Entries Categorized as 'Offshore'
by Jack Santos | April 28, 2011 | Comments Off
The Journal (and for those of you that don’t know what I am referring to, go read someone else’s blog) had a recent section on IT that was interesting, and a good overview of the executive POV. But one of the things I see fundamentally missing in their viewpoint, and in many discussions I have [...]
Category: career CIO issues Cloud Externalization governance IT Governance management Managment Offshore Outsourcing Strategic Planning Tags: CIO, consumerization, culture, Externalization, gearheads, management, Outsourcing
by Jack Santos | March 15, 2011 | Comments Off
Our thoughts and prayers are with Japan, and the ongoing humanitarian and nuclear crisis. Living within 10 miles of a nuclear plant on the seacoast of the northeast US, I am more than aware of the plant’s presence in times like these. What I am also following is the impact this crisis will have on [...]
Category: CIO issues Cloud economy Externalization management Managment Offshore Outsourcing Strategic Planning Tags: consumerization, Externalization, management, Outsourcing
by Jack Santos | November 23, 2010 | Comments Off
The conversations I have been having with IT executives have spiked in one important area: outsourcing and vendor management. Certainly, cloud (as a form of outsourcing) is contributing to that. But it is also becoming apparent that we are seeing a tidal wave in the making. That tidal wave involves the role of IT, and [...]
Category: career CIO issues Externalization governance IT Governance management Managment Offshore Outsourcing Strategic Planning Vendor Contracts Tags: career, CIO, Externalization, IT relevance, management, Mergers, Outsourcing, Strategy
by Jack Santos | November 9, 2010 | Comments Off
Monday’s Wall Street Street Journal was rife with news of the effects of QE2 (Quantitative Easing 2 – the new Fed money program), the outcry by growing economies, and a dissenting op-ed piece by one of the Fed Board of Governors. That dissenting governor, Kevin Warsh, makes the case that he is concerned about Fed [...]
Category: Cloud economy Externalization Offshore Outsourcing Strategic Planning Tags: consumerization, economy, IT relevance
by Jack Santos | October 27, 2010 | Comments Off
I was on a call with an Indian helpdesk yesterday. In some settings in the US, just that statement will cause a stir. Outsourcing, Off shoring, unemployment rates, etc all play into the average person’s emotions. In my career have been involved in more than a few outsourcing/offshoring deals, some which I help personally setup [...]
Category: career CIO issues Externalization Future governance management Managment Offshore Outsourcing Tags: culture, Externalization, management, Outsourcing
