Tag: business & management
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Oracle Shopping Spree
> Is the Enterprise Application Market space getting polarized around Oracle and SAP? We will get answers only with the flow of events in the next few years. While the emergence of one-stop-shop players for all enterprise applications is imminent, life is becoming difficult for niche players to maintain scale and profitability. CIOs prefer to…
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Google Mania Continues..
> I am amazed at the pace at which Google is launching new products (read ideas) which are simple, intuitive and highly useful. I have become a fan of Google just like any one who is bored with Microsoft and its cosmetic changes to well-worn-out products. One cant wait to see what will be the…
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Mckinsey report on Offshoring
Mckinsey Oct 2003 report on its insight into Offshoring Value addition is a bench mark report to the future growth of IT industry inIndia. Since the article is published, the IT industry has moved from simple task migration to a more value added process reengineering activity. However still a lot is desired from the industry,…
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Differentiate or Die: Survival in our era of Killer Competition (by Jack Trout)
Briefly the essence of the book is this. Brands can differentiate their product/service offerings on nine distinct parameters. 1. First to the market2. leadership3. Heritage4. Preferences of customer groups5. Latest in the market6. A particular attribute based7. Market specialty8. Hottest9. Way product/service is made Read reviews on Amazon
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Harbinger to more Offshoring from Germany?
> A few days before I posted the previous blog on Germany Offshoring, DB became the largest non-promoter holder in one of the Top-5 Indian IT companies, HCL Technologies. Could this be a harbinger to Germany for more strategic investments inIndian IT and BPO industry? —————————————-Deutsche Bank forays into tech via HCL stake NEW DELHI:…