As 2009 comes to a close, many of our colleagues are taking into considerations two, prima facie opposing, business realities into account while finalizing the technology budget for 2010.
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There is sustained interest with Large Entreprises and SMEs on where the cloud seems to be leading us....
I and my colleague Bhavin Ruchaira will be presenting a Seminar with NASSCOM EMERGE Forum on July 10th at the Infosys Hyderabad Campus on how entreprises could only save money but make money through these clouds.
It doesn’t need an opinion poll to concur on the kind of times we are living in today. Amidst a new vocabulary where A stands for Assets, B for Bailout, C for Crisis and D for Depression- there is sense of déjà vu that we have seen it all. Amidst confused reports of whether we are at the beginning of the crisis, in the midst of it or at the tail-end, every morning continues to deliver bad news, as predictably as the rising sun.
What does this mean for IT service providers? Is this a time to sit back, blame it on the bad times and hope the good times will return (while taking a well earned break)? Or is this an opportunity is disguise – an opportunity to recoup, reinvent and rebuild?
Thanks to the recent financial crisis and associated downturn, many in the financial services are scratching their heads real hard to evaluate best strategies to navigate the rough weather and come up with cost cutting strategies. Evaluating Open source technologies is seeming to be not so bad an option anymore while wading through the downturn challenges.
Bank of America à Merrill Lynch
BarclaysàLehman Brothers
JPMorganChaseàBear Stearns
Morgan Stanleyà?
Goldman Sachsà?
Welcome to merger mania. Out of necessity the nation’s largest financial institutions are acquiring and being acquired. This is not just a change in our financial system, this is a tectonic shift—a once in a lifetime event that will forever alter the banking landscape.
The world has changed a lot since 2001. The stock market has crashed, rebounded, and dropped again. The cell phone has become ubiquitous, and will likely become the center of technology innovation over the next decade. In fact, consumer electronics as a whole have completely transformed in the last few years. Consumers have found ways to better their lives through technology and businesses have responded with ever better and more desirable products.
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