9/7/2010
Argh! You've planned this meeting for two months and finally all the key players are here – well, except for the ones who are late. All you have to do is work through the agenda, get a decision made, and your dream project is on its way.
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| 9/7/2010  When it comes to social networking Web sites, Facebook gets a lot of attention. Founded in 2004, Facebook started out restricted to college students. It provided an easy way to stay in touch and share information with your college friends.
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8/3/2010  The increase of global mobility means that every year more and more individuals take the plunge and opt for a new start abroad. It is anticipated that by the end of 2010 there will be over 200 million people living outside of their home country as expatriates, and of this number 38 million will choose the United States of America as their new home.
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| 8/3/2010  Upgrades are the lifeblood of the software business. Vendors derive much of their revenue and income from upgrades to their software products. Take a look at Microsoft. They generate a substantial portion of their revenue from upgrades to Windows and Office.
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7/2/2010  Do you help your parents manage their bank accounts in their home country? Are you formally on the accounts as a joint owner? Do you own, co-own or help manage stock portfolios or other financial accounts located with financial institutions outside of the United States? Do you own an interest in a non-U.S. entity?
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| 7/2/2010  Many companies create a Project Management Office as a means of improving project success rates and establishing best practices. Regrettably, many of these PMOs fail to offer anything constructive. They are often burdensome, costly and wasteful.
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6/8/2010  Apple’s phenomenally successful iPhone and its cousin the iPad are sending a powerful message to software developers around the world. I hope they are listening because their jobs depend on it.
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| 6/8/2010  Financial institutions in the United States have been hit hard by the subprime crisis and its related fallout. For many institutions, this has resulted in a need to raise capital that cannot be met through traditional capital markets channels. Simultaneously, foreign investors in India have shown interest in investing in the U.S. financial sector, sensing an opportunity to realize substantial returns when the markets stabilize.
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5/7/2010  Software projects are notoriously difficult to complete on time with acceptable levels of quality. You hear about projects with long delays, cost overruns and excessive deficiencies almost every day. Why? |
| 5/7/2010  With the global economic crisis weighing heavily on financial institutions, it is no surprise that most banks are pursuing outsourcing strategies more aggressively. Although traditional areas such as outsourcing of back-office and middle-office business processes, information technology, and customer service continue to be the mainstay, newer areas are emerging rapidly. |
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4/15/2010  Many of us are still using Microsoft Office 2003 or have recently upgraded to Office 2007. Now we hear that Office 2010 is arriving around mid-year. What should you do? |
| 4/15/2010  Beyond the usual blah-blah jobsearch advice of putting together a great resume, monitoring Monster.com and other job listing Web sites, putting the word out via Facebook or Linked In and getting out and networking, there are four additional if little-used techniques that can ensure your career advancement momentum stays strong and effective. In fact, these techniques are so little-used they might for all practical purposes be labeled “secrets.”
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3/19/2010  Businesses are always looking for an edge. Job seekers are always looking for a differentiator. Both often view technical certifications as a way to get better results. Yet the subject of information technology certifications is one of the most controversial you will encounter.
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| 3/10/2010  Everyone who has ever attended a mediation probably has had the feeling at one point that they just walked into a hostage crisis. As a negotiator, hostage negotiation techniques can be used to understand how to deal with those crises communication situations in a mediation.
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2/9/2010  Smartphones are changing the corporate computing landscape. Your employees can surf wherever they want, whenever they want without using your corporate network. This is only the beginning of dramatic changes in business computing.
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| 2/9/2010  In enterprise data centers around the world, the traditional reality of one application per server is changing. Pressures to cut costs and streamline operations have brought organizations face to face with the expense and difficulty of managing a constantly growing number of machines running different applications and operating systems, often with different database requirements. |
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