The past few years have seen the rise of outsourcing across industries. Enterprises outsourced business processes such as customer services in an attempt to save big on spending during the economic recession. The IT industry also embraced the practice, outsourcing not only production and manufacturing but also product development and design. With startups cropping up
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Last year, the science community was rocked by the news that part of the AIDS mystery was solved. Who solved the case? Online game players, particularly of the website Foldit. This success story is just one of the many victories achieved through crowdsourcing. Gartner.com defines Crowdsourcing as the process by which a company sources a
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Big data and cloud computing have both gained momentum in the IT industry as enterprises seek to manage the growing amount of information they deal with. The need for speed in collecting and processing data is what cloud service providers claim to address. Businesses are moving to the Cloud one by one, hoping to harness
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The Stop Online Piracy Act (also known as the dreaded SOPA), presently on hold in the United States House of Representative, and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), the version proposed in the Senate, are legislation that seeks to protect copyrighted materials from infringement and piracy. The Motion Picture Association of America has lobbied for
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Earlier this year, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) rocked the Internet world as major groups like Google and Wikimedia expressed opposition. The hearing – and eventual passage or junking – of these two acts in the Senate and in the House respectively can change investor behavior as well
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Businesses large and small are moving towards the Cloud as more and more information and processes demand speed and accuracy. Enterprises are looking to take advantage of the many potentials of the Cloud as developers try to keep up with rapidly changing trends and needs in the international business marketing arena. For many, the Cloud
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The title for this series of posts is inspired by the extensive series of instructional/reference books, which serve as non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered, or for readers who need a solid brush up. The title doesn’t imply that software CEO’s are Dummies; only that there is a need for a new
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The title for this series of posts is inspired by the extensive series of instructional/reference books, which serve as non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered, or for readers who need a solid brush up. The title doesn’t imply that software CEO’s are Dummies; only that there is a need for a new
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The title for this series of posts is inspired by the extensive series of instructional/reference books, which serve as non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered, or for readers who need a solid brush up. The title doesn’t imply that software CEO’s are Dummies; only that there is a need for a new
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