Computer Industry Report articles from August 1993

Computer Industry Report archives from August 1993

Software creation and publishing: the offshore development alternative.
August 13, 1993... Large end-user IS development organizations and software publishers have very different requirements, systems, and practices for the development of software. Yet both are interested in similar goals: cost reductions without sacrificing quality...

Key issues in going offshore. (tips for offshore software developers)
August 13, 1993... Software developers that have made a decision to go offshore still face many challenges to ensure a smoothly running operation. The following is a checklist of problem areas that end users and vendors should address to avoid the risks and take...

Offshore software suppliers: brand names are next.
August 13, 1993... Since the early 1980s PC companies have been buying components from international suppliers to keep prices down, and to get a leg up on all-domestic producers. Over the next 10 years software production will make a similar migration offshore....

A pictorial perspective on 30 years of change. (graphs of computer industry trends from 1964 to the 1990s)
August 27, 1993... What percentage of the worldwide population uses some kind of PC? How does that compare to ten years ago? When did Unix server sales overtake sales of other midrange systems? Is spending on mainframes really declining? How fast? Where? Every...