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And now we can finally put that<\/em> year to bed, surely we can look forward to a more normal<\/em> 2010.  Of course we can \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are some of the more serious moods and moments from a rather epic year in our industry<\/span><\/a>…in chronologial order:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Satyam: It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Think before you fire: The cost of replacing IT talent<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Forget 2006, let's go back to '96<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Global business on a Knife-edge: Bonuses, H-1Bs and Na\u00efve Protectionism<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Where should outsourcing vendors invest their marketing dollars in this climate?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Datamonitor goes to Hollywood<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The politics of offshoring: all talk, no action<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

White water canoeing with Newt Gingrich<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Why the lay-off culture is far more damaging than offshoring<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Phil Fersht on service provider rankings: make the experts accountable, not faceless brands<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Executive ADD: The disruptive scourge of social networks in the services industry<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The next stage of industry development: Co-learning partnerships, not mega-mergers<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Who's looking out for the US business these days?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Is this "2001 all over again" for outsourcing?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The entire Great Recession of 2008-2009: Blogged for the outsourcing industry<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The future of the sourcing industry: DNA and industry knowledge trump scale<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Crash and Learn: is TPI's "quartus horribilis" reflective of the sourcing industry at large?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Introducing new-age BPO: the standardization\/personalization balance<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Is this a good climate to take a career "risk"? Or is it riskier staying where you are?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Dell finally tolls – but is this the right fit?<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Xerox copies Dell's example and acquires ACS, but again, where's the fit?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The art of blog: credibility is in the eye of the beholder<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Forget Platform BPO, it's really about the Business Services Cloud (Part I)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Sitting on a shrinking business and afraid to change<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Business and friendship: it's all about professional respect<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Insecurity is the modern corporate disease<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Can IT overcome its credibility crisis?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The "new normal" in the outsourcing delivery business<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2010 Predictions for the Outsourcing Industry<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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