[Reader-list] Globalization and the Offshore Outsourcing of Software Services

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Dear All,

Please may we bring to your attention the following forthcoming event:

'Globalization and the Offshore Outsourcing of Software Services'

Speaker: Professor William Aspray, Professor of Informatics, Indiana
University, Bloomington.

Date: 12 Jan 2006, 15:30 - 17:00
Location: Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS

Attendance: This event is open to the public, if you would like to 
attend
please email your name and affiliation to events at oii.ox.ac.uk

Abstract:
The talk will present findings from an international study organized by 
the
computing professional society ACM.  Topics will include changes in the
geography of the software industry, enablers of offshoring, reasons why
companies send work to other countries, the economics of offshoring,
globalization of research, security and intellectual property risks, and
educational and policy responses.

Biography:
William Aspray is the Rudy Professor of Informatics at Indiana 
University,
Bloomington. His research involves the politics and history of 
computing and
Internet technologies. He has formerly held senior management positions 
in
Computing Research Association, the Institute of Electrical and 
Electronics
Engineers, and the Charles Babbage Institute; and faculty positions at
Harvard, Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, and Williams.

For further information on all OII events, please refer to our website 
at:
www.oii.ox.ac.uk

Kind Regards
The Events Team

Oxford Internet Institute
1 St Giles
University of Oxford
Oxford
OX1 3JS

Tel: +44 (0)1865 287209
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