Blogs

Outsourcing: the future?

I found an article about outsourcing, which gives us a very clear overview of where we were and where we are going in outsourcing. I work on my international outsourcing vision every day and I often wonder ‘where will we be …

WordPress 3.0

So the latest version of WordPress, 3.0 is here . This is not much of a surprise since we get new versions almost every month. But this release stands out as a much awaited release, since it has some major fresh features …

CRM – more than just Coffee, Rum & Milk

There used to be a time when everybody on the golf course was talking about R/3 or Navision or other cool key words. CRM is not exactly a new key word on the golf arena or in the sailing club, …

The role of people in the success of offshoring

In my previous article, I wrote about personal values in the offshoring context. In this article I want to discuss the role of people in making offshoring work. Some questions related to this subject: Who are the people in my …

Press release: Open Coffee organises 100th network meeting

Informal club – very popular with entrepreneurs who want to work offline Zwaag, May 2010 – Open Coffee Holland, the open networking club by and for local entrepreneurs, will hold its 100th meeting on June 16 2010. This special jubilee …

How social networks get politics to push data protection technology

In recent months we have been reading a lot about social network sites like facebook, XING and other portals making profitable use of the user data they are storing. Politics usually react by designing legal structures which are not going …

Press release: Bridge conquers growing part of Swedish outsourcing

“The Scandinavian market is open to specialized offshore outsourcing providers” Zwaag, May 17 2010 – Bridge, specialist with regard to software development and offshore outsourcing, has opened a new auxiliary branch in Linkoping, Sweden. From this location Bridge offers its …

What role do your personal values have on your offshoring decisions?

I just wrote a comment on Computable, a famous Dutch IT newspaper; the article discusses a research from Ordina about the under estimation of the human side in outsourcing. Speaking about the human side of outsourcing puts two central subjects …

Risk Management in Small Teams

I was taught risk management the classic way. You know, risk log, voting for probability and impact, finding out which risks are the most painful, deciding on mitigation plan, discussing results etc. A cool thing in this old-school process is that it …

Developing a Wireframe for your website can create magic

  Yes developing a wireframe for your next website can create magic and can make your web development smoother.  So how does wireframe makes development better? Most projects are developed directly from the requirement specification. The drawback of this is …

How smart phones make IT Outsourcing even more attractive

Advertisements in magazines, newspapers and newsletters keep telling us that there are new Apps for iphone users. The variety is vast and ranges from an app “report an accident to your car insurance” to an app “book a ticket in …

5 Ingredigents for that perfect project

Experience being the best teacher, a few things I have learnt to be the basic ingredients of a perfect project: Get your recipe right : If you are blessed with a crisp and detailed project requirement , do not take …