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What does an IT professional wish for? Although it would have been a bit silly for veteran IT pro and president of the SHARE user group Robert Rosen to compose a list for Santa, speaking for SHARE members, he said he does have some desires that he would like to see fulfilled in the year […]

To listen to General Motors Vice President and CIO Ralph Szygenda tell it, he has changed the outsourcing industry forever. Is he exaggerating? Maybe not. In case you havent been paying attention, GMs 10-year contract with Electronic Data Systems will expire next June, and GM has spent the past two years in a vast project […]

Nerds, apparently, travel in herds. What else could explain the fact that IT has gone from being, so it seemed, the only worthwhile occupation for any human being—circa 1999, at the maximum expansion of the dot-com bubble—to a profession less popular than, say, dogcatcher, circa now. But when everyone else is caught up in a […]

Two-and-a-half years ago, General Motors Corp. unveiled to eWEEK its third generation of outsourcing—a plan in which contracts would be parceled out among different suppliers that would have to compete for the work and then cooperate in getting it done. /zimages/3/121638.jpgIn an exclusive interview here, GM CIO Ralph Szygenda said the time has come to […]

BOSTON—Electronic Data Systems is about halfway toward completing its turnaround, said EDS CEO Michael Jordan in a speech here. Jordan offered a summary of progress in the turnaround of the venerable outsourcer and systems integrator in remarks at a forum for business leaders sponsored by the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. “First, stop […]

Maybe were in the dot-com-boom echo. It seems that way, as Google and Skype soar to new heights, and Microsoft attempts to counter them with its Microsoft Live plan. In September, Salesforce. com rolled out its so-called AppExchange, an online application-sharing service. Its all about software as a service—a far-from-new concept, but one whose time […]

Building a company that can compete globally is the top challenge facing U.S. corporations—and IT must play a key role in meeting it head-on, said politicians and technology executives at Forrester Research Inc.s annual Executive Strategy Forum here last week. Massachusetts Gov. and potential presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he welcomed globalization but told the […]

The twin tigers of India and China pose significant challenges to the United States, as American companies endeavor to compete by new rules in new markets. But, said Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, hes optimistic the nation will find a successful response, as it has to crises in the past. “Its wonderful that Asia is rising […]

BOSTON—In response to the pressures of globalization, corporations must develop a networked worldwide business model based on a flexible technology architecture. That was the message delivered by Forrester Research analysts to attendees at the consultancys annual Executive Strategy Forum here. The conference highlighted several successful firms: Chemical giant DuPont Corp. is seeing 40 percent to […]

BOSTON—Globalization is the single biggest challenge facing corporations, and IT professionals must take a leading role in helping their companies come to grips with it. That was the theme of this years annual Forrester Research Executive Strategy Forum in Boston. “Globalization will have a far greater impact on us than the Internet has had,” said […]