India Mobiles

According to a new Information Technology Research report from Business Monitor International (BMI), the leading, independent provider of proprietary data, analysis, ratings, rankings and forecasts covering, the Russian IT market is expected to start to recover in 2010 from a significant contraction in spending on IT products and services in 2009. In 2010, the Russian IT market is forecast to grow to US$15bn, up substantially on 2009. Growing computer penetration, government ICT projects and rich potential for IT spending by Russia’s traditional industries could drive an increase in IT spending per capita from around US$107 in 2010 to US$190 by 2014, the report says.

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Russia Information Technology Report Q2 2010: Russian IT market is on the Rise

I caught this article by Ann Meyer on the front page of the Chicago Tribune business section Small businesses: Exporting to extend reach which seems to be another lame attempt by a local journalist to write about what’s happening in the world.  Apparently she attended the Illinois Small Business Export Promotion Forum , talked to

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small business exporting

Twitter generates nearly 10 percent of social media global hits to websites, according to new research from StatCounter . The report found that Facebook is still the main source of traffic to global websites with almost half ( 48% ) of social media hits followed by StumbleUpon with 25 percent . The data for March is based on 13 billion page views across the StatCounter network of member sites. The analytics firm just recently added social media to the categories its tracks

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Facebook And StumbleUpon – The Most Traffic Generating Social Sites

I attended this seminar Business and Investment Opportunities in Southeast Europe organized by the SouthEast Europe Chamber of Commerce @ Baker & McKenzie.  The presentations & handouts are on the webpage, so here’s what you can’t find there: Baker & McKenzie is working on international projects related to infrastructure, logistics, supply chains, & climate change,

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invest in south eastern europe?

Boosted by an increase in iPhone and Mac shipments, Apple reported a 90 percent increase in quarterly profits Tuesday. The company reported net profit of US$3.07 billion for the quarter ended on March 27, which compares to profits of $1.62 billion from the same quarter a year ago. The company reported earnings per share of $3.33, which beat expectations of $2.45 from analysts polled by Thomson Reuters

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Apple Profile Increase 90 Percent

Facebook’s iPhone app is one of the well-known app in Apple’s App Store. But if recent buzz are true, some of that app’s functionality could be accessible to iPhone owners after the release of iPhone OS 4.0. According to a report from Gunning for Safety, the safety blog has discovered evidence in the developer preview of iPhone OS 4.0 that Facebook friends and events could be integrated into the new software. “It looks like Apple plans to implement Facebook’s Events into the iPhone’s Calendar app, as well as add Facebook’s friends network to the iPhones contacts database,” the blog wrote.

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Facebook Connectivity Approaching to iPhone

Risk mitigation in IT outsourcing engagements has become a hot topic recently. It was scrutinized in a recent Everest Group’s whitepaper titled ” Emerging Markets Suppliers: A valuable Lever for Risks Diversification” providing a list of recommended, “must-know” vendors in 6 ITO destinations that compete with India. Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) was represented by its leading full-cycle software services provider EPAM Systems. At a webinar earlier this year, Everest announced their outsourcing market forecast for 2010, where they stated that in a recovering economy the key ITO vendors would transform their approach in order to shift more risks away from the clients. With delivery models and contracting structures being updated and adjusted to the buyers’ needs and expectations, the leading service providers keep investing into safeguarding their customers’ information

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ITO Firms in CEE Prioritize Security of Clients’ Data

Gmail is the fastest mean of mailing system nowadays. But attaching a file seems a very tedious task, as you have to click “attach a file” option and then browse the particular file, which is a little bit time consuming. So, here is the solution for you now. Now gmail has extended its functionality by providing drag-and-drop file attachment feature. With this functionality now users can drag-and-drop photos, documents, spreadsheets and other files from their computer to Gmail.

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New "Drag-and-Drop File Attachment" Feature Made Gmail More Powerful

I lunched & learned with Prof. Jason Kilborn of John Marshall Law School when he discussed UNRAVELING MISPERCEPTIONS AND BUILDING UNDERSTANDING: A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC LAW AND ISLAMIC FINANCE He declined my invitation to post his presentation here, so here’s a summary: There are only Islamic lawS, not 1 law.   The 1.6B Muslims in

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islamic law & finance

Twitter managed to make a lot of developers uneasy last week when they acquired Tweetie and made it their official Twitter app for iPhone. Then there was the launch of the RIM Twitter app for BlackBerry that sounded official until Twitter stepped in to correct that impression.

