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The Service Buzz!

The service buzz

Saas, Outsourcing, CMMI... Ringing any bell?

No?, Well, is all about services. Experts are saying that the money now is on services, on reaching the so called "long tail" of the market; on continue the revolution of the world ultimately transforming everything into a big service whose delivery platform will be know as THE MATRIX!!! :)

Well, the last part of the above is a bit exaggerate and of course not true but still the big buzz about services is indeed true and I strongly recommend my readers (yes, believe it or not I have readers although they are a bit shy to post comments he he he he :) ) to keep an eye on the terms mentioned at the beginning of this post.

If your have any doubts drop me a letter and I'll be glad to confuse you a bit more or, more seriously, to redirect you so some really brilliant guys on the topic.

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