[kictanet] Konza, a disconnect

[S.M. Muraya]

Konza will function as a "Data Center" City I thought?

Even highly virtual teams do need locations for servers, storage... etc

No?

:)
On Nov 26, 2012 9:17 AM, "robert yawe" <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>  Software development is no longer about a physical location, so as the
> world goes virtual we continue to move backwards obsessed with physical
> infrastructure
>
>
>      [image: Freelancer]
>
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> Originally focusing on programming and IT-based work, in 2010 the site
> expanded to include a wide selection of work categories including graphic
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> its name to vWorker - short for “virtual workerâ€.
> Over the next few days, we will be migrating vWorker users onto
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>
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>
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>
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