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The Performance Manager: Turning Information into Higher Business Performance

The Performance Manager, Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance, strengthens the partnership between decision-makers and the people who provide the information that drives better decisions. It suggests 42 decisions areas, or information sweet spots, to help you understand your data, plan, and monitor your performance. Decision areas...

Tags: Performance, Decision Area, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2008-02-01

Additional Resources

Microsoft tries toppling Google with a bribe

Big CatchMySpace, Fox News, couple dozen newspapers, couple dozen magazines, other Fox channels, Sky.The major News Corp viewers will see that if they want to search, they'll Bing it.Even if people link News Corp content in Twitter or Blogs, Google can't go to those links and crawl the content on...

Tags: Blogging, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., News Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Flipping Fantastic

Getting the most out of Flip video cameras The picture above a still from a Flip video is of my venerable old three chip Sony VX1000 video camera, Frezzi light and associated 10 pound battery belt. In the foreground is a Flip video...

Tags: Microphone, Video Camera, Video, Camera, Flip, Flip Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-21

Zvox Z-Base 575

Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 575Sound bars feel like they've been around forever now, but they're still a relatively new product; consider that the groundbreaking Yamaha YSP-1 debuted back at CES 2005. Since then, the exterior design of the units hasn't changed much, with the vast majority still consisting of a long...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 575, HDTV, TV

Product reviews 2009-11-16

The role of data governance in the enterprise

According to analyst reports, the volume of enterprise data doubles every 18 months - and a lot information is inaccurate, duplicated or out-of-date and needs to be managed. Commentary - Every corporate decision and operation relies on the quality of the organization?s underlying data. ...

Tags: Data Quality, Data Governance, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, data management, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News

News items 2009-11-12

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09

These are consistently your most useful columnsI really look forward to these, especially since I'm thinking about building a new video editing machine. One that can handle full frame 1080 24p h.264 video. I can transcode it with cineform but unless you're doing a lot of color work, it's...

Tags: Processors, Nov/Dec 09, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Best Kit List, Hardware 2.0, CPU, hardware, Intel Corp., motherboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Emergency Services in Ukiah, California, Modernizes 911 Center on Windows 7

Like many jurisdictions in rural parts of the western United States, the Public Safety Department of Ukiah, California, is made up of a small staff that serves a large geographical area. Moreover, Ukiah serves a city whose population more than doubles over the course of every business day, as people...

Tags: Emergency Service, City, California, Ukiah, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Case studies 2009-10-31

Averatec D1130 All-in-One

The Averatec D1130 All-In-One is a stripped-down version of the D1133 we reviewed last month, and while this version cuts the price down to only $399, it also strips away many of the features that gave the higher-end model some value. With its puny 1.6GHz Intel Atom chip, 1GB of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Monitors & displays, Averatec Inc., D1133

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Demand this from software vendors

I was getting a briefing last week from a software executive. We got to a point in the conversation where the discussion was focusing on existing products. I moved the conversation to a different space, though. If you're getting a pitch from a vendor, you should move the conversation, too!...

Tags: Software, Vendor, Customer, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Uptime Institute Seminar

I'm on my way to the Uptime Institute's How to Plan, Justify, and Manage a Major Data Center Project seminar in Atlanta, GA. I hope to meet some of the attendees as well as members of the Institute's staff. Who is the Uptime Institue? Here's how the Institute...

Tags: Data Center, Uptime, Uptime Institute, Institute, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Sprint announces Samsung Moment Google Android device, which would you buy?

After using the HTC Hero on Sprint now for over a week I have almost made the decision to add a Sprint account to my mobile arsenal, even though I don't have the strongest reception in my area. Sprint just has too many extremely compelling devices for me to resist...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sprint Communications, Mobile Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Verizon-Google changes mobile landscape; Customers have real options again

Over $100/mo for iPhone?Huh? It's the same prices and plans as any other smartphone. And for many, AT&T's service is better than Verizon's Notwork.RE: Verizon-Google changes mobile landscape; Customers have real options againActually... I only pay 70/month with Sprint.RE: Verizon-Google changes mobile landscape; Customers have real options agThis is...

Tags: Smart phones, Verizon Communications Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Google Inc., HTC Hero, mobile, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Two bars at home; three at work. Wireless coverage data is going granular

Say goodbye to those no-help coverage maps that the wireless carriers use to show you how great their coverage is from one coast to the other. So hello to granular maps, those that measure the true signal as well as the actual data coverage down to the Google Maps street...

Tags: Phone, Coverage, Cell Phone, Carrier, Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Dear Palm: Make you own sync software

PalmI have a Palm Pre and a Palm Treo 680 previously. Back them I had to use a Marspace product (www.marspace.com) to sync my Palm Treo to my mac as neither the Apple Sync software or palm Desktop software for mac did a good job. I use iPhone now as...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, KARMA, Palm Inc., Apple iTunes, Dear Palm, software, Apple iPhone, Pre, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

ICANN declares independence, breaks ties with U.S. government

Let the in-fighting begin!How long before it is subverted for political/ideolical purposes like the U.N. has been subverted?(not to say the U.S. hasn't)A bit of naiveness involvedIt stands to reason that, when governments are involved, that there will be political and ideological squabbles on any decision.The EU as a "unified"...

Tags: Government, Corporate governance, INTERNET, Vertical industries, U.S. Government, ICANN

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

CIO Jury: Will Snow Leopard boost Macs for business?

Surprise to no-one hereLittle support for enterprise-level apps and CIOs won't adopt Apple? Color me surprised. This one I found amusing though:"The primary issue for us is always security and after that the need for applications to work reliably on the Mac OS."So volume-licensing of an AV/malware suite is more...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Vertical industries, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Will the Palm Pre come to Verizon? Analysts debate

Do any of you realize that analysts get paid to GUESS about things?So here we have a bunch of idiot analysts GUESSING what might, or might not, happen regarding Verizon and the Palm Pre. Give me a break.It's like the report I heard in Bloomberg TV the other morning. The...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Federal government, WebOS, Verizon Communications Inc., Pre, Palm Inc., Palm Pre, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

How Kanye West influences enterprise social business strategy

Entertainment personality Kanye West's outburst over the weekend at the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has implications for the enterprise business world. Jive Software, whose 'SBS' Social Business Software 'frees people to engage in open, natural business conversations and workflows that typically are...

Tags: Marketing, Collaboration, Analytics, Twitter Inc., Social Media, Entertainment, Business Strategy, MTV, Radian6, Jive Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-14

iPhone users strangling the AT&T network

Network BandwidthIn all fairness, I doubt that any carrier in the US would have been ready to handle the massive amount of data streaming across it's 3G network that iPhone users have generated. If a carrier like Verizon were to offer the iPhone, a lot of people would jump...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, network, iPhone Users

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

AT&T actually offers iPhone customers the service they pay for?

Who doesn't love the iPhone? I don't even own one, and I have a big nerd crush on it. But, I have kept myself from purchasing an iPhone because I live in New York City, and I figure that if I'm going to pay an arm...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., HSPA 7.2 Technology, 3G, Smart Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-09-02