Offshore Jobs In Technology: Opportunity Or a Threat?

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The constant move of US jobs overseas in technology industries reflects both a concern for disappearing jobs in the US and the reward of more cost-effective globalization for US companies that use less expensive overseas labor . Forrester Research has predicted that 3.3 million service jobs will move overseas between 2000 and 2015. What is not clear is the total economic and social benefit to US companies. Lehman Brothers and Dell Computer are returning jobs to the US because of the ineffectiveness of foreign workers in computer services and technical support. Actual cost savings may be misleading because of the importance of communication and cultural c onsistency in project development that make companies use higher-priced but more reliable expertise based in the US.

Labor force information, Service Industries, High technology industry, Economic aspects, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Employment, Services industry, Outsourcing

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Oldest Living Start-Up Tells All

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RFco Inc. is a Silicon Valley start-up that is trying to develop an innovative marriage between analog radio frequency transmission and semiconductor chips to enhance the functions of cellphones anywhere in the world. The goal of Rfco is to invent low-power chips that can manage any radio frequency for data and voice transmissions. The company was organized by Jim Kubinec and Mike Cummings and the CEO is Rich Forte, all of whom have long associations with Silicon Valley semiconductor industry and research. Their difficulty in finding venture capital is analyzed.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Financial management, Executive changes & profiles, Labor Distribution by Employer, RF Transistors, Semiconductor industry, Innovations, Officials and employees, Finance, Statistics, Venture capital, Company financing, Rfco Inc.

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Road Map to a Digital System of Health Records

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A group of health and information technology organizations presented the Bush administration with recommendations for organizing medical records.

General services, Health aspects, Company systems management, Information management, Medical records

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