Alec Saunders SquawkBox

Indian outsourcing is moving up the value chain.  Over the last year I’ve encountered all kinds of Indian companies who are offering not just contract coding services, but also licensed code modules, and now business intelligence.  Evalueserve is a new business intelligence consultancy offering strategic intelligence services. The quality of their work seems to be very good.  They have two samples you can download from their site, including one which is an analysis of the impact of Skype on incumbents. 

Thanks to Wendy for this tip.

Progreso Pier
Originally uploaded by Alec Saunders.

Google Earth has released.  Go try it!  Warning - highly addictive. You can find all kinds of stuff.  For instance,  this is a satellite image of the Progreso Pier (5 miles long!) on the Mexican side of the Gulf of Mexico.   

My new Flickr photo site. 

Webex Product Manager Jan Sysmans recently sent me a business card update via Plaxo, including his photo.  Now that’s a company man!

According to European research firm Analysys, residential telephony will be a dying breed within five years in Europe, replaced by VoIP and cellular.