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Featured High Tech, Software Article, Where software vendors should focus

September 2008 

Where software vendors should focus

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

Recent Thinking

The Archive

2004

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

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.

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