Microsoft is to launch an updated version of Visual Basic to coincide with the launch of Windows 2000, according to Silicon Valley News. Visual Basic packages provide tools that allow the development of applications in any Operating System, but...
Microsoft has announced a free resource for developers to share code snippets when developing in Visual Basic. The resource is to be called the Code Librarian Update and will aid developers working on Microsoft Office applications.
Sun Microsystems will show off a new, simplified Java development tool next month intended to steal programmers from rival Microsoft's camp. Executives from Sun said Wednesday that the tool will be geared toward developers who are proficient with...
EDS plans to close application development centres in Europe and the US and shift some of the work to offshore locations such as India in an effort to cut costs. A total of 21 centres will be closed by the end of 2006 - 17 in the US and four in...
Cultural differences are one of the biggest reasons why offshore outsourcing deals fail or run into problems, according to new research. In an Accenture study, two-thirds of 200 US business executives said that miscommunication arising from...
You've got to recognise that there are differences there and you need to work through them. It helps you to redress the cultural differences," says Nairn. There has to be effort on both sides to build up the relationship and there are cultural...