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TechWeek 21-Nov-08

noemail@techcolumbus.org — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:00:00 GMT

TechWeek 21-Nov-08


	November 21, 2008

IT Trends: Impact of Outsourcing Grossly Overstated While IT Labor Shortage Continues to Plague CIOs

Results of a recent survey by the Society of Information Management strongly indicate a shortage of qualified IT professionals to fill available jobs within the U.S. Further, the report seems to refute prevailing notions that corporations are cutting budgets by laying off IT professionals and outsourcing their jobs overseas. Whereas the study shows that managers plan to increase offshore outsourcing in 2009 by two percent, this still only represents 5.2 percent of the total... [More Info]

Media Tour Focuses National Attention on Central Ohio´s Tech Community

TechColumbus and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce played hosts last week to a slate of national tech writers and editors who came to town to learn more about why the region was recently recognized by Forbes as the #1 Up and Coming Tech City. Great stories, such as the one posted by David Strom, a regular contributor to E-Week, Info World and the NY Times, are beginning to emerge as a result. Strom posted a story on his Web Informant site that focuses on the City of Dublin and... [More Info]

OCLC Teams with Syracuse University and University of Washington to Build a Better Search Engine

OCLC, along with the information schools of Syracuse University and the University of Washington, have joined together in an international effort to create a more credible Web search engine based on the input of librarians around the globe. Funded through a $100,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the program is known as Reference Extract. When used to search for a key word or phrase, Reference Extract returns results that are weighted towards those... [More Info]

Ohio Scientists Hopeful For Future of Stem Cell Advancements

Doctors in the United Kingdom have successfully transplanted a windpipe grown from the recipient´s own stem cells. The procedure was opted for instead of the removal of the 30-year old woman´s left lung. This is one of only a few trachea transplants that have ever been completed and the procedure could become a new standard of treatment. This is just one of many medical advances that continue to emerge as a result of stem cell research and advancements. The newly... [More Info]

TechColumbus Becomes Network Partner of Microsoft BizSpark

Service Supports Central Ohio IT Startups

BizSpark, a recently announced program for startups, was launched by Microsoft to offer everything a new venture needs to build an integrated Web service. The program was established to compete with open source alternatives such as MySQL and others. TechColumbus´ Kevin Gadd, director of IT Commercialization, recently enrolled TechColumbus as a Network Partner of BizSpark. To qualify for the service, a startup has to be referred... [More Info]

Battelle Names Executive VP for Global Lab Operations

Battelle has announced the appointment of Ron Townsend, Ph.D., as executive vice president of Global Laboratory Operations. Townsend, currently president of Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and the Department of Energy´s Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, will assume his new position in mid January. He will succeed Dr. Jeffrey Wadsworth who becomes president and CEO of Battelle following the retirement of Carl Kohrt January 1, 2009. Townsend is... [More Info]

FDA Opens First Overseas Office in Beijing

This week the FDA opened the first of three stations it plans to set up in China, the purpose of which is to validate inspections of food, drugs, medical devices and other products bound for the U.S. The move is in response to the growing role of China as an exporter of food and drug products to the U.S., combined with several recent food and medicine safety scares. "The global market has clearly changed the nature of our challenge in keeping products safe, said Mike Leavitt," secretary of... [More Info]

CallCopy Signs Strategic Alliance with NACR

COLUMBUS, Ohio - November 18, 2008 - CallCopy, Inc., a leading provider of call recording and quality monitoring software, today announced... [More Info]

CallCopy Recognized as Best Place to Work in Central Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio - November 14, 2008 - CallCopy, Inc., a leading provider of call recording and quality monitoring software, today announced... [More Info]

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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS BREAKFAST FORUM
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21-Nov-08 10:00 AM

IT Trends: Impact of Outsourcing Grossly Overstated While IT Labor Shortage Continues to Plague CIOs

noemail@techcolumbus.org — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:45:00 GMT

So why this misperception; some experts blame it on widespread media reports on outsourcing that have been overly exaggerated. In fact, the largest allocation within 2009 IT budgets is for internal staff which equals 33.7 percent of the total budget. Even the line item for domestically outsourced staff is 6.2 percent and therefore greater than that allocated for overseas outsourcing. Here are some other statistics from the report:

44 percent of respondents project their 2009 budgets will exceed 2008

43 percent estimate they will have a greater headcount in 2009 than 2008

75 percent project IT salaries will increase in 2009

For the U.S. there’s a bigger threat than IT outsourcing and that’s the lack of qualified IT professionals for the labor market. This threat will continue to grow as Baby Boomers begin to retire and the number of graduates of math and science continues to decrease. While there’s no quick fix to this dynamic, a big part of the solution must come from changing the perception that most IT jobs are either currently, or soon will be, shipped off to India or China. The data clearly refutes this and this message must get out.

For more details read the ZDNet story by Jason Hiner

Click here for a synopsis of the SIM report

20-Nov-08 11:45 AM

Media Tour Focuses National Attention on Central Ohio’s Tech Community

noemail@techcolumbus.org — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:30:00 GMT

TechColumbus and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce played hosts last week to a slate of national tech writers and editors who came to town to learn more about why the region was recently recognized by Forbes as the #1 Up and Coming Tech City. Great stories, such as the one posted by David Strom, a regular contributor to E-Week, Info World and the NY Times, are beginning to emerge as a result.

Strom posted a story on his Web Informant site that focuses on the City of Dublin and its efforts to narrowly target and attract a certain type of startup company, namely the kind that starts out as one or two people in a garage and ends up staying within the city while growing to a much larger entity. Dana McDaniel, Dublin’s deputy city manager, says that the city is betting on the “long-tail,” a term most often associated with very narrow segmentation and targeting. Strom cites the many things Dublin has going for it in achieving this goal. These include quality of life considerations such as a thriving downtown district with multiple eateries, congestion-free travel and mixed residential-business zones to enable people to still have their offices close by their homes once they’ve grown out of the garage. Strom further cites Dublin’s proximity to Columbus and the ability to “piggy-back” off of all the business resources and talent pool the region has to offer. Strom praises Dublin for really getting what the next decade of employment opportunities is going to be all about.

Strom had great things to say about Columbus as an IT destination as well.

Click here to read his complete post

20-Nov-08 11:30 AM

OCLC Teams with Syracuse University and University of Washington to Build a Better Search Engine

noemail@techcolumbus.org — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:15:00 GMT

“We look forward to developing this credibility focused search capability which holds the promise of providing powerful new access to information based on professionally delivered library reference services,” said Jay Jordon, president and CEO of OCLC. “We are hopeful that this effort will lay the necessary groundwork for implementing a large-scale, general user service.”

Anyone wishing to provide input for the program, or in learning more, can visit the project Web site at http://digref.org

20-Nov-08 11:15 AM