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Twitter to Have Official Android App

I had lunch with the Niagara Foundation again, this time featuring Gustavo Martino, Consul General of Argentina in Chicago, who gave a presentation from Prosper AR about investment opportunities in Argentina & economic integration in Latin America. Here are the highlights: Buenos Aires has a population of 3M of the 10M in the area.  Argentina

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sing to me Argentina

The International Visitors Center of Chicago hosted Matthew Klimow, Director of the Office of  Language Services, & his associate Julien, who flew in from Washington, D.C. Department of State to present Privilege of a Lifetime; Serving at the State Department.  Their focus was mainly on opportunities for those who speak multiple languages & speak/write them

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interpret/translate @ US Dept of State

75 Amazing HD and Widescreen Space, Planet and Galaxy Desktop Wallpapers. This is a collection of the best available Space desktop wallpapers for your desktop. For the people who love to have some extraordinary wallpapers in their collection, this one can be a awesome collection. Most of the Wallpapers have widescreen resolutions with other screen sizes

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75 Most Fabulous Space Desktop Wallpapers For Your Desktop

I wasn’t able to attend, but did pick up the proceedings from the Academy of International Business Midwest Chapter‘s annual meeting @ the Drake Hotel. Here are the topics they addressed: Promoting economic growth through tourism:  a systematic customer-focused approach Corporate governance & firm valuation in Asian emerging markets Patterns of consumer adjustments in shopping

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international business…academically speaking

Many IT departments are evaluating the services they offer to their many clients within the enterprise. One of the challenges they face are how to offer the best of internal support balanced and low prices but balanced against the high costs of software licensing, maintenance and limited budgets. One of the services which IT departments offer that is the most common denominator in any organization is that of electronic mail. And at least once a year IT departments review the potential benefits of outsourcing their corporate email service to outside entities.

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10 Reasons for External EMAIL Hosting

Horses for Sources, the foremost social networking community and advisory analyst firm, published its first research report – “The IT Outsourcing and Business Process Outsourcing Industry Landscape in 2010”. The report was conducted on the basis of the opinion of 1,055 senior executives involved with either buying, selling or advising outsourcing services

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Happy Future for Outsourcing in 2010

If you are a savvy businessman it is hard for you to do everything yourself. Certainly you would not want your valuable time to be eaten up by administrative tasks. When you do away with these responsibilities, you get more time to grow your business.  So, leaving these tasks to virtual assistants can be helpful in more ways than one. As administrative experts, virtual assistants, can help you organize your business in a very efficient manner. You can rely on them to provide your clients the required administrative support

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How to Hire Virtual Assistants

Amazing HD and Widescreen Desktop Wallpaper and Calendar Backgrounds for April 2010. Welcome to April 2010. Like every other moth, I have designed some wonderful Desktop Wallpaper Calendars for April 2010

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Hand Picked Desktop Wallpaper Calendars For April 2010

I had lunch with the folks @ SDL who sponsored another roundtable discussion on localization.  There were representatives from a number of the area’s leading companies in attendance, such as GE Healthcare, Johnson Controls, Zebra Technologies, Encyclopedia Britannica, Hyatt Hotels, & Navistar.  A few notable non-profit organizations were there too;  Rotary & Lions Clubs.  Here’s

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sdl localization roundtable

The recent world economic recession, when everybody was trying to stay afloat, made many cut their IT budgets. Now, when the worst seems to be behind, companies are starting moving forward with renewed trust in the stability and growth of economic markets, leading to increased outsourcing activity. But there’s been a certain shift in how corporations regard outsourcing trying to answer why, what, how and where questions. Why do we outsource? Why do we offshore?

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New Horizons for Outsourcing

The Niagara Foundation supported this luncheon speech featuring Kerstin B. Lane, Consul General of Sweden & President of the Swedish American Museum Center, who talked mostly about the Chicago Cultural Alliance (CCA).  The CCA was formed as a non-profit organization for teachers which grew out of the Cultural Diversity Alliance at the Center for Cultural

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swedish consul general on chicago culture