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- Dell unveils Latitude Z, high-powered business thin-and-light laptop
- Dell has revealed its new Latitude Z thin-and-light laptop, a 16-inch slab of angular portability packed with an array of business-centric features. Here's a look. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell Latitude, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, product photos, Dell, Latitude, Z, laptop, thin and light, business, executive, Andrew Nusca
- Image galleries 2009-09-27
- The Math Behind Accenture’s Restructuring
- Will more cuts come? Thursday, Accenture announced that they were going to reduce their senior executive ranks by about 7%. The company stated: Approximately $128 million of the charge is for severance and related costs of workforce actions, primarily at the senior-executive level, which...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Restructuring, Senior Executive, Executive, $119mm, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Payroll Solutions, Real Estate, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- How to Select an Executive Search Management System
- An executive search software system that allows one to incorporate the latest cutting edge technologies to help manage business more efficiently, boosts productively and optimizes work process is fundamental in today's competitive environment. Yet this selection process can be daunting and extremely confusing. The objective of this white paper is...
- Tags: Software, Executive, Dillistone Systems, Tools & Techniques, Investment, Management, Finance
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Driven by Data: The Importance of Building a Culture of Fact-Based Decision-Making
- This white paper reviews a portion of the research and provides analysis and insights on the topic of business analytics. It is part of a series of white papers for C-level executives intended to facilitate sharing the most important insights from the research. This research program is an online survey...
- Tags: Decision-making, SAS Institute, Executive
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Tech execs talk smart design for ‘green' buildings
- At Greentech Media's Green Building Summit at SRI International, in Menlo Park, Calif., tech executives discuss what is needed to construct and design "green" buildings. Executives contend that many "green" buildings are not energy efficient and smart design means more than picking the right materials and products.
- Tags: Executive, LEED
- Videos 2009-06-15
- Helzberg Diamonds Improves Sales Reporting, Eliminates Delays for Divisional Execs
- Helzberg Diamond's divisional and regional vice presidents travel frequently and visit many stores each day. Previously, to access key performance data about the stores they were visiting, the executives spent extra time working with a laptop and Internet connection, or they did a lot of faxing. To improve productivity, Helzberg...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Executive, Helzberg Diamond, Performance Management, Internet, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Managed Hosting, Handhelds, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales, Marketing, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-06-09
- Secrets at the Ritz Kept Under Wraps
- IT manager for The Ritz began investigating software solutions for encrypting and protecting the information residing on all the mobile devices used by executives at The Ritz. The problem was that many of the applications trialled were clumsy, slow and difficult to use. The most important feature had to be...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Executive, PDAs, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing, Management
- Case studies 2008-10-02
- In Search of Clarity: Unravelling the Complexities of Executive Decision-making
- Decision-making is at the core of all business activity, as executives set strategy and manage operations by weighing a vast array of factors to arrive at the desired balance of risk and reward. The enormous growth of companies size and operations in recent years--particularly across borders--is making this process increasingly...
- Tags: Decision-making, Executive, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Executive Toy 5000 1 (Windows)
- It's a virtual reality version of those executive toys from the 80's. You know the ones--with little metal balls dangling from wires banging off each other. Complete with customizable balls and sound effects.
- Tags: Executive, PaulBirdSoft, Virtual Reality, Microsoft Windows, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2005-08-25
- Taskbar Executive 1.20 (Windows)
- Taskbar Executive will let you launch programs and organize your open windows in a clever new way. Running applications are "grouped" within your taskbar, thus keeping the taskbar neat and tidy.
- Tags: Window, Executive, HACE, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2001-01-15
- A Crisis Management Plan: Are You Prepared?
- Most people like to think they do their best work in the midst of a crisis or controversy, when the adrenaline is flowing and they can make vital decisions in a split second. And in fact, many executives do perform extremely well under pressure. But, in a world when the...
- Tags: Decision, Executive, Disaster Resource Guide, Crisis Management
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- Consultants Corner: Getting Executive Support for Your BCP
- As challenging as it may seem at times, the importance of getting executive support and buy in for an organization's Business Continuity Planning BCP program cannot be understated and moreover is a critical component to the overall success in recoverability and long-term survival. Without that buy-in from key executives, a...
- Tags: Business Continuity, Executive, It Services
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- Arguing About the Collaboration Toolkit: Cisco's Enterprise Collaboration Platform
- In the aftermath of last week's San Francisco Enterprise 2.0 conference there's been some lively debate about what constitutes '2.0', including some great comments on my previous post. Meanwhile Cisco have literally just announced their Enterprise Collaboration Platform, which will be broad set...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, Productivity, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-08
- Thunderbird 3: Near-final version due next week
- Thunderbird 3, an update to the email software Mozilla hopes will give it some of the advantages its Firefox browser has enjoyed, is due to arrive in near-final form next week. Thunderbird 3, an update to the email software Mozilla hopes will give it some of the advantages its...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., E-mail Clients, Web Browsers, Software, Internet, Mozilla, Thunderbird, e-mail, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-11-06
- Skype deal averts shutdown, allows sale
- Skype's founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are to regain some of their control over the company as part of a deal that will let Skype carry on using its core peer-to-peer technology. Skype's founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis are to regain some of their control over the...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Operational Accounting, Telecommunications, Internet, Finance, Skype, eBay, David Meyer ZDNet UK
- News items 2009-11-06
- 18 truths: The long fail of complexity
- Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...
- Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- 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
- Open source needs successful champions
- The open-source industry needs profitable champions to demonstrate success and attract funding and participation in open source, according to Red Hat's CEO. The open-source industry needs profitable champions to demonstrate success and attract funding and participation in open source, according to the chief executive of Red Hat. ...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Champion, open source, Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst, Victoria Ho ZDNet Asia
- News items 2009-11-05
- 10 aspects of executive presence
- Great leaders project a certain presence that's hard to pin down -- but unmistakable. See if you recognize these qualities in yourself or in the executives you admire.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Tags: Presence, Steve Tobak, Blogging, Leadership, Internet, Management
- Download resources 2009-11-04
- Moffat no longer with IBM as fallout from insider trading scandal continues
- ORLY?![pre]In 2002, he was on Fortune?s list of the 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in America.[/pre]Mmmm.... I don't think so. Rodney C. Adkins is on Fortune's list of [b]Black[/b] Executives.Glancing is dangerousAfter showing a coworker what a hilarious gaff I'd found, I realized I had skimmed over the fact that...
- Tags: Glancing, Moffat, IBM Corp., fallout
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
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