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Optimizing Process and Technology Volume 1 Issue 5 |
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Dear {!firstname}, Thank you to those of you that turned out for the Red Cross event, and to the CIO Forum! Quite different events - both were great! See Upcoming Events for our next charitable networking date. Feel free to forward this to others who may find this newsletter helpful. Sincerely,
Laura Pettit Rusick If you're like many U.S. businesses, you will be playing catch up to where you were before you cut staff and put projects on hold to reduce costs. You don’t want to be behind when the economy begins strengthening and coming out of recession. Many companies are going through tough times right now, but the smart ones are positioning themselves for growth so they are ready when the economy recovers. Four Problems You Don't Want to Have to Deal With What happens when companies grow before they have the processes and technology in place to support the growth?
Read More >>> Part IV - Custom and Open Source Software While rules vary, custom modifications to open source software can often be submitted for inclusion in the "main" open source product. In this article, I use the term "your IT team" which may include your employees and/or a vendor to which you have outsourced your development. Benefits and Risks The biggest benefit of custom software is that you get exactly what you need (or at least what you pay to develop). Open source software can give you a foundation to start from to develop the specific requirements you have, or can be operated as is. Read More >>> Copyright © 2009 by Laura Pettit Rusick. |
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