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LAWRENCE M. GARTNER, M.D. CHAIR, SECTION ON BREASTFEEDING AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Valley Center, Calif...
...unique approach: it automatically refers you to files that are relevant to what you're doing on your computer at that moment. The links blink in the corner of your screen. A caveat: desktop search might make it "marginally" easier for hackers to steal your private data, Gartner research director Allen Weiner says. But Weiner and most analysts agree that the rewards greatly outweigh the risks. If you've got a firewall - and anybody with Windows XP has one by default - you should be fine...
...outsourcing R. and D. can bring significant risks. The usual drawbacks in any kind of outsourcing are magnified in the multi-layered process of research. Concerns about the security of sensitive research is the biggest potential obstacle, according to Gartner analyst Iyengar. "Indians tend to be less security sensitive than the clients," he says. "It's quite common for Indians to share salary information with each other. In the U.S., this is absolute heresy." At wholly owned research centers, like those run by Intel and Microsoft, security is less of a concern, says Stefan Spohr, a vice president at consulting...
...product in India is about $2 million, or just 40% of the cost in the U.S., according to India's IT industry group Nasscom. "We're likely to see an explosion in R.-and-D. outsourcing in 2005 and 2006," says Partha Iyengar, an analyst at the research firm Gartner who is based in Pune. If that happens, India's tech sector could enter a new, more mature phase of growth. U.S. and European firms would have a fresh way to nurture innovation. But they will also face the risks of laying the building blocks of their technological future...
...outsourcing R&D can bring significant risks. The usual drawbacks in any kind of outsourcing are magnified in the multilayered process of research. Concerns about the security of sensitive research is the biggest potential obstacle, according to Gartner analyst Iyengar. "Indians tend to be less security sensitive than the clients," he says. "It's quite common for Indians to share salary information with each other. In the U.S., this is absolute heresy." At wholly owned research centers, like those run by Intel and Microsoft, security is less of a concern, says Stefan Spohr, a vice president at consulting firm...