It’s not everyday that you come across a product that makes you sit up and just wonder if you’ve been sleeping all along. And I can simply say there is one upcoming product that made me feel just like that. Never before in my 18 years of working with technology have I encountered a product for which the word ‘wow’ wouldn’t suffice. I guess Google’s search engine is the only technology that comes ‘second’ in my mind…

I agree it might just be the lure of a sexy new technology. But then, if you just go through Microsoft Live Labs’ Photosynth product, well, you’ll realize what I’m saying. So, what is this Photosynth? Nothing much really, if you just look at what it says it does. But then, if you look at what goes behind the front-end and what the ultimate objective of the project is, it’s nothing short of ‘amazingly wowwwwww’.

Outsourcing is no longer a buzzword it once was. From the mid-80s to now, it has reshaped the business landscape in a way that no other management concept has. And it has done so quietly, without the usual hype that so surrounds most new initiatives.However, there have been a fair amount of failures where outsourcing hasn’t quite delivered value. In most cases, this has been the result of poor planning and lack of understanding of how to prepare as your organization looks to outsource its business processes and technology development.

The attached presentation discusses some important concepts related to outsourcing readiness and was delivered by me at an event organized by San Diego State University and its Entrepreneurial Management Center on June 7, 2006. This presentation highlights some of these key challenges and highlights the role of an assessment in mitigating risks associated with outsourcing.

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For more details on the Entrepreneurial Management Center (EMC) of the San Diego State University, see http://www.SDSU.edu/EMC