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Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism: I've mentioned Dean's Beans a few times recently, probably because too many late nights of thesis-writing this summer have me fixated on caffeine. Regardless, Dean Cycon, the company owner and a local guy doing business a couple towns away from me here in central Massachusetts, offered to write a...; Tags: Blog, Starbucks Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-22
VMware and common performance myths: Rich McDougall and Scott Drummand, performance gurus over at VMware, presented a fantastic review of some of the performance testing VMware has been doing at the VMware analyst day. I posted something about the findings of that research in the post, Is VMware busting the virtualization tax myth. I've just...; Tags: Virtualization, Performance, VMware Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Updated:Will social media lead to user generated unemployment?: [Updated with video.] I'm spending a few days at Fortune Magazine's invite-only Brainstorm conference. It's an excellent lineup of speakers and the audience is full of top tech industry luminaries. Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit, was just on stage and he spoke about trying to harness...; Tags: Intuit Inc., Social Media, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Immobile Apple: It's 11:33 a.m. Friday. Approximately 66 and a half hours since Apple Support acknowledged receipt of my request for help on syncing calendar and contact data from my iMac to the "cloud,'' i.e., MobileMe servers wherever they are. Re-request sent after 48 hours. Still...; Tags: Apple Inc., 3G, Desktops, Web Browsers, Recruitment & Selection, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-18
SAP 'Mittelstand' customers upset at new maintenance charges: Following on from yesterday's announcement of a hike in SAP maintenance charges, the German title Computerwoche implies that the powerful 'Mittelstand' group in the German SAP user group are far from happy. Under the title: "Higher maintenance costs upset SAP customers ," Computerwoche interviewed Gunther Rheinhart, executive member of the...; Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Mittelstand, Gunther Rheinhart, Auto-renew, Software As A Service (SaaS), Workforce Management, Outsourcing, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-17

Guitar For Beginners Book Software (msi): Software for beginners guitar, with tabs, make up and print songs, ear traing, fretboard, stave notes, and tabs to play along to and print. Accompanies Guitartab.co.uk Guitar For Beginners Book, or just use as PC software. You can write your own songs in it and save them, as well as...; Tags: Software, Song, Training, Guitartab, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-17
Twitter And Summize Sitting In A Tree. M-E-R-G-I-N-G: I can almost picture the scene - two young CEOs meet on a Spring day at New York's Shake Shack to talk about their planned nuptials. After they polish off their fries and the chocolate shake with one straw (I'm assuming), they head over for a stroll through Union Square...; Tags: Twitter, Blogging, Performance Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-mail Providers, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Sun: Business isn't so bad; It's actually decent: Worries about Sun Microsystems fourth quarter may have been misplaced. The company said it expected to report net income between 5 cents a share and 15 cents a share. Excluding charges, Sun will report earnings of 25 cents a share to 35 cents a share. Wall Street...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Financial Accounting, Workforce Management, Finance, Human Resources, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-15
What your boss hates about telecommuting: If you're not having any luck convincing your boss that you should be able to work from home, trying seeing it from his or her perspective. by Deb Perelman; Tags: Telecommuting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Zoho lands Swisscom as partner: Zoho said Tuesday that it will partner with telecom company Swisscom to offer the company's business applications to its enterprise customers. Swisscom has 300,000 business customers and for emerging software as a service SaaS player Zoho it's a big win. Zoho said in a post that the...; Tags: Swisscom AG, Zoho Business, Human Capital, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-15
WatchDog4.Biz Free Web site Monitoring (exe): WatchDog4.Biz is a Web site availability monitoring and performance monitoring tool. It is a solution that helps you to get a true picture of availability and performance of your Web sites. Using WatchDog4.Biz you can always be aware whether your online business is down or up and estimate the efficiency...; Tags: Web, HTTP, Performance, Web Site, Performance Monitoring, OLSOFT, WatchDog4.Biz, Performance Management, Web Site Development, E-mail, Web Technology, Channel Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-07-15
Magic mushrooms to treat cancer anxiety?: In a 2006 study, U.S. researchers have shown that psilocybin, a substance contained in 'sacred mushrooms,' produced substantial spiritual effects -- when administered under controlled conditions. The scientists recently interviewed the volunteer subjects and they've noted that most of them 'continued to say 14 months later that the experience increased...; Tags: Researcher, Volunteer, Anxiety, Johns Hopkins University, Monitors & Displays, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-14
JobTabs Job Search and Resume (exe): Organize and execute a successful job search by having the perfect resume for every opportunity you pursue. Learn how to effortlessly manage multiple resumes, cover letters, and job leads. Save jobs listings from the internet and create custom job search agents for any site in the world. Use the job...; Tags: Job, JobTabs, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Software downloads 2008-07-14
End of the hero-doctor era: Thanks in part to DeBakey's headline-raising prowess critical care medicine is now a big-money industry, driven far more by institutions and teams rather than individuals. There can be no one like him again. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Era, Surgery, Robots, Team Management, Workforce Management, Healthcare, Emerging Technologies, Management, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-12
Two Friday polls: Here's a couple questions for a hot, lazy, Friday in the middle of July: What are your training goals for the coming year? Summer is an ideal time to develop training for the coming year since none of those pesky users are around to bug you....; Tags: Training, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-11
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: "Information engineering." had nothing to do with engineering, but tried to use the PC to draw, store, and link models of complex applications and auto-generate some of the COBOL code needed to implement the models using database products like IMS. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Job, IBM Mainframe, Data, Data-processing, IBM IMS, IBM Corp., Research & Development, Recruitment & Selection, Mainframes, Development Tools, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Servers, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-11
LogMyJog (zip): LogMyJog is a program for runners of all ages and abilities to easily keep track of their training and event progress. Just select the date of your run and then enter the run time, distance, weather conditions etc. It will even calculate your average speed. This version is the first...; Tags: LogMyJog.com, LogMyJog, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources; Software downloads 2008-07-11
10+ tips for getting the best performance out of your SQL Server data types: Data integrity and performance are the driving force behind almost every decision you make during the design and development process. Defining appropriate data types is one of the easiest ways to let SQL Server help you help yourself.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.; Tags: Performance, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Susan Harkins, Performance Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Data Management; Download resources 2008-07-10
Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT work: The employment situation in the U.S. may be shaky right now, but techies are on stable ground, find two new reports. by Deb Perelman; Tags: Job, Information Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Understand how SuperFetch uses RAM to enhance system performance: Despite how it may appear at first glance, when Microsoft Windows Vista reports very little free memory available it is actually a good thing. That is merely the Vista performance improvement applet SuperFetch at work. In this Windows Vista Report, Greg Shultz explains how SuperFetch worlks and what it is...; Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Applet, RAM, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Download resources 2008-07-09