Archive for July, 2009

99.999%

Five-nines reliability and what it stands for. Network infrastrutcure providers, Telephone companies and Software as a Service (SaaS), as well as network equipment providers claiming to offer 99.999% up-time or reliability. But how many people actually know what it means and that a 99.999% reliability comes at a premium price. The five-nines reliability comes originally [...]

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Outsourcing Done The Right Way

Who has not heard horror stories about failed outsourcing initiatives. Many organizations that attempt outsourcing often forget that the key to any successful outsourcing initiative is shared goals and good management. Often outsourcing is only seen as a way to save money quickly and there for implementations are rushed into, without the proper planning and [...]

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The Seven Deadly Sins of Outsourcing

Disclaimers: This post was originally posted on the LinkedIn Group “Outsourcing to Ukraine” by Alena Shechkova at the Ainstainer Group and has been republished on this Blog with her consent. This article is a shortened version of Jérôme Barthélemy’s – “The seven deadly sins of outsourcing.“ __________________________________________________________________________________ The Seven Deadly Sins of Outsourcing While outsourcing [...]

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