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Blog Archive for April, 2009

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2008 China IT, Software, and Outsourcing Revenues

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

2008 China IT Total Revenue (Billions)

2008 2007
CNY (¥) USD ($) CNY (¥) USD ($) Change (%)
Total 6,300 926 5,600 824 12.5
Manufacturing 5,120 753 4,540 668 12.8
Software 757 111 583 86 29.8
Other 423 62 477 70 N/A
2008 China IT Software Read More

What Small and Midsize Businesses Should Know

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Over a decade of experience (for both the international software developers and U.S. tech companies and professionals) and process improvements have made outsourcing a safer and more cost-competitive business option for smaller and mid-sized businesses.  Here is where software development outsourcing is today:

Offshore Software Outsourcing is fast becoming more strategic Read More

Outcries Against Outsourcing

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Can global growth be advanced when ‘strategic collaboration’ and ‘outsourcing’ becomes a dirty word in the U.S. economy?

Can a truly global and competitive U.S. tech worker be developed when isolated from international competition?

Will outsourcing hurt the thriving U.S. Tech Industry and the U.S. Tech Worker in the long-term? What do you Read More

Excursion to Beautiful Lakeside Great Wall

Monday, April 20th, 2009

After long periods of staring at the computer, looking at spreadsheets, attending meetings, not to mention developing new ways of helping the environment with technology, we decided it would be a good idea to take a first hand look at nature and the environment itself.

Last week, the Startech China team Read More

Smart Sockets Make Greener Offices Possible

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

How much energy do you think is wasted everyday on seemingly harmless electrical items you find at offices worldwide such as cold/hot water dispensers?  What about an idled computer? The office printer?  Alone, these items do not seem to take up that much energy, but like everything else, compounded with Read More