geosophical technologies

Buying too much software?

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:19:00 +0000

Although there has been a slowdown in the global IT economy, the sector has been slowing down less than other sectors such as automotive. However, software purchases from many of the largest...

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Why money matters?

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:01:00 +0000

I've been interested in the financial aspects of the technology industry for most of the last 20 years, probably from the first time that I created really comprehensive business case for a client -...

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Malaysian open source growth

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:29:00 +0000

I read an interest article on one of the Malaysian wires last night about the continued and future growth of open source in Malaysia. The expectation is that the open source economy will grow from...

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Scotland's national database deal

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:53:00 +0000

Although it's not the normal focus of my blog I couldn't resist mentioning the recent deal that Procurement Scotland had struck with Oracle - The Register has a few more details. Essentially, for a...

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Will the US keep on restricting access to technology to unfriendly nations

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:39:00 +0000

It's long been the practice in the IT industry to embargo the shipping of high technology products, both software and hardware, to countries that are considered hostile to the US Government. It's...

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Balancing software and IT services in South Korea

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:24:00 +0000

For a long time I've thought there was an opportunity for South Korean software companies and, indeed, for a wider software economy to be built up in the country. The large IT services companies have...

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Vietnam software parks are not enough

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:13:00 +0000

I was picking up on the discussions held at a recent conference in Ho Chi Ming City about the Vietnamese IT industry. One of the most significant debates was about whether there were enough software...

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Mid-market APAC deals

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:43:00 +0000

Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed that vendors in the APAC region have been keen to publicize their latest deals. However, the deals that they are publicizing are - by international or...

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Google - a glocal company ?

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:18:00 +0000

I was mildly surprised to see that Google had launched local homepage for Mozambique. I had always considered Google to be very international in its focus, with a few localizations for the largest of...

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SITA in the open

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:52:00 +0000

Another interesting read that I picked up today was the annual report from Sita, the South African State IT Agency. Sita delivers IT services to the government. Open source really came onto the...

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Back again - looking at Africa

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:11:00 +0000

Been on the road for the last two weeks, so have got behind in writing blog entries for Geosophical. Back on track again... For the past few days I've been looking into the African IT market, partly...

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Cambodian markets

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:40:00 +0000

I don't often get a chance to look at the smallest regional markets in Asia, so I was happy to read some news in MarketWatch today about moves in the Cambodian market. It concerned the appointment...

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Investments in Excelsoft e-Learning

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:13:00 +0000

e-Learning is an area of the market that I've found fascinating for some time. In the early days I was deeply unconvinced of the value of e-Learning, other than in very simple circumstances where the...

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Indian acquisitions in the ERP market

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:07:00 +0000

One of the advantages of the global industry is that I can get to read tomorrows Business Standard at the tail end of the preview day here in the UK. In Monday's edition was the news that Ranklin...

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Philippines - training for the future

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:41:00 +0000

Catching up on reading after a week in the US... I spotted an article in the Saipan Tribune that seems to tie in neatly with some of my previous suggestions for the development of the Philippine BPO...

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Headstrong in diversification push, but when

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:24:00 +0000

I first came across Headstrong at the NASSCOM leadership conference in February this year where they the laptop bags bore the Headstrong logo. At the time they struck me as an organization with some...

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Pakistan on the technology park gig

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:03:00 +0000

It's only a few days since I wrote a critique of the new technology park initiatives in the Philippines (see http://linkbee.com/KXD). Now I see that there is to be a massive new IT park in Lahore,...

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hSenid: HR SaaS and outsourcing in tandem

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:52:00 +0000

I've argued before that having good quality HR systems and processes are going to become an increasingly important asset that companies in the emerging Asian markets wield, in an effort to build and...

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Skills shortages again - Malaysia this time

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:26:00 +0000

I hate to think how many of my blog posts here have focused on the issue of skills. So many of the emerging Asian markets are constrained in their growth through either current or future skills...

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Philippines open source cancelation woes

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:06:00 +0000

Anyone who thinks that the development of the IT economy of a country can be separate from the broader political, social and economic climate of the country is mistaken. There can be no simpler...

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Kenya building further BPO skills

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:31:00 +0000

An interesting little article in Network World yesterday, giving some coverage of investments to grow the BPO capabilities in Kenya (see http://linkbee.com/IQP). Livebean Consulting have set out to...

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Infosys and the Axon aquisition

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:10:00 +0000

In the FT today the news broke that Infosys is to acquire Axon, in a deal valuing them at around $800 million - an all cash transaction due to close in November this year (see...

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Latvia and Japan in partnership

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:51:00 +0000

With the globalization focus that I've adopted here at Geosophical Technologies I see some very unusual partnerships between countries and companies. However, few struck me as more unusual than the...

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Indonesian education and free software offers

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:26:00 +0000

The Jakarta Post had an interesting article yesterday (see http://linkbee.com/IKB). It was written by the educational technologist Jaha Nababan and looked at the rights and wrongs of Indonesia...

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Google is not the only search engine

david.mitchell@ovum.com (Technology Disruption) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:15:00 +0000

We're used to talking about Google being the dominant search engine globally, with others like Yahoo and MSN falling far behind in terms of market share. Despite being the global lead in most...

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