Archive for April, 2009
Open Source Software…what not to do!
I had a recent experience where we were supporting a client using VirtueMart, an open source e-commerce shopping cart product. There were issues, things weren’t working. Shipping information was showing up twice, taxes weren’t getting calculated properly and a bunch of layout related issues. But what I discovered leads me to post this thread. As [...]
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Offshore Outsourcing – The Debate
So I have read a lot of articles on offshore outsourcing, its advantages and disadvantages. There are heated debates now regarding the US companies “shipping” jobs overseas and instead of keeping and creating local jobs. Government is putting pressure on US companies to keep jobs in America and giving them incentives to do so. Conversely, [...]
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Office set-up – the hunt and the hunted
I was advised to take up an office space in the industrial zone where all the other hi-tech offices were located to be competitive and to attract good talent. What? no one wants to work in a garage? where’s the fun in this..:) I bit the bullet and spent the money. I got a 2600 [...]
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Starting my own offshore outsourcing business…the beginning
After about 22 years being in the US, having studied there from 6th grade till I left college, from my first job to one that lasted 10 years (it was the same job), one fine day me and my wife decided we are going to pack our bags and move to India. What a thrill! [...]
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