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Benefits Administrator Reduces Costs of New Client Connections

One of the world's largest 401K plan and employee benefit administrators, the Company provides a diverse, balanced selection of professionally managed investment offerings to companies with large 401K benefits plans. One significant obstacle was the fact that the client company had to bear the cost of installing redundant, dedicated leased...

Tags: Administrator, Employee Benefit, 401(k) Plan, Cisco Systems Inc., Benefits Administrator, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Human Resources, Benefits

Case studies 2007-06-01

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The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

7 Ways to Boost Your Productivity By Playing Online

So here you thought gaming was something to hide at work. Now comes new research to suggest that those who play online using the seven below activities actually exhibit higher productivity than those who don't. The research comes from Dr Brent Coker of...

Tags: Activity, Blogging, Internet, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Games, Sales, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-12

A single national market for health care

health care should wait untill we get rid of the liberals in the governmentonce the Democrats are no longer in power we could start talking about some real healthcare reform based on tax credits and tort reform.Socialist ideeas like single payer or public option are a non starter.Heaven forbid, a...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Healthcare reform, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Microsoft says Google Chrome Frame doubles IE attack surface

Actually, it means that some of the browsing will be much safer by using Chrome. Notice that Microsoft's ONLY arguments here are bogus security arguments. They do not even try to deny that Chrome is much faster and better.RE: Microsoft says Google Chrome Frame doubles IE attack surfaceIf Google Chrome...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chrome, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, plug-in

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Should "Patch Tuesday" updates include a free virus scan?

No, because if Microsoft was to offer such a service the other antivirus companies will cry about it and more antitrust issues will come up. I really don't think Microsoft would be able to do it from a legal stand point. There may also be an issue of conflicting...

Tags: Scanners, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, A/V software, Microsoft Corp., MSRT, virus

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Finally, technology is about people

I thought we had the technology for a while?"Thirty years later, we?ve finally reached a point where such systems can be democratized, and instead of that information being expensively collated for the benefit of a privileged handful of top executives"We reached that point a long time ago. I guess this...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

Mobile management software improving - but watch for platform support

If there's one area where companies can - and should be - pinching pennies, it's on smartphones. Today, another player in the Web-based mobile management software game, called Zenprise, is beefing its portfolio with a version update that includes security management and expense management modules. I've written...

Tags: Software, Google Android, Mobile, Zenprise, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-08

McKinsey's 'Business and Web 2.0' Report and the new Consulting Landscape

McKinsey, the venerable management consulting company, has produced their second piece of 'Web 2.0 in business' research this year. This is arguably a sign of the rapid maturation of the 2.0 technology and associated (and I'd argue more important) change management sector: the pricey consulting company...

Tags: Web, McKinsey & Co., Consulting, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-02

ClockIt: Easy Schedule Creator 6.8.2 (Windows)

ClockIt is an employee & labor planning software. The user-friendly interface and powerful query features make it the ideal tool for creating your schedules. Spending too much time on scheduling your employees. Use our Automatic Scheduling tool and ClockIt will do the planning for you. This schedule maker allows you...

Tags: Software, Es-software, Microsoft Windows, Tool, ClockIt, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-02

How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)

In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Will China save Apple?

Save Apple from what?All their industry leading profits when there is supposed to be a recession?yea, and I don't even like Applebut how can you justify a heading like this? Oh, I forgot, they have to be 'provocative', right? More and more these blogs have become running jokes and...

Tags: Smart phones, Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!

About timeThere are employers who have > 50% of their workforce as foreign workers. I can't imagine all of them are doing things according to the letter of the law.RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!this is probably the only good thing to come...

Tags: Financial accounting, H1B, audit, Use H-1B, L-1 worker, Federal audit, L-1, H-1B

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

10 reasons why e-readers make sense in the enterprise

TechRepublic guest post: In case you haven’t heard, e-readers are making an impact. They’ve been around for some time, but only now (thanks, in part, to Amazon’s Kindle) are they being taken seriously. The e-readers’ biggest fan is the avid reader, but this doesn’t have to (and most likely won’t)...

Tags: E-reader, Employee, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-07

RingCube vDesk Customer Profile

I find that speaking with actual users of a product or a technology brings out a different view of a company and its products. This time, I had a chance to communicate with a user of RingCube's vDesk (see RingCube vDesk for more information about vDesk.) Here's a summary of...

Tags: Team, PC, RingCube Technologies Inc., RingCube vDesk, Jeff B., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Team Management, Virtualization, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Reports: HP cutting more EDS salaries

Updated: HP is reportedly cutting salaries of EDS workers again. It's the second round of salary cuts for EDS staffers since HP acquired the services giant. According to the Dallas Morning News and television reports, EDS workers have been notified that another round of pay cuts is...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Salary, Worker, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington state

Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington stateWhat next, they'll terminate everyone's licensing agreements and thenhit the kill switch?Governments should be bullying corporations. Not the other way around. (or perhaps neither side should bully the other?)Typical MicroshaftHire foreigners, make the taxpayers foot the bill...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, government, Microsoft Corp., Washington State, Quincy facility, Microsoft Azure

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

The Speakers Group: 'Women will be better represented'

The last couple of weeks begot a bit of brouhaha when The Speakers Group posted a "top 10 list" of social media speakers that included only men. The Internet backlash was severe from a social media community up in arms, questioning why the speakers bureau couldn't find at least one...

Tags: Women, Speaker, Blog, Social Media, Charlene, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Live Webcast: Improve Your Competitive Edge through Network Security Consolidation

At a time when achieving a competitive edge is core to the success of any business, employee productivity, risk reduction and cost management are under the microscope. Business processes that benefit these three critical factors are being hastily explored and rapidly implemented. Security Consolidation is...

Tags: Webcast, Network, Consolidation, Network Security, SonicWall, Competitive Edge LLC., Security Consolidation, Security

Webcasts 2009-07-21