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- Dell's Rollins shoots for $80 billion by 2009
- Dell's Rollins shoots for $80 billion by 2009WOW, I never knew!How much did Dell pay for that commericial advertisement? How is this news when you throw in the adware with the Kevin Rollins statement? I thought they were supposed to reach $80 bilion already?All without messageboards!Dell is for...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Dell Computer Corp., ROLLINS
- Discussion threads 2005-07-15
- Dell's Rollins dismisses iPod as a 'fad'
- Dell's Rollins dismisses iPod as a 'fad'Kind of show's he doesn't understand what he's saying[i]"It's interesting the iPod has been out for three years and it's only this past year it's become a raging success," he said. "Well, those things that become fads rage, and then they drop off. When...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Desktops, i-Pod, Dell Computer Corp., Sony Walkman, Apple iPod, fad, music player, portable music player, ROLLINS, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-01-18
- Can Dell's Rollins keep the streak alive?
- Can Dell's Rollins keep the streak alive?Rollins - Shut the lights off when you close the doorsYour stuff is GARBAGE.Nobody wants a Dell DJ, TV, or any of the other Consumer Electronics garbage you sell.Look at Gateway - nobody wanted their junky CE stuff either.Your PC's are garbage, I'm still...
- Tags: ROLLINS, Steve Jobs, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-11-02
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- Five networking tips to advance your career [video]
- Once you get to a certain level in your career, most of your new job opportunities come from your personal network of contacts and not your resume. So, if you don’t know how to network effectively, it can severely limit your job opportunities. This episode of CIO Sanity Savers shares...
- Tags: Job, Network, Video, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Communications, Networking, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7
- IT departments have largely ignored Windows Vista and stuck with Windows XP as the corporate standard. However, Windows 7 has received a warmer response from IT professionals than Vista did, and TechRepublic’s CIO Jury is split down the middle on whether to deploy Windows 7. On July...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., CIO, Information Technology, Director Of Information Technology, Jury, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Stepping into a leadership vacuum shows initiative
- Guest post: Take charge of your career by stepping into a vacuum and taking ownership of it. TechRepublic's Jay Rollins discusses potential pitfalls you may encounter and explains why confidence is key in this leadership role. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- One of the interesting things associated with...
- Tags: Confidence, Vacuum, Leadership, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- Top 10 undergraduate courses for the CIO track
- If you’re thinking about becoming a CIO, you can lay a good foundation by taking courses that translate into the skills and knowledge you’ll be using every day. Seasoned CIO Jay Rollins offers a list of essential classes that will help you get ready for the job. For more posts...
- Tags: Business Process, CIO, Operational Planning, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Financial Accounting, Databases, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- Top 10 undergraduate courses for the CIO track
- If you're thinking about becoming a CIO, you can lay a good foundation by taking courses that translate into the skills and knowledge you'll be using every day. Seasoned CIO Jay Rollins offers a list of essential classes that will help you get ready for the job.This download is also...
- Tags: CIO, Jay Rollins, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management
- Download resources 2009-03-23
- The downside to corporate wireless plans
- Guest post: When looking at corporate wireless plans, TechRepublic's Jay Rollins finds that the promise of pooled minutes, volume discounts, and a dedicated account manager may seem like Nirvana, but you’re giving something up. You can find more posts like this on TechRepublic's CIO for Hire blog. ...
- Tags: Customer Service, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Telecommunications, Wireless, 3G Card, Wireless Coverage, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- CIO for Hire: Ignorance may be bliss, but itââ¬â¢s also dangerous
- Guest post: TechRepublic's Jay Rollins talks about an instance in his company where the user view of “If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it†seriously affected the bottom line and what he had to do to correct it. You can find more posts like this in TechRepublic's CIO for Hire...
- Tags: Marketing, E-mail, Online Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- iPhone 3G: Was it really such a great deal for AT&T?
- AT&T's iPhone 3G pact with Apple doesn't come cheap. It cost AT&T its quarterly targets and took a chunk of cash flow even though company officials declare the iPhone-induced earnings hit "success-based costs." The company on Wednesday reported adjusted third quarter earnings of 67 cents a share,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Stephenson, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- Use this presentation to plot your organization's projects
- Classifying your projects will help you ensure that they're aligned with your company's business goals. Jay Rollins classifies projects as infrastructure, transactional, informational, or strategic -- a system that can help you balance your project portfolio so that it reflects your company's risk tolerance.This PowerPoint presentation will help you plot...
- Tags: Project, Jay Rollins, Blogging, Microsoft Office, Internet, Office Suites, Software
- Download resources 2008-10-15
- Project business case template
- Before your stakeholders can prioritize a list of projects, it's critical to pull together the key information they can use for decision-making. This template will give you the framework for making sure you have a project overview that includes goals, requirements, potential benefits, estimated direct costs, success criteria, and project...
- Tags: Business Case, Jay Rollins, Tools & Techniques, Blogging, Management, Internet
- Download resources 2008-10-15
- IT project portfolio management tool
- Stay on top of your project portfolio with the help of this sample project management tool from seasoned IT leader Jay Rollins. For more information on classifying projects to make sure they mirror your organization's approach to business, see this entry in TechRepublic's CIO for Hire blog.
- Tags: Information Technology, Project Portfolio Management, Tool, Jay Rollins, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Download resources 2008-10-15
- News to know: Apple patch; IBM; PC upgrades; EDS; Yahoo
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac OS X holes Nate McFeters: Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled Black Hat Sneak Preview Larry Dignan: IBM plans building spree: To build $360M...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, PC, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., FireWire, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Pondering Apple in a post-Jobs world
- Before all of you start sending nastygrams my way about how tasteless and premature this blog post is, let me just say upfront I agonized about whether or not it should even be written in the first place, and my industry colleagues I consulted about it told me that the...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Strategy, Corporate Governance, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Pondering Apple in a post-Jobs world
- Before all of you start sending nastygrams my way about how tasteless and premature this blog post is, let me just say upfront I agonized about whether or not it should even be written in the first place, and my industry colleagues I consulted about it told me that the...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Strategy, Corporate Governance, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Vonage refinances debt; Off of deathwatch
- Vonage isn't out of the liquidity woods yet, but on Friday the company took a big step in the right direction. Vonage said in a statement Friday that it signed a letter of intent "with a third party financing source" to provide $215 million in private debt...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Financing, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?
- Updated: Verizon Wireless was the biggest winner in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 Mhz auction. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin revealed Verizon Wireless as the biggest winner of spectrum. Martin made the comments at a press conference at FCC headquarters. Here's Martin's statement (also see...
- Tags: FCC, AT&T Corp., Verizon Wireless, Spectrum, Auction, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- Farewell, Bill. Yo, Ballmer, now it's your turn!
- Steve Ballmer may be the worst CEO among large tech companies - now that Kevin Rollins got booted from Dell and Sanjay Kumar of CA is in jail. Put him in a room with Steve Jobs of Apple, John Chambers of Cisco and Mark Hurd of HP and he'd look...
- Tags: Google Inc., MSN, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Fiasco, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Smart Phones, Games, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
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