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- Two Perspectives of the HR Technology show
- Some positive surprises - strong attendance Last week, Dr. Katherine Jones and I attended the HR Technology show. Katherine is one the best known HR analysts out there and covered the space for Aberdeen Group for a number of years. Together, we sat down with 21...
- Tags: Human Resources Inc., Katherine, Herewith, HR Tech, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- India outsourcing workers stressed to the limit
- This applies to America as well"Workers are suffering from obesity, sleep disorders, depression and broken relationships - problems which can lead to more serious conditions such as diabetes or heart disease. In a country where a public healthcare system is virtually non-existent, overworked outsourcing employees could present a health crisis...
- Tags: Managed hosting, Benefits, outsourcing, outsource, health care, job, information technology, worker
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- 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
- Now's the time to manage your online brand
- "Managing a Brand through Social Networks" sounds like it should be a training course designed for corporate marketing professionals. Such a course, though, might as well be targeted at an average Joe or Jane, the everyday person who - intentionally or not - is building an online brand of his...
- Tags: Facebook, Brand, Network, Privacy Setting, Social Networking, Branding, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs
- Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costsMessage has been deletedMessage has been deletedAnd let us not forget the costs of people refraining from performingnecessary tasks because of fear. And the costs the USB drive ban.Incalculable costs really.The care they put into the systemis the output they'd get,...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Servers, Conficker, FAA, server, Apple Inc., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- Helping corporations leverage the Web, using open source and the cloud
- What do open source and cloud computing have in common? For Navid Safabakhsh, principal at San Francisco and Philadelphia-based interactive web development agency Freshout, it's that both technologies are low-cost, high-yield solutions to help corporations leverage the customer data they collect on the Web. ...
- Tags: Web, Service, Channel Management, Open Source, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- News to know: Pre; NetApp; Bartz; Windows 7; Netbooks
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: From Starter to Ultimate: What's really in each Windows 7 Edition? Matthew Miller: Palm Pre reviews appear; can it beat the...
- Tags: NetApp Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- How much does open source cost schools?
- How much does open source cost schools?Why don't YOU share with people the challenges you facedwhen moving entirely to Linux? Oh wait, you didn't? Then why are you asking other people to do it?RE: How much does open source cost schools?Just imagine a world where *nix skills where as common...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Your next software buying decision: zero cost?
- Your next software buying decision: zero cost?Open Source it!The beauty of open source technologies and hiring skilled talent not people who want to haul in a bunch of proprietary software the extorts tens of thousands of dollars for nothing on return.Having skills to develop and maintain your own infrastructure is...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-05-01
- Pre-Bartz Yahoo: Bonuses and more for execs
- Turning around a company like Yahoo doesn't come cheap. And keeping executive talent in place - or not - while other senior executives jump ship can also add up. Even though co-founder, Chief Yahoo and former CEO Jerry Yang collected only a $1 salary in 2008, the...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Bonus, Salary, Sue Decker, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- 5 characteristics of sleazy corporate vipers
- 5 characteristics of sleazy corporate vipersSounds like more than just IT.Try working in other fields. Those attributes are alive and well in all trades. And they cause failure there too.RE: 5 characteristics of sleazy corporate vipersI am more on the technical side of things. I am usually the person...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job
- Discussion threads 2009-03-31
- Ex-botnet master hired by TelstraClear
- Remember Owen Thor Walker AKILL that got busted in the FBI's "Bot Roast" investigation for operating a 1.3 million hosts botnet in 2007, and even once considered to be offered a job as a cybercrime fighter by detectives impressed by his mediocre botnet management skills? Well, it...
- Tags: TelstraClear Ltd., Internet, Phishing, Recruitment & Selection, Security, Spam And Phishing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- 10 ways to be a good manager during a recession
-  Guest post via TechRepublic's Polly Schneider Traylor. For more posts like this see the 10 Things blog. It’s clear that the current recession is not going to be a fleeting phenomenon. Managers need to learn how to lead under extraordinary marketplace pressures and...
- Tags: Layoff, Recession, Staff, Polly Schneider Traylor, Workforce Management, Professional Development, Benefits, Human Resources, Career, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?
- Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?HealthcareBut, be careful about not acquiring excessive debt while getting the education. The more I think I about it, as long as there's money, accountancy.So, competitive advantage, driven by innovation and not price or service or proximity, has never been more...
- Tags: Strategy, Benefits, Personal finance, BLS, information technology, smart major, IS COMPUTER, IT Staff, recession, IT People, offshoring
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgrade
- Simple cost/benefit and the systems upgradeAnecdotal evidenceThis is the Nth time you use this particular setup of the two 690s as a basis for comparison between AIX/Power and Solaris/Whatever. As stated in another post the problems with that system has nothing to do with AIX but with design.I can counter...
- Tags: Blade servers, Databases, Enterprise software, Recruitment & Selection, Storage, PCI, P690, T5440, Oracle Real Application Cluster
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- Microsoft vs. Open Source competitors
- Microsoft vs. Open Source competitors Haven't you ever heard of Interoperability?The reality of IT unlike that unreality which ZDNet bloggers write about is that most if not all IT Departments run multiple IT systems from mainframes to distributed servers and multiple OS's from Unix to Windows to Linux.How hard is...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Sales force management, Now Let, Microsoft Corp., Open Source competitor, open source, Linux, MySpace, OEM, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-02-08
- The latest corporate dance: Layoffs by the numbers
- Not Quite a 12-Step Plan But Close I was speaking with a top executive of a major software firm this week regarding morale and the economy. She indicated that her firm’s strategy for layoffs follows a predictable pattern: - Step 1 â€" Do...
- Tags: Layoff, Top Executive, Worker, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- When will we learn?
- When I wrote my tongue in cheek How to be less stupid in 2009, I picked on Mike Krigsman when I said: Get an RSS device implanted with Mike Krigsman’s IT Project Failures blog. Have you ever known anyone who could get a long running blog based on the...
- Tags: Buyer, Dennis Howlett, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Eric Kimberling, ERP, Mike, Panorama Consulting Group, Software
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- IBM job cuts underway
- IBM job cuts underwayOne week for every one week?I have to ask, "one week's pay for every one week's service"????I have 25 years with IBM, this nets out to something north of $2M. Where do I sign up for this?? :-)IBM Damage ControlI think that IBM not posting...
- Tags: Business ethics, Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, IBM Corp., IBM job cuts underway, IBM Job Cuts, IBM job, underway
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- 10 reasons IT certification will be important in 2009
- Guest post: In the midst of staggering business and economic turmoil, you need all the tools at your disposal to help shore up your career prospects. See why TechRepublic's Erik Eckel believes IT certification will become increasingly important for IT pros and the organizations that rely on them. You can...
- Tags: Certification, Information Technology, Organization, IT Certification, IT Certification Program, Quality, Training And Certification, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-02
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