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Benefits of Outsourcing to CMMI-Rated Vendor
In the outsourcing selection decision, many organizations use the candidate suppliers’ Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) maturity level as one of the decision-making criteria. Suppliers want to maximize their chances of winning business from companies that are pursuing offshore outsourcing services. Since CMMI maturity level ratings serve as a differentiator, these organizations want to position themselves among the elite. Maturity level 5 is the place to be, in CMMI terms.
Additional useful advice on this topic could be found in the article:
CMMI - Does Your Outsourcing Supplier Make the Grade?
Report Data
The original research "How technology sectors grow: Benchmarking IT industry competitiveness 2008" by the Economist Intelligence Unit, where the article data were taken from, can be found here:
http://global.bsa.org/2008eiu/study/2008-eiu-study.pdf
Social Networking and CRM
More than mere communication and content sharing platforms, social networks are a source of relevant information to marketers and CRM professionals, and should be used more actively in the business environment.
From the most focused ones to those that cater to as many groups as possible, social networks map out the connections that exist among the millions of members and those of their networks’. As a result, the information that social networkers provide on their profiles allow marketers to generate a database of potential customers as well as provide CRM professionals new ways to handle customer feedback.
More about the role of social networking in building customer database: CRM+Social Networking: Extending Customer Contact
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Hacking Exposed, Sixth Edition
By Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, George Kurtz; Published by McGraw-Hill/Osborne
The original Hacking Exposed authors rejoin forces on this tenth anniversary edition to offer completely up-to-date coverage of today's most devastating hacks and how to prevent them. Using their proven methodology, the authors reveal how to locate and patch system vulnerabilities. The book includes new coverage of ISO images, wireless and RFID attacks, Web 2.0 vulnerabilities, anonymous hacking tools, Ubuntu, Windows Server 2008, mobile devices, and more. Enter now!
How Do Millennials Affect Tech Spending?
Related article about the millennials and how do they define where your tech funding goes:
http://www.executivebrief.com/blogs/how-do-millennials-affect-tech-spending