If you do not know what is about, is a marketing event from Microsoft.
Why did I attend?
This time I was curious to see how convergence and competition are shaping the market.
Read the minutes, make up your mind, and maybe you will have ideas on how to apply some of the concepts from this conference.
The main ideas? Approaches about how people interact with technology.
No, not on software development- on other business and non-business activities.
Do you know what is outsourcing? If not, have a look on wikipedia.
But if you do: when and how do you define what to outsource?
You can search on this blog, and you will find plenty of articles where I discussed various issues related to downsizing and outsourcing, both on the business and corporate culture side.
this article is focused on something else, that is visible in my CV, but even more in my pre-banking (i.e. pre-1987) and non-profit activities.
If you have no time: go for the conclusions 
Are you interested or involved in decisions about using outsourcing and web-based applications?
Then, business-oriented (i.e. non technical) post is for you.
How to define a contractual minimal level of security, with some examples.
Let me explain: not simply outsourcing, but also SasS (Software as a service).
If you do not understand what I mean… it is like GoogleDocs- the idea that you do not install software on your machine, and instead use a website to both give you the software and keep your documents.
A wonderful concept.
And I totally subscribe to it.
But…
If you create or write or think and share your ideas… maybe this posting could save you time and money 