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Can an algorithm stop Google's brain drain?

Can an algorithm stop Google's brain drain?Google should not worry, M$ should!Only a few bad apples left google.M$ has the worst problem with brain drainage.Soon only Ballmer and employees with IQ Soon only Ballmer and employees with IQ

Tags: Google Inc., algorithm stop, brain drain, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Gov't failures: Engineering brain drain and bad leadership

Gov't failures: Engineering brain drain and bad leadershipIt's GovernmentWhy should anybody put any effort into any government project. There is no penalty for failure. The pay checks keep on rolling.The oversight Congress are a bunch of self serving fossils, who for the most part are clueless.However, the public...

Tags: Six Sigma, Government, brain drain, bad leadership, CMMI, leadership

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Former Red Hat exec leaves Zmanda after short stint, brain drain at Red Hat continues

Former Red Hat exec leaves Zmanda after short stint, brain drain at Red Hat continuesThat's just M$ FUD!When it comes to brain power Linux, Google and Red Hat have the lion's share while the rest are brainless M$ drones.It is a classic M$ diversion to mask it's own lack of...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Zmanda, brain drain

Discussion threads 2007-10-31

Knowledge walking out the door: The baby boom "brain drain" in government

Knowledge walking out the door: The baby boom "brain drain" in governmentIt's the govs own fault1. Government employees make peanuts compared to their private sector counterparts. I'm talking about the rank and file, who have most of the detailed knowledge, not the top 5%, who seem to get nice...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, brain drain, government job, knowledge, government

Discussion threads 2006-01-26

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Snowe and enemies push health reform forward

Of course . . ."But the story is not yet told, and the trolls below will have their day."Of course. Your way is so right and everybody else is so wrong.at this point If they SO against the health reform let them have it there way since they...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl

Lazy people.Thats all I can think. Who, in their right mind, would entrust valuable data to >> someone elses system

Tags: Backups, backup, cloud computing, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Dell and Perot: What this means

Look at more than the upside to any acquisition Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan's detailed post on the transaction ) (here's an InfoWorld post, too) From the macro view,...

Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Perot, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-21

News to know: Apple; Salesforce.com; CRM; Microsoft; PayPal

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable? DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PayPal, CRM, Sales Force Management, Sales

Blog posts 2009-08-21

The brain drain from Apple to Palm

People generally don't leave if......they are happy and challenged. I guess, on top of Mr. Jobs considerable skills, he can be quite a tyrant. If you are a very talented and highly knowledgeable/skilled individual at the higher levels of corporate management, you probably have the backbone and confidence to discretely...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Apple Inc., U.S. Department of Justice, Palm Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

The brain drain from Apple to Palm

Bloomberg reports that Palm rebuffed a request from Apple CEO Steve Jobs in August 2007 that the companies stop hiring each others employees. Then Palm CEO Ed Colligan pictured left dismissed Jobs' proposal saying: Your proposal that we agree that neither company will hire the others employees, regardless of...

Tags: Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Business Ethics, Product Development, Public Relations, Leadership, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Microsoft-Yahoo: Gauging the IT integration risks

Once you strip away the financial, strategy and ad prospects for Microsoft's 10-year search partnership with Yahoo you're left with a lot of information technology integration heavy lifting. Make no mistake about it: The Microsoft-Yahoo search pact will flop if it doesn't have some good old fashioned...

Tags: Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Integration, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-29

iBrainWave 2.2 (Mobile)

iBrainWave can help through the science of binaural beat generation. You will tune your brain to the sounds of a river, and in the river sounds are binaural beats essentially inaudible to your conscious. It works by setting up a resonant beat pattern between your ears that your mind may...

Tags: Mobile, Innovator Studios, Engineering, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-27

iBrainWave SE 2.2 (Mobile)

iBrainWave SE can help through the science of binaural beat generation. You will tune your brain to the sounds of a river, and in the river sounds are binaural beats essentially inaudible to your conscious. It works by setting up a resonant beat pattern between your ears that your mind...

Tags: Mobile, Innovator Studios, Engineering, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-07-27

News to know: HP, Vista SP2; Pre; Oracle licensing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: HP's second quarter on target; Big units take revenue lumps; Headcount cuts ahead Mary Jo Foley: Where is Vista SP2? ...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Can an algorithm stop Google's brain drain?

Google has turned to an algorithm to crunch data on its employees to prevent brain drain.  The Wall Street Journal reports: The Internet search giant recently began crunching data from employee reviews and promotion and pay histories in a mathematical formula Google says can identify which...

Tags: Algorithm, Google Inc., Engineering, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"

Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"Heheheh"but what does cause me to toss and turn at night is that the era of Apple?s ?security by obscurity? may be coming to an end"Are you wringing you hands while doing it...I'm actually rocking back in forth in a balled mass...

Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Tored-A email worm, operating system, OSX, Apple Mac OS, malware, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Bill Hill, eBook champion, leaves Microsoft

Bill Hill, eBook champion, leaves MicrosoftHis blog entry implies he wasn't laid offFrom everything I've read, the people who are in this most recent set of layoffs just found out about it this week. However Bill's blog entry states: "For some time, I have been preparing for leaving Microsoft...

Tags: E-books, e-book, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Internal video blasts NASA for stifling innovation

Internal video blasts NASA for stifling innovationNote to self: Don't work for NASA.Thanks for that, I would go bald in a matter of days if I had to work for someone who is that anti-progress.RE: Internal video blasts NASA for stifling innovationThis is true of any organization that puts business...

Tags: Leadership, Corporate communications, Strategy, NASA, innovation, video

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Flash coming to Android, can iPhone be far behind?

Flash coming to Android, can iPhone be far behind?Flash will never be on the iPhoneI can see all the Android owners saying "Yea, but does your iPhone do Flash?"A prediction I know will come trueIf big if Flash ever comes to the iPhone, all phones released before and after that...

Tags: Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

Microsoft, Moonlight reach across aisle to bring Obama inauguration to Linux desktops

Microsoft, Moonlight reach across aisle to bring Obama inauguration to Linux desktopsCatering to the fake outrage ofa bunch of braindead loser scumbags. There would not have been a peep from the collective filth if PIC had chosen Flash, an inferior proprietary solution.ha, ha, ha!The title should read 'M$ partners with...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Obama Inauguration, aisle, Linux, Linux desktop, Obama, Sarah Palin, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-01-20