at the processes and tools can be used to ensure that developers work effectively and productively. Read more »

Launching an offshore development project

Offshore development can reduce costs, but it can also create serious obstacles. Here's what you should consider when selecting an overseas partner. Read more »

BT's model of SOA development

British Telecom (BT) Exact is aiming to increase the flexibility of the group's internal systems by adopting a service oriented architecture. We interview the lead architect behind the move. Read more »

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Outsourcing made wrong

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Outsourcing is hot! Every major corporation around the globe is outsourcing all or part of their software development -- and unfortunately the result is lots of unsuccessful projects. Read more »

Outsourcing made wrong – a real case

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- A few days ago I wrote about how outsourcing goes wrong. Now I will explain more in detail with a real case. Read more »

Perils of outsourcing

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This edition of the Weekly Roundup looks at what happens when outsourcing companies are robbed, there's more Google news than one can poke a stick at, Samba has a new version and we see what endorsement Mark Taylor has signed on for. Read more »

Is software development international?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- A quick glance across the developer agenda for the next couple of months sees a number of our industry favourites hosting the European versions of some of the events and meetings that have been staged stateside this summer. Read more »

Gestation, robots and NASA hacking

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- Firefox 3 made it out the door last week, and set a world record while doing so; after 15 years Wine 1.0 also hit the street. We also look at robots, google developer day and outsourcing in this week's Weekly Roundup. Read more »

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