http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Shaun+Parker Business Management Shaun Parker Sat, 09 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=73675&ca=Business+Management Competitive pressures have pushed many organizations to outsource their IT and software development services around the globe. According to DiamondCluster International's third annual Global IT Outsourcing study, more than three quarters of the Global 1,000 plans to increase its use of IT outsourcin... Business Management Shaun Parker Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=61109&ca=Business+Management Many times, business organizations encounter the dilemma of ethical decision making. "If a CIO says 'I've never faced an ethical issue', they're not living in the real world," says Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, a security and privacy research think tank based in Arizo... Computers and Technology Shaun Parker Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=63082&ca=Computers+and+Technology Regression testing is any type of software testing which seeks to uncover regression bugs. Regression bugs occur whenever software functionality that previously worked as desired stops working or no longer works in the same way that was previously planned. Typically regression bugs occur as an unint... Computers and Technology Shaun Parker Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=54821&ca=Computers+and+Technology If you are a network manager whose company is making a move offshore, beware. Offshore staffs cannot get their work done if their core business applications do not work well over WAN links. Poor performance and intermittent downtime can quickly offset any savings that might have been gained. As a re... Business Shaun Parker Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=49728&ca=Business I talk with so many people who have small businesses and would like to have a web presence but don't know the first thing about how to even get started. Some of the reasons I hear are: - I don't know how to build a website. - I have enough work to do... when am I going to maintain a website? - I don... Computers and Technology Shaun Parker Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=47209&ca=Computers+and+Technology Offshore outsourcing of software and information technology services tasks not only is boosting the U.S. gross domestic product but also helping to generate U.S. jobs, including positions in the IT sector, according to the report. Released Tuesday, it was prepared by research firm Global Insight and... Business Shaun Parker Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=48451&ca=Business Quite often, when corporations consider the possibility of doing some or all of their software development offshore (typically in Eastern Europe or India), the decision is made without considering all of the factors necessary to arrive at the best decision. With companies that already have internal... Business Management Shaun Parker Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=44417&ca=Business+Management So you are thinking to yourself "how can I expand my operation, do more business and make more money?". If you are thinking this right now and are in the web design or webhosting fields then Outsourcing might be for you. Now this is not to say that other companies or businesses can't do outsourcing... Computers and Technology Shaun Parker Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=42197&ca=Computers+and+Technology Work is defined in the most basic sense as labor directed toward a useful purpose. Labor, thus, is any sort of toil involving physical or mental exertion. Breakin' rocks in the hot sun is labor but not work. Laying out a patio is labor and work. Should we distinguish work from fun? I think not. Work... Business Shaun Parker Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=42744&ca=Business Outsourcing is basically a method of carrying out a definite task without completely relying on the original companies resources. It can be a development of a product or can also be acquiring knowledge and technology. In plain English, outsourcing is the process by which a parent company hire servic...