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Survey: Close to half of U.S. workers still fail to power down PCs at night

Survey: Close to half of U.S. workers still fail to power down PCs at nightPart of the IT policy world.I live in that world where IT sends nasty emails if they try to do an update during the night and your computer is turned off. But I arrive at work...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, U.S. Workers, computer, PC, survey, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

Google Checkout: Cyber Monday impacts U.S. workers

Google Checkout: Cyber Monday impacts U.S. workersCyber Monday Mythhttp://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2005/nf20051129_9946_db016.htmThey should gear up for Bigfoot's arrival while they're at it...-jjg

Tags: Cyber Monday, U.S. Workers, Google Checkout, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-11-21

U.S. workers not jumping ship as job market tightens

U.S. workers not jumping ship as job market tightensThat's not how I interpret that dataFewer people quitting their jobs to me means that they are not willing to take the chance to leave a sure thing their current job no matter how crappy it is.As for those jobless figures, I,...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, U.S. Workers

Discussion threads 2006-11-09

Additional Resources

Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

News to know: Logitech-LifeSize; Macworld; Droid sales; Tandberg; e-book readers

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.: Larry Dignan: Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing Dave Greenfield: Logitech Buys LifeSize. Now what about Polycom?...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Sales, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, E-book Reader, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-11

No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them

And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...

Tags: Servers, server, information technology, Rackspace

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%

Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...

Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?

Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...

Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Wither Silicon Valley? IT will be driven by emerging markets

WTF does "dead-cat" mean?Dear ZDnet,Please stop trying to make-up terms like "dead-cat" or "dead-finger". Nobody cares.SheeshWell good morning Mr. Happiness and feel good vibe. I wish I could take credit for dead cat bounce but the term has been around---oh let's say---FOREVERhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_bounceRE: Wither Silicon Valley? IT will be driven by...

Tags: Strategy, Communities, U.S.A., Wither Silicon Valley, pure research, information technology, emerging market

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

The T-Mobile-Microsoft Sidekick data disaster: Poor IT management going mainstream

Always have local copies of your dataThe above is why it is a bad idea to put your fate in someone else's hands when you have a choice. By default, keep your data processing and data stores local, and then use cloud services when they suit you. All these kiddies...

Tags: Federal government, Advertising & Promotion, Recruitment & Selection, agency, FDA, job

Discussion threads 2009-10-11

Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1.2

Wow, you guys have been putting up with all those bugs?Yikes. Makes me glad I have a better phone.You mean one of those phones with near zero customer satisfaction levels By near zero I mean in comparison with iPhone satisfaction levels as recently reported by JD Power.Even with this handful...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, phone, Apple Inc., customer satisfaction

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Top 10 Strategies for Managers of Mobile Workers

By 2011, the mobile workforce in the U.S. is expected to reach 120.1 million people. Embracing this trend is more of a question of "how" rather than "if": How will you measure, manage and build relationships with increasingly distributed teams and workers? Download the white paper to...

Tags: Strategy, Mobile, Citrix Systems Inc., Worker, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Advertising & Promotion, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Marketing

White papers 2009-10-01

U.S. willing to let go of Icann

Obama is selling us outonly a peace monger like Obama could cede US sovereignty to UN.It's time to elect a real American in 2012!Huge MistakeThis is a very bad idea. Whenever we cede control to the 'world,' the worlds tin horn disctators make a mess of it.This should have...

Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Personal finance, Obama, salary, ICANN, job

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Montana Tests Unified Communications to Boost Responsiveness to Citizens, Cut Costs

The highly dispersed nature of state government offices and other facilities throughout Montana makes communication there a challenge. So, the state is responding by adopting communications of all types - and unifying them with a single technology backbone that makes them "Realistic and manageable for them," according to a state...

Tags: Citizens LLC, Telephony, Unified Communications, IP Telephony, Montana, E-mail, Web Conferencing, VOIP, Telecommuting, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Telecommunications, Instant Messaging, Collaboration, Online Communications, Internet, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-09-23

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

The democratization of IT

Get your head out of your paradigm"democratization of IT"... are you serious? Look at any complex multipolar situation in the world and you'll see that when there are diverging forces, democracy is a liability.Iraq... competing religious factions turned the idea of democracy into a joke.The Palestinian territories... Democracy resulted in...

Tags: Quality, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Rural IT hubs experiencing new interest?

Green Acres is the place to be? InformationWeek reports that: IBM is opening one new service center in Dubuque, Iowa, that ultimately will employ 1,300 workers. HP is opening a center in Conway, Ark., that will create 1,200...

Tags: Job, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Middle Class Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-10

Controversy over Obama's student address? Gimme a break!

Beats the hell outa me, Chris!I agree wholeheartedly that there should be no controversy over this. Next thing you know, the other party (sadly, the party I once called home - now I feel homeless) will want "equal time". becauseHe's an activist. All he is doing is...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, bad parent, GIMME, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

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

Nokia debuts Booklet 3G netbook, 12-hour battery; would you buy?

a windoze device from Nokia?They could have put Linux or Simbian on it, but windoze makes no sense.???do u think anyone will buy linux or symbian? the market is already crowded, and windows is the best they can put on the device if they want any market shareRE: Nokia debuts...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Nokia Corp., Booklet 3G netbook, Booklet 3G, battery

Discussion threads 2009-08-24