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What are the prospects of Apple iPhone application services in US and Europe ?

Posted on July 24th, 2008 by ali.zaidi

Apple reported iPhone sales reaching 1 Million this week and users downloaded more than 10 million applications from Apple’s new App Store. Do you see a growing trend of iPhone Applications in US and Europe ?

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Filed under: Agile Applications, Global Technology Market

Is EU targeting US Technology companies ? Will Intel be the next company to face EU-Antitrust fine after Microsoft ?

Posted on July 20th, 2008 by ali.zaidi

EU says Intel made 3 kinds of antitrust violations The Commission said in a statement on Friday that Intel provided strategic customers CPU chips at below cost “in the context of bids against AMD”. It also said Intel provided conditional rebates to computer makers so long as they agreed to obtain most or all of [...]

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Why is Microsoft so desperate to acquire Yahoo ?

Posted on July 15th, 2008 by ali.zaidi

Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo’s online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. Microsoft trying to recruit partners to put together a joint bid that would slice up Yahoo Latest twist in Microsoft’s convoluted courtship is causing Yahoo’s [...]

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Go Agile: Improving your team’s attitude and thinking pattern

Posted on July 13th, 2008 by ali.zaidi

In this era of highest competition and with timing being the need of the game, every organization has to become more kinetic and futuristic to outperform their competitors. To achieve this they need to provide customizable services for every client and respond in zero time, this level of servicing can only be met if an [...]

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Filed under: Agile Applications, Agile Project Management

Just-In-Time Requirement Analysis in an Agile Model

Posted on July 6th, 2008 by admin

Are Software Artifacts like an inventory getting stale? It is important to understand that there’re no perfect business requirement specification – and any specification you make HAS to change even days or weeks after you’ve completed a detailed analysis phase. A very detailed upfront requirement specification is analogous to storing high upfront inventory in a [...]

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Filed under: Agile Applications, Agile Project Management, Communication, Enterprise Agility, Requirement Analysis

Agile Outsourcing – Best of both Captive and Outsourced Models

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by M. Ali Nasim

I came across a nice comprehensive comparison of the Captive and Outsourced business model in an article from Graham Russell, who leads Global Transaction Processing for pharma giant AstraZeneca. He has compared the pros and cons of each model as applicable to different indsutries, processes and business scenarios. My stance on the topic is: Based on how things have changed [...]

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Filed under: Commercial Models for Agile Outsourcing, IT/BPO Bundled Services, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice, Vendor Relationship