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December 8, 2008, 2:25 am | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post | One comment |

Monday’s Musings: Can IT Services Firms Shift the Balance of Power To Create Choice for the Customer?

By R "Ray" Wang

Current Model Lopsided Towards the Large ISV’s
Rapid enterprise apps vendor consolidation over the past 5 years leave end user enterprises with fewer vendor choices and less competition.  The impact to services firms is a continued and increased dependency on the fortune and “good will” of the software vendor by IT Services firms.  However, ISV’s [...]

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November 28, 2008, 12:01 am | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post | 2 comments |

Speaking Engagement: The Emerging IT Services & Software Ecosystem - Seven Strategies For IT Services Firms To Shift The Balance Of Power

By R "Ray" Wang

Tuesday
2nd December 2008
9:00 am to 11:00 am

Mumbai
Greetings!

As part of NASSCOM Speakers Club, we take pleasure in inviting you to attend the session on “The Emerging IT Services & Software Ecosystem: Seven Strategies For IT Services Firms To Shift The Balance Of Power” and the speaker for the session is Mr. [...]

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