...to start blogging again. Where to start? Not sure. Need to give that some thought. One of the reasons for the extended hiatus has been the fact that there have been more important ad urgent things to cope with over the past months. Now things are returning to some semblance of normality I'll find the time for reflection. There's so much to catch up on...

Not that anyone will have missed the loss of another inconsequential voice from the blogosphere ;-)

The British Computer Society has just published a report about Holding back the offshoring tide:

"With the trend to offshore IT services forecast to accelerate, the UK's IT industry needs to take action to retain its position on the global stage, warns a new BCS report.

A seven-point action plan for BCS to help the UK IT profession face up to the challenges posed by globalization forms the core of the new report 'Embracing the Challenge, Exploiting the Opportunities: Building a World Class IT Profession in the Era of Global Sourcing.' ...

The new report is accompanied on the BCS website by a series of new articles on various aspects of offshoring and how to turn this trend to the UK's advantage."

One for my computer architecture and design students - Electronic Business - Learning from failure:

The inside story on how IBM out-foxed Intel with the Xbox 360

A very interesting insight to the technical, contractual, organisational, and political machinations in the development of the Xbox 360.