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NewsYahoo to cut workforce
Google may be sailing along, but it's another story for Yahoo. The company said this week that it will cut at least 10 percent of its workforce, or about 1,500 employees as a cost-cutting strategy. Read more...
eBay's secret to innovation
Just how do you maintain a competitive edge, stimulate innovation and align IT with key business objectives? James Barrese, VP of systems and architecture at eBay tackles some of these issues in a Read more...
Help shape good IT candidatesInstead of complaining about the dearth of good job candidates, why not lend a hand by teaching a course or two at your local university? Computer science programs often struggle to align with the Read more... Communicating with the CEOWhen taken to task by the CEO for increasing IT costs or other key business issues, you can either agree and make the necessary cuts, or fight back. As an officer, your job includes arguing for IT Read more... Clawing your way to the top
Getting to the vaunted level of CIO is a real accomplishment, but is that the pinnacle? How viable is it to think about becoming a COO or CEO someday? It's certainly been done, but a CIO doesn't make Read more...
Using tags to track mail serviceCustomer and client satisfaction is a key business target for every business, including postal operations. That's why Australia Post is using radio frequency identification tags (RFID) to track Read more... | Press ReleasesDewpoint Welcomes New Sales LeadershipNationally recognized expert boosts local company's plan for growthLANSING, Mich. and INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dewpoint, a leading systems integrator and IT consulting company for Read more >> CombineNet's E-Sourcing Product Delivers Unprecedented Speed in Optimizing Sourcing Decisions94 percent of sourcing scenarios analyzed in less than 10 seconds - providing the best possible business solutions in the least amount of timePITTSBURGH, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CombineNet, Read more >> ReadyTalk Integrates with Pardot to Improve Webinar ProcessesMarketers can increase accuracy and move leads through the marketing funnel faster by integrating marketing automation and webinarsDENVER, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ReadyTalk today announced the Read more >> SGI Announces World’s First Power Optimized Hadoop Cluster Reference ImplementationGreen Cloudera-Based Hadoop Cluster to Include Pre-Installed Business Intelligence Software from Key Industry Vendors FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SGI (NASDAQ:SGI), the trusted leader in Read more >> Deltek Releases Deltek Maconomy Business Performance Management that Delivers Cutting-edge Business Intelligence CapabilitNew solution delivers key business insight through reports, dashboards, and analytics to improve how professional services firms manage their entire organization HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> |
