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OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING:
In this issue of the Executive Report, we discuss how the good things we've learned about systems requirements management can be extended to all kinds of requirements management.
OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING:
Q: Where do you think the misalignment between business and IT comes from?
One of the key factors in misalignment is change. There is so much change, things are moving so much faster, and business models are changing -- dramatically. We all know about the e-commerce initiatives from Internet companies such as Amazon.com, Dell, Cisco, and Intel.
WHEN OUTSOURCING COSTS MORE THAN IT SAVES by Prins Ralston
When the Australian federal government and some of the state governments first looked at the possibility of outsourcing their information technology and telecommunications (IT&T) business in the early 19
Executive Update
Upgrading Legacy Systems
In this Executive Update, Greenwich Associates' Curtis Ehrgott describes the company's move from legacy systems to three-tier architecture and Web-based distributed systems. Greenwich Associates is a privately held financial services consulting firm that conducts proprietary market research and consults to providers of commercial financial services.
BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT INTEGRATE COM, CORBA, AND JAVA by Paul Harmon
The rush toward Internet-based enterprise business systems has become a major driver for the use of distributed component systems.
"CAN SOMEONE DO I.T. BETTER THAN WE CAN?"
That is the question for many corporations. Understanding IT alignment and productivity issues is becoming increasingly vital in helping CEOs and CIOs decide on whether to outsource and, if so, what should be outsourced. If they pursue the course, expectations will be high.