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		<title>Some changes &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cem Basman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You probably noticed how I failed to properly blog in the last couple of months. There are several reasons for this:

I started this blog as a watchdog for current trends in IT Sourcing and Shoring. More than a year has passed since the start and I have pretty good impressions of those trends and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization: Did You Know?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cem Basman</dc:creator>
		
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Think about it &#8230;
[via and via]
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		<title>Event: Nearshoring to the Ukraine</title>
		<link>http://basman.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/event-nearshoring-to-the-ukraine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cem Basman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 8, 2007 I will be speaking about nearshoring and some trends in IT sourcing and shoring at a show case night in Munich. The event is sponsored by Develine, a global IT service provider from the Ukraine with expertise in .NET and Java application development. The Ukrainian Consul General Dr. Walerij A. Stepanow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Words for Movers and Shakers</title>
		<link>http://basman.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/words-for-movers-and-shakers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cem Basman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to build a ship, don&#8217;t herd people together to collect wood and don&#8217;t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. 
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I&#8217;m quite busy with some strategic and exciting projects so blogging is pretty slow these days &#8230;
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		<title>United Internet sells outsourcing provider twenty4help</title>
		<link>http://basman.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/united-internet-sells-outsourcing-provider-twenty4help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cem Basman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[United Internet AG, Montabaur, today reached a general agreement with Teleperformance SA, Paris, with regard to the sale of the United Internet Group subsidiary twenty4help AG, Montabaur, to Teleperformance.
twenty4help is the current European leading company in technical support &#38; help desk with a consolidated turnover of more than 100 Millions €. The company operates in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>links for 2007-01-28</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cem Basman</dc:creator>
		
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Accenture Blogs  View all RSS Feeds and Podcasts &#8230;  (tags: Corporate Blog Podcast)


Accenture Newsroom: Accenture Opens New Delivery Center in Brno, Czech Republic  Brno is Accenture’s sixth center operating in Central and Eastern Europe.  (tags: Globalization)


Weblog zum Thema Crowdsourcing &#124; Crowdwisdom  German blog by Markus Pöhlmann: “Crowdwisdom” ist ein Weblog über Neuigkeiten, Trends, Artikel, Gedanken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>links for 2007-01-27</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cem Basman</dc:creator>
		
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Machine Tags (hebig.org/blog)  Great. Makes me think of my new project concept &#8230; (tags: Tagging)


The Hindu Business Line : Wipro plans to hire 14,000 freshers  More intake at entry level to keep a tab on costs.  (tags: HR India)


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		<title>See me, hear me</title>
		<link>http://basman.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/see-me-hear-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cem Basman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A short video take from Munich at a blogger meeting in the first evening during DLD07. Nevermind the wrong spelling of my family name in the trailer - but you can hear at the beginning of the tape (59 sec) the correct pronunciation of my full name &#8230; ;-)
       [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in town again &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://basman.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/back-in-town-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DLD07 was an excellent three day event. Where do you get the chance to experience such an exclusive and brilliant crowd like John Naisbitt, Arianna Huffington, Carlos Bhola, Caterina Fake, Lars Hinrichs, Luc Besson, Lord Norman Foster and many many others out of the field of science, digital life, technology, design, art, architecture, sport, experienced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See you tomorrow at &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://basman.wordpress.com/2007/01/20/see-you-tomorrow-at/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cem Basman</dc:creator>
		
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DLD07, Munich, Germany on January 21st - 23rd, 2007
I will meet a lot of friends there and interesting new people, share ideas and network, get some fresh inspiration and some sparring for my own concepts for three days &#8230;
If you see me there, don&#8217;t hesitate to approach me! You are also welcome to share a drink (or [...]]]></description>
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