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Survey: Google takes prize as IT dream job (with Microsoft, Cisco close behind)

A third of you view a stint at Google as the Holy Grail, you're more likely to gripe about your job to your friend rather than your boss and half of you wouldn't recommend your current employer as a great place to work. Those are some of...

Tags: Job, Google Inc., Information Technology, Job Satisfaction, Microsoft Corp., Survey, Cisco Systems Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Marketing Research, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-08

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10 ways to evaluate your IT management software

Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...

Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-05

Microsoft starts selling PC hardware, third-party software via its online store

Wow, 90 days of technical support.Because nothing ever goes wrong with a computer after 90 days!Seriously, Microsoft. Get a better service plan.RE: Microsoft starts selling PC hardware, third-party software via its online storeThey have to be kidding. So who do you go to if something goes wrong with...

Tags: PC, online store, software, Microsoft Corp., hardware

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Here's why Apple is doing so well -- it's the top half, stupid

Heh... this is going to be fun to watch...ntWhat???This sounds like a lot of BS.. Apple is overpriced and the mac lovers will pay whatever Apple charges. There is the summary of this article.There is a difference in purchasingthe best product, verses the "perceived" best product.I hear many of the...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Engineering, Blogging, Cyberthreats, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Apple Q4 '09 earnings result - Most profitable quarter ever

moron servicemoron service, where are you?Ghost of PsystarSee? ... it just goes to show ya! If Apple doesn't get their act together and start licensing their operating system for Mac clones, there's no hope for them. How long can they expect to keep a drowning company afloat selling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows NT, Desktops, Apple Inc., big word

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story

RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole storyMost corporate PCs were not updated to Vista, because Vista didn't add any additional values; required more powerful hardware and had a very bad name from the start.Most companies will also not upgrade...

Tags: Operating systems, Software Developement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, corporate PC, PC, Win7, whole story, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Massachusetts becomes Canada as reform debate nears climax

Obamacare ship is sinkingPeople saw the light with the failed socialist experiment in mASSachusetts, so liberal politicians like Barnie Frank can stuck their health care reform where the sun doesn't shine.Yeah, the ship is sinking, but it is Obama who's rearanging the chairs to give Pelosi and Reid front row...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Apple leads smartphone customer satisfaction

Let the flame wars beginntNo question that Apple changed the gameover 2 years ago.Why aren't the others catching up?Nokia seems to have disappeared.Microsoft latest 6.5 is a disappointment even to Paul Thurrott.I can understand the reference toNokia, but Microsoft has nothing to do with this. The operating system can be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Apple Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., phone, survey

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing

Some facts and inferences should be updatedAccenture's Consulting revenue dropped 12% and Outsourcing grew by 1%http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Accentures-Future-Remains-Bright-ACN-IBM-HPQ1005.aspxSome of the issues you highlighted around process innovation, dated technology, etc will continue to remain. However, the nimbler players will also adopt the benefits of innovations like SaaS and Cloud platform.Underlying platform is an...

Tags: Managed hosting, Business process outsourcing (BPO), Programming languages, outsourcing, BPO, COBOL, outsourcing company

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

When HIPAA and Twitter collide: Can you blab away your privacy rights?

Absolutely notThe most the hospital should do is cite HIPAA and promise a private resolution. That is all they need to do in public. If they do resolve the problem to satisfaction, most people who are willing to complain about a health problem in public would acknowledge that in public....

Tags: Regulatory compliance, HEALTHCARE, Regulations, Twitter Inc., hospital, HIPAA, patient

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottom line

SmartPlanet: 3 of 4 executives say outsourcing necessary to maintain bottomCompletely disagree. Outsourcing only works for small projects that can't be done in-house, like wiring jobs, installing generators and the such. Outsourcing entire departments doesn't work. I've seen it before, when the employee is on a contract...

Tags: Managed hosting, Outsourcing/Offshoring, outsourcing, outsource

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Has Steve Jobs banned Apple staff from social media?

Nothing wrong with thatApple does rely on secrecy, especially in their R&D, to get more bang for their buck when the product is finally announced. I could see why Apple would want their employees not talking about their jobs in the social media. I can see why a lot of...

Tags: Blogging, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., blog, social media

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Over 75% of organizations haven't upgraded to latest Microsoft Office

Cause Office 2007 is a UI MESSReally, who at MS decided the ribbon was a good thing? They should be fired.Let's take up 5 rows of space at the top of my screen that I can't change, can't modify and will confuse the living cr@p out of you.And simple...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, latest Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Deconstructing United Airlines: Where Customers are Transactions

United Airlines: Customers are Merely Transactions If you're a loyalty marketer and look at my United profile, you find something that would make you 4.5 on a scale of 5.0 when it comes to warm and fuzzy.   You'd see hundreds of thousands of United Airlines frequent flier FF miles;...

Tags: Customers Ltd., Mile, Customer, United Corp., United Airlines, Corporate Communications, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Marketing, Human Resources, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-08-20

T-Mobile Dash 3G

The poor T-Mobile Dash has been pulling duty ever since October 2006 and while it's received a minor face lift and Windows Mobile 6.1 upgrade over the years, it's definitely time for the smartphone to retire. More importantly, T-Mobile customers need and deserve something more up-to-date and it looks like...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, 3G, T-Mobile, T-Mobile Dash, T-Mobile Dash 3G, Sprint Communications, Snap, Dash 3G, High Tech Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-01

Report: consumer confusion over netbooks and notebooks

Report: consumer confusion over netbooks and notebooksNo wonder...Microsoft refused to work with netbooks. I said it before this all happened - People will buy a netbook thinking it's just a low end notebook and expect it to do everything they want.If Microsoft did follow the crowds, I'm betting the OS...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, notebook, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

FTC to go after product reviews bloggers who accept freebies

FTC to go after product reviews bloggers who accept freebiesFTC are puppets like most of our governmentWhen you have special interests in Washington buying lawmakers left and right, it seems pretty stupid for the FTC to be wasting time on some amateur reviewer with a day job who wrote a...

Tags: Blogging, FTC, blogger, product reviews blogger, freeby, Izea

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Phomart 3.4 (Windows)

The Phomart Templater utility helps you process groups of digital camera to become final web or print results. These automation tools are used for large quantities batches of camera images. Final print plates or web files are created using Photoshop layers within .PSD Templates. Layers can be added to a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Camera, PhoMart, Camera Image, Templater Utility

Software downloads 2009-06-16

Sorry, the Help Desk Doesn't Cover That.

Dion Hinchcliffe has another good post up, this time on Cloud vs open source: there's a third dimension I'd like to expand on, and that's user support. After all the strategic planning is done, the plumbing hooked up and sawdust swept up, the...

Tags: Environment, Dion Hinchcliffe, Dion, Help Desk, Call Centers, It Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-14

BusinessWeek: Apple is most innovative company

BusinessWeek: Apple is most innovative companyCongrats Apple! Question for the Apple zealots though...Yay Apple! Wow, #1 most innovative company. That's fantastic. A reason for celebration.However, this news isn't entirely good for the Apple zealot who consistently maintains that MS [b]never[/b] innovates and only ever copies from Apple. Yet here we...

Tags: Leadership, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Products, Apple Inc., innovative company, BusinessWeek

Discussion threads 2009-05-28