http://www.metasoft.com.ua Metasoft is an outsourcing software development company providing outsourcing software solutions, financial applications, banking software. This feed provides the most recent news about the company, its products and the development process, as well as other related news. en-IE Wed, 6 July 2005 05:24:00 -0200 Metasoft http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/weblog.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Wed, 6 July 2005 05:24:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/weblog.html We have discovered recently that our review of Ukraine IT Outsourcing Myths has been shamelessly ripped! An executive vice president of project management of a certain Russian IT company which we are not going to do a favour to by advertising it here has used our material to produce an article of his own, which he even got published by a respected American financial magazine! http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/weblog.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/weblog.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Wed, 22 June 2005 15:46:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/weblog.html Our article about Ukraine IT outsourcing myths has been published by Ezine Articles. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/weblog.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Mon, 13 June 2005 23:56:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ A flaw in several of Adobe Systems' popular graphics design applications could expose users to hacker attacks, the software maker has warned. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ http://www.metasoft.com.ua/index.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Thu, 9 June 2005 23:49:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/index.html As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday 10 security alerts for flaws in Windows and other programs. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/index.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Thu, 9 June 2005 02:56:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html InPhonic Chief Executive Officer David Steinberg said that Sprint recognized other trends as well, including a long-term one in which huge numbers -- nearly 70 percent by some counts -- of customers who eventually bought wireless phones and calling plans in stores actually began their shopping and research online. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Wed, 8 June 2005 01:35:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ Microsoft gave more details Tuesday on its plans to launch Windows-based "hypervisor" software for running multiple operating systems. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/ukraine-it-myths.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Mon, 6 June 2005 23:48:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/ukraine-it-myths/myth3.html While Ukraine is becoming a new popular IT outsourcing destination, there are still many myths about it and no clear understanding of the opportunities outsourcing to Ukraine can present. Let us look closely at some of those myths and examine whether... http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/ukraine-it-myths.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/technologies/technologies.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Sun, 5 June 2005 23:44:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/technologies/technologies.html Recent rash of Mytob worm variants has some security experts concerned http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/technologies/technologies.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/quality/qa.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Sat, 4 June 2005 17:14:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/quality/qa.html Last week, in a new instance of the WaSP asks W3C project, the QA Team completed its answer on Adding Multimedia in Web Documents with more details on the use and implementation of the object tag in HTML... http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/quality/qa.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/2005/06/why-outsourcing-fails.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Fri, 3 June 2005 23:58:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/2005/06/why-outsourcing-fails.html Some time ago, I have seen an article that suggested possible reasons why outsourcing projects fail. Among other things mentioned in the article, the following statement looks very important:So why do so many IT outsourcing projects fail to deliver the benefits that companies... http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/2005/06/why-outsourcing-fails.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Thu, 2 June 2005 14:41:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ Microsoft said Thursday that it will introduce new XML-based file formats for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications when the company launches its Office 12 software package next year. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/technologies/technologies.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Tue, 31 May 2005 23:53:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/technologies/technologies.html U.S. residents are so hooked on e-mail that some check for messages in the bathroom, in church, and while driving, a new survey sponsored by America Online has found. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/technologies/technologies.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Mon, 30 May 2005 23:45:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.htmll With perhaps the exception of the smallest firms, the criteria for outsourcing do not change. However, the size of the company changes the ways of preferred cooperation with external firms. The reason is an increase in the difficulty and... http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/technologies/technologies.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Sun, 29 May 2005 23:04:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/technologies/technologies.html ZombieMeter Web site keeps hourly count of captured computers. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/technologies/technologies.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/weblog.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Sat, 28 May 2005 23:52:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/weblog.html Earlier this month, W3C has released a document that is a must-read to everyone involved in the software development industry. The Test Development FAQ sums up everything one needs to know and consider about QA and testing... http://www.metasoft.com.ua/weblog/weblog.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Fri, 27 May 2005 23:29:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html Many Americans fear that the transfer of jobs to overseas workers, often called "outsourcing", is eroding employment opportunities in the United States. And they worry that once these jobs move offshore they will never return. Others - including some economists - argue that the global efficiencies of job outsourcing will, over the long run, strengthen the world economy and eventually provide benefits to the U.S. economy as well. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Thu, 26 May 2005 23:57:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ Microsoft has alerted consumers that Netscape's latest browser appears to break the XML rendering capabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Wed, 25 May 2005 23:55:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html The next 2 years will mark a landmark period for large-scale human resources business process outsourcing (HR BPO) contracts in the telecommunications industry, according to new research from the Yankee Group Multi-Discipline BPO (MD-BPO) program. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/outsourcing.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/ukraine-it-myths/myth7.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Tue, 24 May 2005 23:58:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/ukraine-it-myths/myth7.html It is certainly important to be able to communicate with your outsourcing development team on a level allowing for a smooth development process, and the language and culture differences can be an obstacle. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/ukraine-it-myths/myth7.html http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Mon, 23 May 2005 23:47:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ Microsoft took another step toward releasing a beta-test version of Longhorn--the next edition of Windows--with the release Monday of Longhorn developer tools. http://www.metasoft.com.ua/ http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/ukraine-it-myths/myth6.html info@metasoft.com.ua (Metasoft) Mon, 23 May 2005 02:45:00 -0200 http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/ukraine-it-myths/myth6.html Ukraine's IT salaries level used to be low, but as the country's economy develops and integrates into the European and world market, it is growing, even though it is still lower than the salaries of EU and US IT specialists. The Ukrainian programmers possess high level of education and skills. As the IT sphere of the Ukrainian economy develops... http://www.metasoft.com.ua/eng/outsourcing/ukraine-it-myths/myth6.html