links for 2006-05-19

• IT-Outsourcing – ein reifer Markt?
  Bei ihrem Ansturm auf den rasant wachsenden Outsourcing-Markt – und insbesondere auf den BPO-Markt – haben die Marketingabteilungen vieler Dienstleister den weniger schicken Markt für IT-Outsourcing links liegen gelassen. (tags: IT-Outsourcing)
• Wohl durchdacht auslagern
  Eine strukturierte Ausschreibung ist die Basis für ein erfolgreiches Sourcing-Management. (tags: IT-Outsourcing Tender)
• Diebold Cancels Outsourcing Contract, Brings Home IT, ERP
  In a case of life imitating survey results, Diebold's decision will cost Deloitte about $7 million. Last spring, Deloitte Consulting released a study noting that 70 percent of large companies had negative experiences with outsourcing. (tags: IT-Outsourcing Backshoring)
• HP does the opposite of outsourcing, brings jobs home
  Computer maker hopes to save $1 billion by consolidating 85 worldwide data centers into six large U.S. facilities. Strange: Wasn't HP the one who tells his customers to get rid of their data centers? … (tags: IT-Outsourcing Data-Center)
• Bringing The Jobs Home
  A software CEO says 'backshoring' makes economic sense. If he's right, backshoring could become the next Silicon Valley buzzword. (tags: IT-Outsourcing Backshoring Offshoring)
• Altiris – Total Management Suite
  Komplette Automation des IT-Lebenszyklus: Der Kaufpreis einer IT-Ressource ist nur ein kleiner Prozentsatz der echten Kosten, die während ihrer Lebensdauer anfallen. (tags: IT-Outsourcing Lifecycle Automation)
• Forrester Research: European IT Services Spending Forecast: 2006 To 2011
  Forrester has revised its forecast of enterprise IT services spending in Europe. This covers the 25 EU countries, Norway, and Switzerland. (tags: IT-Outsourcing Study Research Europe)
• WordPress.com » Get an account sans-blog
  We've now updated our signup for new users so that you can get a WordPress.com account without a blog being created. People have been requesting this quite a bit. (tags: WordPress Howto)