"The world is full of opposites. In contrast to the eighteen months of rough sailing, the next eighteen months will offer a market platform for a select few interconnect companies to pull ahead of the pack. By using the road mapping process, these companies will link their products and investment strategies to capture real world technologies such as digital broadband, RF/microwave or embedded passives in a cost-effective manner. At the same time, these companies will reduce their risks by minimizing the blind spots in the supply chain, establishing strong OEM links on the procurement side that provide product visibility through the EMS and contract manufacturing cycle."

Bob Forcier, President and CEO of OEM Roadmaps, LLC

Recently, Bob Forcier, President and CEO of OEM Roadmaps, LLC, a start-up venture that offers technology forecasting in the electronics, biotechnology, defense, power generation, and communications markets, wrote an article about how technology companies could avert repeating the inventory glut or a market slowdown. What was refreshing about his article is not that he wrote about road mapping, the tech sector is easily overrun with buzz words, but rather his clear and simple review of recent events in the technology sector and common sense suggestions that are involved in this thing called "road mapping."

Since March this year, the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company has been in the midst of developing their strategic plan for development of the Communications and Information Technology Sector. The effort was titled the C&IT Road map. This effort has focused on the viable opportunities for rapid development and the steps needed to promote this sector’s steady growth. As we embark in the implementation of this new plan, it is poignant that we reflect on what a successful road mapping exercise requires.

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The first tenant in selecting or implementing new technology is to evaluate your business and assess your needs. Choose technology that works for you.

It sounds simple, but it is the most common error businesses make when buying new technology. Think of purchasing a new computer system as soliciting a bank loan or investment. You must justify an expenditure to someone. When buying technology, practice justifying it to yourself. Ask yourself how this new system will help your business. What is the return on investment. Account for the non-pecuniary effects of the purchase. Does it require a lot of maintenance, headaches, downtime, time drain? Decide also, for what time period you will make this assessment. Are you looking 1, 2,3 or more years out.

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A recent phenomenon pitted the highly paid film editors of the movie Spider-Man against the PAYING public of viewers. At stake: The very process by which films are made.

Why is it that highly paid movie editors who poured over Spider-Man for many months with millions of dollars, couldn’t find what the movie viewing public did in the opening weekend?

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They may not acknowledge it openly, but in speaking to a several Information Systems Technicians and Managers we have discovered that Linux servers have been incorporated into several Government agencies. All this in a hush, hush, nobody-noticed, except for suddenly services got better and more reliable.

The credit goes to the forward thinking and valiant IT personnel that dared to think outside of the MS box. The OG Consulting or Altamente connection? In many cases these IT personnel first learned about Linux at an Introduction to Linux course offered to the Electronic Information Systems Administrators Association (ADSEI in its Spanish acronym) in April 2000. We are proud to see good ideas spreading.

• Oficina del Contralor
• Administración de Fomento Comercial
• AEE
• PRIDCO
• Centro Médico

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