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Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates: Robert Meltzer, CEO of VisaNow offers this guest blog post on the questions we should be asking the candidates on the ever-contentious H1-B issue. Consistently throughout U.S. history, immigration has been a divisive topic. Cultural biases, misconceptions, racism and fear continue to influence both opponents and...; Tags: U.S., H-1B Visa, Immigration System, H-1B, Government, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-08-13
Xerox CEO: Time for Washington's help: She's been called the second most powerful woman in business. By now, she may be No. 1. In a wide-ranging discussion about technology, politics, and her company's plans, Xerox's CEO tells News.com's Charles Cooper that the tech industry hasn't found a particularly sympathetic ear in the nation's capital, especially when...; Tags: Xerox Corp., CEO, Human Resources, Labor Relations, News, xerox, ann mulcahy, charles cooper, politics, president, government, election, h-1b; Videos 2008-06-06
News to know: Vista search; Android; Gmail: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5: Faster, smarter search Phil Wainewright: Scaling the cloud, deflating the price of software Ed Burnette: 50 questions asked and answered on Android News.com: Google to let users test new...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail Providers, H-1B, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-05
Google calls for hike in H-1B visas: Technology issues are never a big deal in presidential elections, as much as some people think they should be. One that Big Tech is trying to push, though is the H-1B visa situation. Bill Gates has been lobbying hard on the issue and now Google has signaled it's a big...; Tags: Google Inc., Limit, Technology Issue, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-06-05
IEERB Enables Easier, Faster and More Cost-Effective Document Research: As part of its mandate, the Indiana Education Employment Relations Board IEERB maintains a large collection of documents, including teacher collective bargaining agreements, salary schedules, and IEERB unit determinations and unfair labor practice decisions. The IEERB wanted to move away from their paper-based system and put information directly in the...; Tags: Document, Computer, RJS Software, IEERB, Productivity, Labor Relations, Human Resources; Case studies 2007-07-10

Labor Standards, Human Capital, and Economic Development: This paper will discuss the nature and importance of human capital, present an overview of human capital-labor standards linkages, and the rationale for making core international labor standards a part of the rules governing the global economy, and evaluate some of the criticisms of those rationales; the paper concludes with...; Tags: Labor Standards, Labor Relations, Human Capital, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2005-02-01
Reducing Distribution Costs: The Value of RedPrairie's Productivity Management Solution - Customer Survey: For many companies, distribution costs as a percentage of sales continue to rise. Labor costs generally represent the greatest single component of distribution costs, ranging from 40 percent to as much as 70 percent of the total. In this context, ARC conducted a user survey of RedPrairie's labor Productivity Management...; Tags: RedPrairie, Customer Survey, ARC Advisory Group, Distribution Cost, Labor Relations, Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Human Resources, Marketing, Sales; White papers 2003-03-01
Labor Superior Court Achieves More Robustness With Oracle: The Labor Superior Court of Brazil evaluates employment issues and labor relations action in accordance with Brazilian Labor Laws. The institution wanted to provide data integration between the Labor Superior Court and its 24 regional labor courts and standardize legacy database platforms in those courts. They wanted to develop an...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Labor Relations, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Software, Data Management, Hardware; Case studies

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End of an era: Dell may dump its factories: Dell is reportedly trying to dump its manufacturing facilities across the globe in a turnabout that indicates it has no discernable edge in making PCs anymore. According to the Wall Street Journal: Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell the plants. One person...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Manufacturing, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Microsoft's Powerset hosts Lunch 2.0: San Francisco's summer starts when the rest of the country's summer ends: Labor Day. The weather here in The City finally becomes pleasant, and techy companies like to have lunches outdoors. Today, Powerset was in charge of Lunch 2.0, a "social phenomenon referring to a migration of...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Web 2.0, Food & Beverage, Internet, Manufacturing, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2008-09-04
News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...; Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Hybrids v. Pickensplan? You do the pickin': Some of the folks touting hybrid cars--standard fuel plus electric--think their favored technology runs against the plans of T. Boone Pickens. I recently blogged Pickens' pick of CNG as a great new transit fuel for American drivers. Over at Hybridowners they're saying electric hybrids and eventually plug-ins will...; Tags: Car, Hybrid, Folk, Hybridowners Site, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-09-03
A virus in our genes, think about that....: Really fascinating news: Virus is passed from parent to child in the DNA. Researchers found that roseola, an infection that everyone apparently gets but only 20 percent of children develop the characteristic rash that gives it its name, is actually in our DNA. It co-evolved into us, which raises some...; Tags: DNA, Chromosome, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-09-03
iRobot's Brooks starts worker bot company: Even as iRobot won a wide-open contract with the Army, the company's part-time CTO, Rodney Brooks, left the company to start a new robotics firm, Cambridge-based Heartland Robotics. The new company is focused on industrial robotics, which logic would dictate would put...; Tags: iRobot Corp., Robotics, Bot, Worker, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-09-03
Has IT public relations arrived?: Has IT public relations arrived?Oh my....This is quite disturbing...Is there are other discipline where hiring someone with the official purpose of saying good things about you would be considered reasonable enough to even mention?That being said, I think many projects could use a PR team. Large enterprises create communication...; Tags: IT public relation, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Has IT public relations arrived?: What happens when the organization just doesn't acknowledge IT's greatness? For one CIO, the answer lies in public relations. by Michael Krigsman; Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Public Relations, Strategy, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-09-03
Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds?: Over the Labor Day weekend in a post to the "Engineering Windows 7" blog, Microsoft seemingly dangled one tangible tidbit about Windows 7 regarding improvements to initial system boot time. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-09-03
Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google Chrome: Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google ChromeLike it!I like Chrome and I´ll keep using treehoo.com (the Google-based site that plants trees) as my default hoempage!With more competition, the market share for alternative browsers will gonowhere but up, and as more and more are exposed to and become knowledgeable about alternative...; Tags: Web browsers, Lilly, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Can Google not do evil?: Can Google not do evil?So happy"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57RE: Can Google not do evil?Your vision of Microsoft being the dark side and...; Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Free trade, Google Inc., Google Chrome; Discussion threads 2008-09-02
Google's new Chrome browser based on WebKit (updated 3x): One of the biggest tech news story coming out of the Labor Day holiday here in the U.S. is that Google is going to be releasing an open source operating system in the form of a Web browser. Google's new Web browser â€“ Named "Chrome" â€“ is...; Tags: Google Inc., Open Source, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-09-02