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- In lean times, a tale of two IT contractors
- In lean times, a tale of two IT contractorsCognitive dissonanceContractors are both hurt and helped by a slowdown; companies both get rid of contractors and hire them. What to make of this?Perhaps calculus would help - do companies increase or decrease the rate of this churn during a slowdown? What...
- Tags: IT Contractors, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
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- Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projects
- Forrester Research in a report is confirming that the credit crunch is beginning to hit technology services firms. The extent of the damage is unclear, but IBM's lower-than-expected third quarter revenue its earnings are stronger than expected may indicate something worse is afoot. Forrester's...
- Tags: Service Provider, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Business Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Medicare no-pay list: Lessons for IT consulting
- Medicare no-pay list: Lessons for IT consultingAn Unfair ComparisonThe comparison is somewhat unfair. When the wrong patient gets an appendectomy, or the wrong blood, or instruments left inside the patient, it can be clearly established that the mistake stemmed from* Carelessness * Some best practice protocol not being followed* Lack...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Medicare, IT Consulting, blame, consulting, patient
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Why IT mergers fail
- Why IT mergers faileds hp lay offsTry employing writers that can count.24600 lay offs 50% will be in the USA so 12300 out 47,000 is ~25%.SidetrackThe gain from a Hurd/Fiorina style merger is easy to comprehend, Murph. Combine two companies and lay off a slew of people. All...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, information technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., merger, Electronic Data Systems Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Open source as a government mandate
- Open source as a government mandateGovernment mandateWe're always better off when government tells us what to do. Removing choice eliminates the mistakes we would make and provides everyone the wisdom far greater than our own of those who have chosen to work for the government.In fact, many of us...
- Tags: Vertical industries, open source, government mandate, open standard
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- The Disaster Recovery Items Few Consider
- The Disaster Recovery Items Few ConsiderMore! More!Great article. I would love to read more about what the folks in the trenches dealt with.Brucesome small-scale disaster recovery items for smaller businessesAs owner/operator of a small ASP Application Service Provider, I thought I would share a few tidbits. We...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, colo, disaster recovery, United Parcel Service of America Inc., Web site
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- "Papa Bear"'s take on the Palin Hack
- "Papa Bear"'s take on the Palin HackDon't go calling him a "Republican"...The true Republican Party was shot between the eyes in the aftermath of FDR's New Deal; the carcass staggered on for another three-plus decades, when it was put out of its misery by Nixon's "Southern Strategy" that whipped up...
- Tags: MSM, O'Reilly, Taft, Bill O'Reilly, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2008-09-20
- What the credit crunch means for IT
- The credit crunch has dominated the front pages in 2008, and claimed a number of high-profile scalps, such as that of the 158-year-old Lehman Brothers bank. As job losses mount, and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, here's...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Outsourcing Company, Industry, Supplier, EquaTerra, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Nick Heath silicon.com, economy, IT management, HP, layoffs, hardware, software
- News items 2008-09-17
- Why "better" often doesn't sell
- Why "better" often doesn't sellGeneralizationsWhen it comes to marketing there are lots of strange things:1. Better may sell but it may not make profits.2. "Better" is in the eye of the beholder3. Better but sacrifices business plan.At the core I think sometimes companies get so involved with...
- Tags: Murph, Microsoft Corp., PC Products, End Users
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- Open source and military procurement don't mix
- Open source and military procurement don't mixWhat's the alternative?Once an IT department with very elaborate and essential software decided to cancel the contract with the original supplier. In return, the department received a termination date for using the software. Someone had long ago decided to rent rather than...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- Earnings Tracker (zip)
- Earnings Tracker is a free accounting tool for UK contractors. It enables invoice amounts, salaries, pension contributions, and expenses to be recorded, and calculates the amount of corporation / business tax due. It also enables dividend tax vouchers to be generated. Written in PHP and MySQL, Earnings Tracker can downloaded...
- Tags: Accounting, Dividend, John Dixon Technology, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-09-10
- PayMEE (exe)
- Create high-quality progress billing applications for your project. This software is ideal for construction managers, contractors, or any company that needs to periodically submit a bill against a contract amount. It's an excellent alternative to CCDC & AIA forms G703 and form G702. Its built-in payment calculator makes invoice management...
- Tags: Payment, Billing, Sapro Systems, Operational Accounting, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-09-10
- Service integrators = Ed Tech bargain hunters?
- I'm not entirely enamored of my ISP right now. Their backbone is dated, downtime too frequent, the email interface they provide is kludgy at best, application support for their web hosting is more limited than what you can get from $1.99 a month hosts, and, well, I'm just not...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Hosting, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Dell repair adventure, day 5, with updates
- Since our last episode, our hero has been communicating with Bob Pearson, Dell's VP of Communities & Conversations, and Bill Bivin, Dell's Community Liaison, about getting my Dell Lattitude D620 back up and running. Both Bob and Bill give every impression of trying very hard to deal not only with...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Dell repair adventure, day 3
- Dell repair adventure, day 3dell next day serviceI had to use the service back in February for my XPS 1330 as it had the Nvidia Issue. I have to say that as for the repair, they turned it in about 2 hours (according to the tracking numbers.) It...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold WarPrivate space transportationInterestingly, the weakening US-Russian relationship may end up being very good for the US private space industry. Even before the latest souring of relations, NASA made contingency plans to limit dependency on Soyuz and avoid relying on the Russian...
- Tags: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, NASA, COTS, Soyuz, Economic Impact, SpaceX, cargo
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notificationsI don't know what difference it will makePeople who love Windows will still love Windows. People who hate Windows will still hate Windows. People who pirate Windows will still pirate Windows.RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Pro user, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality
- Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality....Look, our resident troll is back! ]:)OK everybody!Shut everything down. Open Source doesn't work. Go back to proprietary because they never have any security breaches. How many repositories are we talking about? You site one breach and declare the Open...
- Tags: open source, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- (Photos: Baby steps for NASA's small-plane challenge)
- (Photos: Baby steps for NASA's small-plane challenge)i see a problemwhat about my rights to the inovations i make?who has access big bussiness government contractors no one will give you an answer!i have ask before on other government contracts and challenges.
- Tags: Baby Step, NASA, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Been to Staples lately?
- Been to Staples lately?Another thing I like about Staples......no restocking fee on computer gear and other electronics.Absolutely the right answer.Not necessarily Staples, just the idea of going shopping for what you need. We waited for a projector bulb for 3 months as our tech dep't waited for the state...
- Tags: Staples Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
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