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- 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
- Stane or Ballmer?
- Obadiah Stane description from the Iron Man website: "As ... a top executive in Stark Industries, Stane is a calculating genius who is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done." From the people...
- Tags: Genius, Top Executive, Steve Ballmer, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
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- Figuring the value of software
- Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., SAP AG, Phil Wainewright, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled'
- Though it once appeared to be a tiny sales juggernaut, Nintendo's top-selling Wii console has struggled in 2009. Though it once appeared to be a tiny sales juggernaut, Nintendo's top-selling Wii console has struggled in 2009. Nintendo said Thursday that sales fell 34.5 percent to 548...
- Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Wii, video games, Tom Magrino CNET News
- News items 2009-11-02
- Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much ado about nothing?
- There's quite a ruckus brewing after Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, said that an Apple slate---read iTablet---was "impending." Gawker, Engadget and others have made hay over the following line, which comes at 8:30 in the video below: "I'm hoping we can get...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Corporate Communications, WAP, Cellular Phones, Wi-Fi, Marketing, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Demand this from software vendors
- I was getting a briefing last week from a software executive. We got to a point in the conversation where the discussion was focusing on existing products. I moved the conversation to a different space, though. If you're getting a pitch from a vendor, you should move the conversation, too!...
- Tags: Software, Vendor, Customer, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- AT&T encourages employees to speak out against net neutrality
- AT&T's top policy exec - aka lobbyist - has turned to AT&T employees for a last-chance campaign to flood the FCC with anti-net neutrality messages. In a memo that's starting to circulate around the Internet, Senior Executive VP Jim Cicconi tells encourages the employees, their friends and family to "join...
- Tags: FCC, AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, Cicconi, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Senior IBM exec among those charged in Wall Street insider trading sting
- Greed on Wall Street has landed six people - including a long-time, high-level IBM executive - in handcuffs after the FBI charged them with being involved with "the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history." In all, the six netted illegal profits of more than $20...
- Tags: Hedge Fund, FBI, Wall Street, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Chiesi, MOFFAT, Federal Government, Investment, Financial Services, Government, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- Upcoming energy efficiency research from Pew will provide corporate benchmarks
- The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is preparing a report on corporate energy efficiency, to be released in March 2010. Turns out Toyota is the big sponsor of this project, putting up a $1.4 million grant over three years. The data was SUPPOSED to be based...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- 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
- Collaboration Strategy Shortcomings? Whack the Community Manager
- There's been a good flow of conversation around the role of 'community management' in large companies recently, with an underlying idea that although it's a tough job things will work out if the right people are involved, although Dennis Howlett recognises the danger of burn out....
- Tags: Exec, Community Manager, Underling, Underlings, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-10-03
- Dell and Perot: What this means
- Look at more than the upside to any acquisition Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan's detailed post on the transaction ) (here's an InfoWorld post, too) From the macro view,...
- Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Perot, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- News to know: Kanye West; Bing Visual Search; Quicken-Mint; Sprint; 802.11n, Intel
- 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. Oliver Marks: Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, IEEE 802.11n, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Brother MFC-990CW
- The Brother MFC-990CW is an ideal multifunction printer that can truly do it all: for $230, you get a 4.2-inch touch-screen LCD display, 802.11 b/g wireless networking, a cordless handset with a digital answering machine, autoduplexing, and Bluetooth connectivity, just to name a few of the extended features. Only a...
- Tags: Printers, Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Memory, Fax, Wi-Fi, printer, Brother MFC-990CW
- Product reviews 2009-09-08
- Apple TV as cable box concept 'killed,' exec says
- Ignore the rumors: Apple TV will not have cable box-like functionality, a company executive said. Analysts from Caris & Company recently met with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and said in a note to investors on Tuesday that the Apple TV will not have long-rumored cable box-like functionality,...
- Tags: Cable Box, Apple Inc., Apple TV, Cable, TVs, Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Review: How the iPhone 3GS stacks up as a corporate device
- Iphone is Insecure!While the article does a good job identifying the superficial pros and cons of the iPhone, it completely ignores the fact that information on the device is totally insecure. See, e.g., Bypassing Passcode and Backup Encryption: and do a quick Google search for iPhone Security for scads more...
- Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Part-of IT, Apple iPhone, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- The Math Behind Accenture’s Restructuring
- Will more cuts come? Thursday, Accenture announced that they were going to reduce their senior executive ranks by about 7%. The company stated: Approximately $128 million of the charge is for severance and related costs of workforce actions, primarily at the senior-executive level, which...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Restructuring, Senior Executive, Executive, $119mm, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Payroll Solutions, Real Estate, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Women Tech Executive Roundtable: What???s Top of Mind in 2009
- HostwiselyThis is really a great post!This seems to be informative, which this serves relevant ideas and information.Keep on posting!http://hostwisely.com
- Tags: Gender and diversity, women
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- Directory: 100 technology experts on Twitter
- a few things missing from your listnice list, a little heavy on the zdnet side though (gee, color me surprised). but what the heck is that jr rafael/raphael dude doing on there? have you seen his police record?missing from your list: @eSarcasm geek humor gone wild. fyi, here's a better...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., technology expert
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- MySpace to acquire social music service iLike for $20 million
- News Corp.-owned social networking site MySpace is expected to close a deal to acquire social music service iLike this week, according to reports. The deal, as detailed by TechCrunch techmeme, will be the company's first acquisition since chief executive Owen Van Natta took...
- Tags: Last.fm, TechCrunch, MySpace, iLike, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-17
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