The Art of outsourcing

I have always wondered why everything should be done by yourself. People think that they know and can do things better than someone else. I often try to think other way around: "Someone else can do this task better than me and more cost efficient"

3 things to consider before starting outsourcing:

1. Experience. It's good that you have experience about job ( task) which you want to outsource. The task here could be anything: for example software module or project management. Experience can come from some other people as well.

2. Briefing. Which kind of ideas you have about the outsourced task? Before starting the outsourcing describe and document what you except from the outsourcing process and end results. Describe also responsibilities of outsourcing parties.

3. Management. You have to manage yourself (or ask someone you trust to manage) the process. The quality of the process should be on the good enough level.

The 7 Hottest Wireless topics in 2007

Based on our observations in CTIA 2007 Wireless there are 7 Hottest Wireless topics in 2007:

1. Mobile eMail
2. MobileTV
3. Mobilecontent (Personalized content: Blogs, Videos)
4. VoIP
5. Mobile Map Services / Location based services
6. Voice recognition
7. Smartphones

What is Your own list?

Our Mobile Life - What is not wireless to You?

Our lifestyle has changed a lot. I remember the time then my friend said that he is not going to have a mobilephone ever. That was the year 1995.

Now in 2007 he called from shop that he is going to change his mobile phone to the latest model. He asked which phone he should buy that it would have synchronized business calendar and radio. This just shows that most people cannot live without mobilephone.

In CTIA Wireless 2007 which was held in Orlando Florida USA, there were over 2000 exhibitors, mainly from USA. Some companies even came from Europe and Finland. We met lot of phones' manufactures, cellular operators, software vendors and value-added service providers.

In the show most of the people have been using their BlackBerry:s and other Smartphones for the fast communication ( except these two participants in the picture who are still fans of fixed phone lines).