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Archive for October, 2007

SaaS CRM Disadvantages

October 29, 2007 by Raj Sheelvant  |  6 Comments

The biggest advantage of SaaS CRM is that, very little in house resources are utilized in deploying, maintaining and integrating the CRM application. The vendor does most of the work and thus SaaS delivery model looks tempting from a financial perspective. As it turns out it is not advantageous to have SaaS delivery model for [...]

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Business Intelligence for HR Department

October 25, 2007 by Raj Sheelvant  |  3 Comments

Companies around the world face a workforce that is getting older. This will make attracting and retaining talent a top priority as mentioned in my previous blog Business Skills for IT Workers. This trend will catapult into the role of HR department right into the middle of formulating a people centric business strategy, especially in [...]

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Business Skills for the IT Workers

October 23, 2007 by Raj Sheelvant  |  No Comments

Society for Information Management Survey this year for the first time in 10 years has identified that CIOs now rank people issue as their #1 concern. In this global labor movement it’s interesting to note that retaining and managing talent is becoming the top priority of organizations.
The reason according to the survey [...]

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eBay’s failed Business Strategy with Skype Acquisition

October 18, 2007 by Raj Sheelvant  |  3 Comments

eBay’s failed Business Strategy with Skype Acquisition

eBay’s third quarter 2007 financial results are in and its official they took $900 million write down in the value of Skype. Looks like eBay did not ’shop victoriously’. So, what went wrong with Skype acquisition? First of all, is Skype a strategic fit for eBay’s business model?
I attended an event in April 2007 [...]

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What’s better? Crowd Sourcing? or Expert Sourcing?

October 16, 2007 by Raj Sheelvant  |  No Comments

 
With the rise of social networking and collaboration technology there is growing interest in ‘Crowd Sourcing’. Wikipedia is a classic example where we have witnessed a dramatic shift of power from the experts to the ‘crowd’. According to numerous studies, the percentage of errors on the Wikipedia site is far lower than [...]

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Offshore Outsourcing, a Sound Business Strategy?

October 10, 2007 by Raj Sheelvant  |  No Comments

Offshore Outsourcing, a Sound Business Strategy?

Is Offshore Outsourcing good Corporate Business Strategy? If the objective is cost savings due to labor arbitrage then in the long run organizations will fail to achieve that objective. But, if diversification of labor is the objective (read my blog Globalization of Labor) only then offshoring begins to make sense.There are two kinds of offshoring: [...]

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Evolving role of the IT Project Manager

October 3, 2007 by Raj Sheelvant  |  8 Comments

Evolving role of the IT Project Manager

The role of the IT project manager (PM) is being redefined. In addition to making sure the project is progressing as planned, in today’s environment the PM needs to be good in 2 more areas

Effectively manage resources and customers that are mobile and globally located
Understand the business and marketing strategy of the customer because [...]

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Raj Sheelvant has more than 15 years of varied experience in the field of Information Technology and is passionate about aligning IT with Business needs.

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