The field of Software Engineering is relatively new and introduction of scientific approaches for software development has been a recent phenomenon. As software use proliferated in late 70s and early 80s, and as programming languages evolved from assembly languages to […]

This case study is inspired by the behavior of two Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) owners who had very similar back office support requirements but displayed a very different approach to back office support model adoption. Let’s call the two […]

Wikipedia describes Cloud Computing as “Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other internet enabled devices.” It is an internet based delivery model, through the “cloud”, that allows home and business users to easily […]

With the outlook of global economy still uncertain, companies are looking towards smaller and lower risk outsourcing transactions for achieving their cost saving targets. This approach makes sense because if the larger deals go wrong, the cost for companies to […]

E-commerce has continued on a strong growth path since it became a viable business channel in mid-nineties. Approaching fifteen years, the rate of its growth is showing no signs of slowing down. According to eMarketer.com, US retail e-commerce sales are […]

Cloud Computing has been generating a lot of buzz lately. The topic has been appearing more and more frequently in technology magazines, blogs, and big technology outfits like IBM, HP, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have all setup offerings to capitalize […]

Now that we are past 2010 New Year celebrations and are approaching end of January, it is time to take a pause and ask an important question: am I using all the FREE tools to my advantage? If the answer […]

Thomas Friedman in his book, The World is Flat, describes how faster and more reliable internet connections spawned an era of flatness in which companies reached across the borders and started using vast manpower pool that became available to them. […]

Large corporations, as early as late 80s, had started setting up offices or partnered up with local back office service providers in South and Far East Asia to take advantage of cheaper talent pool. These companies had the financial muscle […]

My 4-Hour Work Week Experiment By: Andrew Brown In a recent article, I touched on Timothy Ferriss’ book The 4 Hour Work Week. While I can’t say I agreed with the practicality of all of his suggestions, I did find […]