Managing Offshore IT

Most of us who have cellphones, blackberries and PDAs have come to accept the issue of incompatible chargers as a matter of fact. Many of us business travelers also frequently forget chargers either back at home or at the hotels. For instance, on a trip out of town last week, I forgot my phone charger in the hotel room while checking out and realized it only when I got an e-mail from the help-desk next morning asking if I would be collecting it or would like to have it posted to me. Frequent travelers have found workarounds around the problem [get a free phone charger with a little social engineering]

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Get techies talking about certifications, and the debate is sure to get interesting. I have my opinion on the topic, including on the merits/challenges of continually ensuring (re)certification; but this entry is not about my viewpoint. Bloggers and the tech media regularly pick on the topic to fuel a debate (and possibly readership). A week ago, I was intrigued to receive an internal mail featuring Amit Jnagal, an Architetect based offshore, who has also recently donned the Corporate Blogger hat. The mail was intended to motivate fellow employees in our practice unit on the organizational drive towards employee certification.

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My team is working on a large proposal for a prospect that is looking for a revamp of its Enterprise Architecture Strategy. This prospect, and as other clients are also increasingly doing, asked to speak with a few past clients where we had done similar work. And here, it was not one or two but nearly half-dozen references they were asking to speak with. Those who have worked on pre-sales support initiatives probably realize the significance of such a request.

It is one thing to get an existing client to agree to use a reference to the work we have done as a case study but getting them to actually talk with another prospect; well that’s where things get interesting.

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