CIO Insider: Making It in China: The Good, The Bad, The Bottom Line
October 18, 2005
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Supply Chain: Making It in China
Chinese labor can reduce the total cost of products. And
IT can reduce the risks that come with that cost reduction:
lead time and supply variability. But the challenge that
falls to CIOs--monitoring, managing, automating and feeding
the Chinese supply chain with information--is tremendously
daunting. Is your company (and are you) ready for China?
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=7629&PMID=36343701&s=2&f=1
Also in this issue of the Insider:
1. Ask the Expert: Asian Outsourcing
2. Open Source: China's Bet on Linux
3. IT Value: Why You Should Experiment with Your Business
4. Staffing: Go West, Job-Seekers
5. Security Staffing: Take Our Survey
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1. Ask the Expert: Asian Outsourcing
Last month, Richard Mills, Asia-Pacific outsourcing expert,
answered many reader questions on the topic. Check out the
Q&A at:
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=7631&PMID=36343701&s=2&f=1
2. Open Source: China's Bet on Linux
China's government agencies and businesses are turning to
Linux as their desktop operating system of choice, a trend
with potential to influence how the world uses the
open-source software.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=7632&PMID=36343701&s=2&f=1
3. IT Value: Why You Should Experiment with Your Business
Executives, including CIOs, are beginning to understand the
power of a well-defined business experimentation process as
a way to increase the pace of organizational learning and
thereby accelerate the development of new or extended products,
services and processes. James Cash of Harvard Business School
and Keri Pearson of the Concours Group explain.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=7633&PMID=36343701&s=2&f=1
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Identity Management: An Increasing Requirement in the
Regulatory Compliance Challenge
Global lawmakers have implemented a series of wide-ranging
regulations that dramatically affect many businesses and
require them to navigate varying policies, processes, and
technologies to realize compliance. This IDC report reviews
specific regulations and the need to develop appropriate
compliance solutions.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=7546&PMID=36343701&s=2&f=1
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4. Staffing: Go West, Job-Seekers
IT professionals seeking work have the best chance of
finding jobs on the West Coast, according to Robert Half
Technology, an employment services company. To see more
findings, go to:
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=7635&PMID=36343701&s=2&f=1
5. Security Staffing: Take Our Survey
What skills will be most in demand in the coming years and
how hard is it to find the security expertise you need? Is
turnover a problem and what are you doing to retain valuable
employees? Take CSO magazine's survey and tell us what your
security staffing concerns are.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=7276&PMID=36343701&s=2&f=1
You can read the entire October 15 issue of CIO magazine
online.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=7639&PMID=36343701&s=2&f=1
Thanks for reading the CIO Insider.
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Sandy Kendall
Web Editor
CIO Magazine
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