The McKinsey Quarterly

2009

• July 2009 

  The US stimulus program: Taking medical records online

  EMR is a technology whose time has come. Whether or not it can deliver on its promise, it will change health care profoundly.

• January 2009 

  Google like a pro

  Google’s appetite for information is its strength, but for overwhelmed users sifting through results can present a challenge. Many tools exist to help tap Google’s higher-level indexing capabilities and make your queries more efficient. Here are a few easy ones.

2008

• September 2008 

  Where software vendors should focus

  To develop software successfully, follow an ancient rule: know thyself.

2006

• May 2006 

  Two new tools that CIOs want

  Among the many technologies that CIOs are investigating, server virtualization and software as a service are emerging as key priorities.

• March 2006 

  Getting better software into manufactured products

  The problems of embedded software are rooted in the legacies of hardware development.

2005

• February 2005 

  Can China compete in IT services?

  Fragmentation is keeping the country’s industry from grabbing a larger share of the global software-outsourcing market.

2004

• February 2004 

  Armenia's software advantage

  Armenia’s IT services and software sector could lead the way in improving the country’s economy.

• February 2004 

  The outlook for enterprise software

  In software’s coming shakeout, big companies will get bigger, while smaller ones will need to play smart or close shop.

2003

• November 2003 

  The promise of purchasing software

  New software can provide procurement managers with more information about their operations but can’t overcome flawed processes.

• June 2003 

  Matching people and jobs

  Achieving the most productive combination of workers and work is about to become a great deal easier.

• February 2003 

  Getting supply chain software right

  A study of early adopters of supply-chain-management software shows that it works best where it is needed most—but is no use as a bandage over flawed processes.

2002

• August 2002 

  A hard turnaround for software

  Software companies caught in a downward spiral find it exceptionally difficult to escape. Yet a determined few succeed.

2001

• May 2001 

  Programmers abroad: A primer on offshore software development

  Developing software in foreign lands can save time and money—but only if companies do it right.

2000

• December 2000 

  Globalizing services

  Multinational companies already understand India’s value as a platform for software development. But they now have an opportunity to move many parts of their business systems.

• June 2000 

  The software gap

  A McKinsey survey of 100 software companies around the world found clear distinctions between practices in Europe and those in the United States.

• May 2000 

  A software subcontinent

  Software and IT services are already bright spots in India’s economy, but a McKinsey study concluded that reducing government red tape and modernizing the country’s telecom infrastructure would make them a lot brighter.

1999

• November 1999 

  The soft side of telecoms

  If traditional telecom equipment vendors don’t have a strategy for the software business, they may be in the wrong business altogether.