India And The IT Career Ladder
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1. Editor's Note: India And The IT Career Ladder
2. Today's Top Story: Security
- Massive Botnet Pillaging Bank Accounts
- StopBadware.org's First Report Targets Kazaa
3. Breaking News
- Google's Privacy Win Could Be Pyrrhic Victory
- Vista Setback Time Line
- Microsoft Takes New Action On EU Sanctions
- Sun Releases Open Source Processor
- Yahoo Launches Instant Message Phone In U.S.
- Microsoft Office Exec To Take Over Windows
- Adware Pioneer To Exit Market; Sale Could Lead To Consolidation
- Eclipse Expands, Urges Shift Away From Windows User Interface
- IBM Debuts SOA Governance Help
- Dell: China Shipments Up Over 40% In 1Q
4. Grab Bag: Babies And Words; An E-Mail-Less FBI
5. In Depth: IT Careers
6. Voice Of Authority: Missing Data, Pointing Fingers
7. White Papers: E-Mail Management
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1. Editor's Note: India And The IT Career Ladder
The word "outsourcing" has long caused many technology
professionals to shudder. But 10 or 15 years ago, outsourcing
still mostly meant moving your IT job from the payroll of one
U.S. company to another American firm, like when Dupont in 1997
signed a megadeal to outsource 2,600 jobs to Computer Sciences Corp.
And for those people who transferred to IT outsourcing firms, the
move frequently--although not always--provided a career boost.
Often, the tech services firms not only invested more in training
and professional development than the old employer, but the move
sometimes led to promotions, interesting new gigs working for
other clients, fatter paychecks, and nice perks.
But now, in the minds of many U.S. tech workers, the words
"outsourcing" and "offshoring" mean the same thing: more reason
to worry. Of course, even today, not all IT outsourcing
arrangements have jobs going overseas, but many do. And at the
same time, some big U.S. technology companies, including IBM,
Dell, and Capgemini, are planning to add tens of thousands of new
jobs in places like India over the next few years.
So, if relocating from Cincinnati to Dallas 10 years ago could've
enhanced your IT career, do you think moving from Bangor, Maine,
to a stint in Bangalore, India, could provide a similar
professional boost? Would you transfer from New York to New Delhi
to manage a company's new team of programmers?
How far would you be willing to go--literally--to advance your
career or save your job? Please weigh in by responding to my blog entry. And for the latest in IT career news and issues, see our In Depth report below.
Marianna Kolbasuk McGee
mmgee@cmp.com
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2. Today's Top Story: Security
Massive Botnet Pillaging Bank Accounts
A stealthy bot Trojan has been infecting machines via
drive-by-downloads for months and may have infected a million
PCs. It aims to pillage personal bank accounts.
Related Story:
StopBadware.org's First Report Targets Kazaa
The anti-spyware watchdog group has fired the first shots in its
battle against malware. The group dings file-sharing program Kazaa
and three other Web apps, and recommends that consumers avoid them.
3. Breaking News
Google's Privacy Win Could Be Pyrrhic Victory
Google won what will likely be just the first battle in a
continuing war over requests for its search information.
Vista Setback Time Line
The recently announced delay of Windows Vista to January is the
latest in a series of setbacks. Here's a look back at some of
Vista's stumbles and scrapes.
Microsoft Takes New Action On EU Sanctions
In a bid to avoid the threatened daily fines, Microsoft said on
Wednesday it will provide free, unlimited technical support to
companies that license its protocols for workgroup servers.
Sun Releases Open Source Processor
The OpenSparc T1--formerly called Niagara--is a 64-bit, 32-thread
processor design for which Sun will provide both hardware and
software specs.
Yahoo Launches Instant Message Phone In U.S.
Customers can make calls from their computer to regular phones in
180 countries, for varying rates.
Microsoft Office Exec To Take Over Windows
Steve Sinofsky has led the Office charge for the past few years.
He has been characterized as a manager who makes the trains run
on time.
Adware Pioneer To Exit Market; Sale Could Lead To Consolidation
Claria's announcement that it will sell its adware business raises
the possibility of rivals 180solutions and WhenU making a bid.
Eclipse Expands, Urges Shift Away From Windows User Interface
Eclipse Rich Client Platform offers developers a way to build
user interfaces that run across Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops.
IBM Debuts SOA Governance Help
Customers can choose from about 40 IBM products to help invoke,
manage, and reuse Web services and set overall policies for
service-oriented architectures.
Dell: China Shipments Up Over 40% In 1Q
The country is now he third largest market in the world for the
PC vendor, company chairman Michael Dell said during a visit to
the region this week.
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4. Grab Bag: News You Need From Around The Web
How Babies Learn Their First Words (Fox News)
Like teenagers, babies don't much care what their parents say.
FBI Agents Doing Without E-Mail (WebProNews)
In New York, the 2,000 employees of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation won't all have dot-gov E-mail addresses until the
end of 2006 because of money woes.
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5. In Depth: IT Careers
Careers: Using IT To Improve Medicine Here And Abroad
Young CIO uses technology to improve health care in his new job
and in poor rural communities of Ghana, West Africa.
EDS Latest Tech Giant To Increase Offshore Hiring
The Dallas provider of IT and BPO services plans to double its
staff in Hungary, where it currently employs about 1,100 workers.
IEEE Head Questions Expanding H-1B Program
The president of the IEEE-USA is wondering why Congress is
considering increasing the H-1B visa cap from 65,000 to 115,000
when he says there's no real need to do so.
Now Hiring In India: Dell To Add 10,000 Workers, Capgemini To
More Than Double
With heavy demand for its workers, will India be able to maintain
its sizeable cost advantage over the United States in coming years?
PODCAST: Kana CEO: 'Backshoring' Makes Financial Sense
Why did Michael Fields, CEO of Kana Software, decide to bring
technology development back in-house, instead of continuing the
outsourcing arrangements established before he joined the
company? Listen to this podcast of Stephanie Stahl's conversation
with Fields to find out.
6. Voice Of Authority: Missing Data, Pointing Fingers
Larry Greenemeier's Blog: Finger-Pointing Abounds As Customers
Are Fleeced
In June, Frank Robertson could be sentenced to spend the next 15
years in a New Jersey state prison as punishment for his role in
one of the biggest payment-card frauds pulled off to date.
Robertson and 13 other men were arrested in December in
connection with a heist that stretches across the United States
and into Eastern Europe, with more than $3 million in goods
stolen along the way, mostly high-end electronics. The
repercussions of this crime will ripple throughout the financial
services, retail, and IT industries long after Robertson is put away.
7. White Papers: E-Mail Management
E-Mail Management And Recovery In Today's Regulatory Environment:
Reasons And ROI Benefits
A major reason that companies fall short when it comes to E-mail
archiving/restoration is the technical difficulty involved in the
process. Businesses worldwide are awash in E-mail that needs to
be managed for business, regulatory, and legal reasons. This
paper looks at the difficulties involved in restoring and
searching E-mail archives using Exchange.
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