The Long Tail effect seems to be making its way into yet another business domain. This time it is the domain of sourcing, or more specifically sourcing of business services. According to the classical rules of Long Tail, the spread of the Internet and the evolution of web technologies have led to drastic reductions in search […]

A huge story in the IT world this week was the announcement of the acquisition of Electronic Data Systems by Hewlett-Packard. Information Week reported that the deal is the largest in the outsourcing sector’s  history, and that it is the second largest ever in the IT industry overall (It’s second only to HP’s $19 billion buyout of computer […]

The big news in the computing world this week was Google’s unexpected announcement of a new web browser, Chrome (www.google.com/chrome). The first question that many people had, including David Pogue of the New York times, was “Does the world really need an other Web browser?” Well, Google’s answer is likely that the web is evolving into […]

Today is a special day, at least for us. Today, we launch the IESE IS Department blog. In this blog, we will post and comment news about information and communication technology and how it is managed and used in organizations. In this vein, we will also comment on recent developments in the IT industry. But, […]