Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
Additional Resources
- Virgin Galactic unveils Eve; Snares Abu Dhabi investment
- Sir Richard Branson unveiled his latest aircraft, or rather spacecraft. In a few years, for $200,000, thrill seekers will be able to ride into sub-orbit space. Separately, Virgin Galactic landed a $280 million investment from Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments. In this raw video, you get a look at...
- Tags: Virgin Group, Investment, Virgin Galactic, Aabar Investments, Business Structures, Aerospace & Defense, Network Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- How to mentor entry level developers
- TechRepublic's Justin James has seen enough mentoring boondoggles to have a good idea of what does and doesn’t work. He shares his ideas about how to have a successful software developer mentoring program. One of my recent TechRepublic polls covered the topic of why we hire entry-level...
- Tags: Developer, Programmer, Mentor, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- Import & Export Business (Mobile)
- A small import/export business can easily be started from a home-based office. Beginning slowly at home will help you to keep the start-up costs relatively low. And you won't need formal education. The earning potential for the import/export business can range from a few hundred dollars per month to many...
- Tags: Mobile, MH Publishing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-07-11
- Import & Export Business (Mobile)
- A small import/export business can easily be started from a home-based office. Beginning slowly at home will help you to keep the start-up costs relatively low. And you won't need formal education. The earning potential for the import/export business can range from a few hundred dollars per month to many...
- Tags: Mobile, Business, MHPublishing, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- How badly are your business applications performing?
- Due for formal release later this week, a study conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Precise at SAP's May 2009 SAPPHIRE reveals some remarkable stats about systems performance and the response times for problem resolution. 695 persons completed the survey. Some key metrics: ...
- Tags: Consultant, Performance, Business Application, SAP AG, Consulting, Performance Issue, Transaction Performance Issue, Performance Management, Outsourcing, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- Who's to blame for America's loss of innovation?
- I blogged about one study of forty nations that showed the U.S. falling in competition and innovation. Down to 6th from its former leadership slot. Can we stop the slide? The talkbacks posit various interesting theories and placing of blame. Several indicate...
- Tags: Innovation, U.S., America, Teacher, John Muir, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- SAP
- SAPUmm....Shouldn't that be your responsibility to begin with - to look out for your customer and to speak up if something is obviously wrong?RE: SAP To be fair, there are 3 separate areas where SAP migrations fail. First, quite often the customer has decided to do it, but undersells...
- Tags: Quality, Enterprise software, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- Disrupting rush to the medical home model
- Disrupting rush to the medical home modelWe're not ready for coaches or a medical home yet.One of the major problems in medicine today is the explosion of knowledge. A "coach" in medicine would have a very difficult time keeping up with a single speciality - hell, doctors have problems...
- Tags: Now Let, coach, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-02-03
- The World Bank and the Google Search Appliance
- The World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of financial assistance for developing countries. The World Bank intranet contains documents in all the standard business applications and in every format from HTML to PDF. The search application made it difficult to access all sites across the network,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Search Appliance, World Bank Group, Google Search, Google Search Appliance, World Bank, Free Trade, Finance
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- University music tax: sharing and caring?
- University music tax: sharing and caring?Would a"blanket speeding ticket fine" be okay?Just a couple hundred dollars you have to pay your local municipality every year to cover any actual speeding you did but at which you weren't caught. I mean, essentially everyone breaks speed limits, at least once in...
- Tags: Taxes, music tax
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- Study: Cell phones distract drivers more than passengers do
- Study: Cell phones distract drivers more than passengers doThis study proves nothingOther than people are inheriently stupid. It would then become the responsibility (yes, responsibility..something we all dont want to take on these days) to know when to hang up/disconnect the call depending on driving conditions. All this does is...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, cell phone, car
- Discussion threads 2008-12-01
- Answers 1.1 (Mobile)
- Answers is the place to go to ask questions and receive answers from the community at large on any topic. Connect with people who know the answers to your questions whether through formal education or life experiences.
- Tags: Mobile, Question, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-11-10
- Are certifications worth the money?
- Are certifications worth the money?agreedI've been working in IT for over 10 years, professionally, which spawned from my early love of computers. I have to agree that in many cases you'll find hands on experience will trump a degree or cert. I've been hired over degree and cert holders a...
- Tags: Quality, training and certification, Project Management certification, certification
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- 79 million adults can't pay medical bills
- 79 million adults can't pay medical billsReaganomics..it's the cure.Look, cut taxes to the wealthy. Let 5% get as much as they can.A rising tide floats all boats. Wait, economic data says that's not true...but, but we've been believing it so far.So what if the majority of Americans...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Taxes, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Free trade, Insurance, health care, tax, government
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Green is really just another way of saying 'energy-efficient'
- OK, we all know that when it comes to green tech, it's REALLY about lean tech. Right? I mean, I'm sure that's why many of the IT managers who read this blog even bother spending time. That's what CDW figures, too, so in addition to the...
- Tags: Power Management, IT Professional, CDW Corp., Virtualization, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- What was that about cutting music?
- What was that about cutting music?Make sure your 'guiders' say the right wordsAlas, a formal education can propel anyone in the real world problem stage. And if a sound science approach no longer works you can rely on ancient models, even before we began to speak. For today...
- Tags: education, music
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Kids have high expectations for school web content
- Featured in a recent Ars Technica post, Martin Weller,Professor of Educational Technology at Open University UK, describes the current state of collaboration and online learning tools available at most universities as "systems with 'digital tumbleweed blowing down their forums.'" As he notes, the latest generation of students...
- Tags: Web, Online Learning, Student, E-learning, Web 2.0, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Put some IT pros in jail
- Is IT a "profession?" Certifications and professional organizations are window dressing. IT won't be a profession until IT people start going to jail. People who shred paper can go to jail. Why not negligent people whose info system design and operation have the same effect? ...
- Tags: Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Expensive certification requirements hurt recruiting
- Not everyone is cut out to be a teacher. It's a demanding job, summers off or not, and it helps to like kids. However, there are many instances when students can really benefit from teachers who have worked in private industry. This isn't the old adage, those...
- Tags: Education, Recruiting, Teacher, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts
A simplified IT environment isn't just less complex. It's also more reliable. Standardize on a single Linux platform with SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell, and get the world's most interoperable Linux
The Business Essentials Guide provides you useful tools and templates to help grow your business and save you time with automated shipping solutions.
