Nearshore Journal

Transparent, honest and just pricing gives consumers a chance to act in their own interest. Lower costs for service providers will sooner rather than later lead to improved cost – benefit.
To the extent that the rationalization benefits shareholders it is important to remember that the largest shareholders usually are public and private pension schemes – [...]

For more information on virtualization and how it provides a foundation for Private Cloud, plan to attend the HP Cloud Virtual Conference taking place in March. To register for this event, go to:
Asia, Pacific, Japan – March 2
Europe Middle East and Africa – March 3
Americas – March 4
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is pushing deeper into the cloud [...]

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has launched a global Risk Management consulting service line to help companies better identify, manage and mitigate risks and make greater strategic use of risk data and information to support their decision-making processes.
The new service line expands Accenture’s risk-related services as market demand continues to increase in response to recent turbulence in the [...]

By Leah Gabriel Nurik
Joining other retailers such as Best Buy and Verizon, Staples completes integration of four VAR acquisitions and eyes market for SMB tech services.
Staples today unveiled its new and improved technology reseller arm, Staples Technology Solutions. The office supply giant acquired two VARs over the past four years, and now rebranded its IT [...]

By Austin Modine in San Francisco
Ever dream of coming up with the word’s next billion-dollar idea – then handing it over to Cisco for a chance to win a 0.025 per cent cut of that billion? Well, now’s your next big chance, you silly goose!
The network giant has launched its second-ever “I-Prize” contest to tap [...]

NII Holdings – which operates the Nextel branded networks in Latin America – is to transfer around 1,000 staff to Nokia Siemens Networks as part of a network management outsourcing deal. The agreement covers the management of NII’s networks across its markets in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru.
The scale of the contract makes it [...]

By Steve Johnson / sjohnson@mercurynews.com
Trying to speed up Internet service across the nation, Google said Wednesday that it plans to develop an experimental broadband system in one or more communities that would stream Web-based content more than 100 times faster than what is commonly available to Americans today.
The company was vague about many details of [...]