So the client is now asking me if I can complete the Magento project.  I told him he would need to get the files and database from the outsourcing firm to which he was skeptical if that was possible.

I finally asked him if he tried getting his money back, but he had paid with a check and they felt they had no reason too refund any of his payment.

This potential client like many others I have spoken with was seduced my low prices and quick reassurances.

I hear there are good outsourcing firms, but I haven’t run into one yet.  Have you had a good or bad outsourcing experience? Comment below.

For the past seven years, Lightfleet has been working on a technology that employs light signals to replace the cabling and switches typically used to connect various server nodes in a blade server. And as of December, it had delivered its first unit–to Microsoft’s Research’s labs.

Lightfleet’s first product is code-named Beacon, a 32-node server that uses dual-core Intel processors along with standard off-the-shelf disks, memory, and storage all in a package that stands about 16 inches tall on a server rack (9U in server speak)… [READ FULL ARTICLE ]