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Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale

Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: MoraleCan you please point to the timesThat Yahoo has made a loss in the past few years?And what makes you think any lawsuits against Yahoo is going to succeed? In the spirit of your cloud cuckoo land, I'd say it's more likely...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Investment, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., morale, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

SCO bankruptcy called imminent

SCO bankruptcy called imminentSo who is represented by Dracula?Is it Microsoft? Or is Abbott & Costello representing Microsoft and Novell, and Linux is Dracula, chasing the bumbling incompetents?Man, you Linux guys are cloudy with your analogies. ;)As far as SCO - good riddance. SCO and its vile leader can...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, irony, bankruptcy, morale, SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-09

IT morale drops to all-time low, study says

IT morale drops to all-time low, study saysWow..IT workers are not happy, you think? What if we started outsourcing CEO's overseas, started cutting back on their training, salaries, and treated them like shoe manufacturers, I'll bet they would be unhappy too. I'll bet some overpaid HR exec did this study.In...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Saving Money, job, morale, information technology, MORALE IMPROVES

Discussion threads 2004-06-09

Additional Resources

Oracle consulting layoffs: but what's the number?

It looks like Oracle is on yet a onther round of headcount reduction. This time it's the consulting organization that's being hammered. Rumors are flying as to the numbers but of greater concern should be the impact on morale among those left and customers whose projects might be impacted. by...

Tags: Layoff, Oracle Corp., Consulting, Rumors, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-15

MetriQ Professional 8.1 (Windows)

MetriQ automated time tracking software is perfect for automated timesheet administration and time software. Features MetriQ's patent-pending time capture software engine that accurately and reliably tracks time and duration spent working on applications and files on your computer. MetriQ time and billing software removes the need for staff to complete...

Tags: Software, Billing, Microsoft Windows, MetriQ, MetriQ Professional, Tools & Techniques, Workforce Management, Management, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-11-06

Learning from the weak signals of failure

Sometimes a refusal to listen . . .Sometimes it's a refusal of top level management to listen to lower level employees as well. NASA was notorious for having unsatisfied employees who knew key facts about issues, but ignored them, even if the employee was proactive about trying to contact somebody...

Tags: Team management, weak signal

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

IT Exec: iPhone builds goodwill with users

Bill Detwiler talks with James Brown from Talecris about how the benefits of deploying Apple's iPhone far outweighed the hazards. The biggest perk: Better employee morale. See also: Top 10 lessons for iPhone adoption in the enterprise Dennis Howlett:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Information Technology, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

KFC UNThinking at the UN

Honestly, the professional PR brigade never cease to amaze me with some of the nuttiest ideas for brand enhancement that all too often turn out to be just the opposite. My ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow was spammed today by a top PR agency with...

Tags: Brand, KFC Corp., UN General Assembly, Yum, Branding, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Snowe and enemies push health reform forward

Of course . . ."But the story is not yet told, and the trolls below will have their day."Of course. Your way is so right and everybody else is so wrong.at this point If they SO against the health reform let them have it there way since they...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Burnout - the Dangers of Remote Work Forces

The problem is as old as work itself: you're working as part of a team and seem to be doing twice as much  - or more - as your colleagues, yet no one seems to notice. It feels as though you're carrying the weight of entire projects on your back...

Tags: Team, Burnout, Team Management, E-mail, Process Improvement, Management, Online Communications, Quality, Business Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-11

Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge

Here's something for the developers to do:Spend 100% of their time on the current windows, until it is bug-free, secure, and stable.Also for the next Win, don't change the UI again. Please.TLZTLZ must be TAR with LZMA. TGZ TAR with gzip would be more useful.hot air for a doomed productIf...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

News to know: Twitter DMs; New Neutrality; Zimbra; Dell-Perot; Palm; Foursquare

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. Michael Krigsman: Are Twitter direct messages safe? Richard Koman: FCC to announce net neutrality principles ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Twitter Inc., Information Technology, Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Zimbra, Mary Jo Foley, Net Neutrality, Perot Systems Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Serial ATA, Corporate Law, Web Services, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Business Operations, Management

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Listen to iWorkers to improve productivity and morale

Now that summer is a distant memory, it’s time to get really busy. I know, I know, it didn’t feel like it slowed down. Financial stress, job uncertainty, and the general economic malaise seem to have made people work harder. Non-farm business sector labor productivity increased 6.6% during the second...

Tags: Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Sheri McLeish

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Microsoft needs Windows Wizards, not Mac Attacks

They need to drop dead.I hope Steve Ballmer ends up as a filthy hobo begging for spare change, but gets kicked in the nuts by linux users on an hourly basis instead. After the last FUD attack on Linux, I know without a doubt that if Ballmer came near me...

Tags: Desktops, Best Buy Co. Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft needs Windows-Wizard, Mac Attack, Microsoft Needs

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Did crook lure victims with oven door disguised as plasma HDTV?

I know plasmas are becoming popular again, but I didn't realize they were this "hot." According to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle, con artists are using fake HDTVs to lure marks in store parking lots and then robbing them. There may be nothing new about the technique—crooks have...

Tags: Plasma, Crook, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-08-22

HP's July quarter expected to be mixed bag

Hewlett-Packard is expected to report a solid fiscal third quarter, but worries have analysts questioning whether the company is ultimately about growth or an "IT superstore" that will live and die by cost cutting. HP on Tuesday is expected to report third quarter earnings of 90 cents...

Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Analyst, Printing, Cihra, Printers, Document Management, Operational Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-18

How much do stores jack up ambient lighting to sell you HDTVs?

It's more direct than that.Go to Best Buy and amazingly, the cheapest sets look like they should not have shipped from the factory failing quality control while the high cost sets are superb. I had an employee try to stop me from pressing the "default" settings on the TVs...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, TV, brightness, HDTV

Discussion threads 2009-08-09

How much do stores jack up ambient lighting to sell you HDTVs?

Along with selling unknowing consumers $80 HDMI cables that they could buy online for a few bucks, HDTV retailers other longtime scam is to boost the brightness in their stores including on the sets themselves to entice buyers. Why? In part because bright screens can mask poor black-level performance...

Tags: HDTV, Store, Retail, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Performance Management, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-08-09

10 reasons why e-readers make sense in the enterprise

TechRepublic guest post: In case you haven’t heard, e-readers are making an impact. They’ve been around for some time, but only now (thanks, in part, to Amazon’s Kindle) are they being taken seriously. The e-readers’ biggest fan is the avid reader, but this doesn’t have to (and most likely won’t)...

Tags: E-reader, Employee, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Reports: HP cutting more EDS salaries

Updated: HP is reportedly cutting salaries of EDS workers again. It's the second round of salary cuts for EDS staffers since HP acquired the services giant. According to the Dallas Morning News and television reports, EDS workers have been notified that another round of pay cuts is...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Salary, Worker, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-05