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Teledyne Signs Oil and Gas Deal

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hHousand Oaks-based electronics and instrumentation firm Teledyne Technologies announced this morning that its Teledyne Oil & Gas group has scored a three year agreement with FMC Technologies, to provide interconnect and sensing products and services for FMC's offshore oil and gas business.

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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

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Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Don’t count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you. Marty Zwilling.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

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Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Don’t count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you. Marty Zwilling.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

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Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. core competency entrepreneur near shoring offshoring outsource startup'

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Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Technology.

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Wireless Info Tech Acquired By Chinese Firm

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a provider of mobile testing and application development services for the wireless industry, has been acquired by a Chinese firm. According to VanceInfo Technologies, it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wireless Info Tech, in a deal worth $1.08M in cash plus stock. San Diego-based Wireless Info Tech Ltd.,

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How Gigmor Is Looking To Connect Musicians With Gigs, with David Baird

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We grew to about 50,000 musicians and bands using our music matching service, where we match people based on a proprietary formula for musical compatibility. I've also been in technology since I was AOL in the 90's. We actually started with the musician matching site, because it was a smaller technology challenge.

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