TechRepublic Resources
- One Bad Mutha
- Happy Mothers' Day! Sunday, we celebrate the women who perform the utterly thankless task of raising a bunch of self-centered, loud, surly, snot-nosed rebellious little hellions, just like you and me. While there are many women who are paragons of maternal nuturing, films and books offer a darker vision of...
- Tags: Mother, Women, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Jerry Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-05-10
- Supple (exe)
- Play as Arin Costello, a young associate editor at Supple - the magazine for Single Urban Professional women. Get ahead at work, have a fling, and shop for the latest fashions. And in this first episode, it's up to you to help Arin get the coveted Style Editor position. Can...
- Tags: GameFools, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2008-04-29
- Anger in the office: Its effect could depend on your gender
- I just finished reading about a study on anger in the workplace that made me angry. I hate it when that happens. Victoria Brescoll, a post-doctoral scholar at Yale University, has just published a research paper called "When Can Angry Women Get Ahead?" She conducted three experiments with...
- Tags: Women, Gender And Diversity, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Metal Madness Screensaver (zip)
- Screensaver with 8 digital paintings of sexy women in metallic lingerie, swimsuits, and Sci-Fi clothing. These digital paintings are displayed in a slideshow format with more than 200 transition effects. General sounds of thunder and lightning are also included. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Menehune Project, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2008-04-25
- Shoe Buy (gadget)
- Find athletic, casual, and dress shoes for men, women, and kids. We also carry handbags, luggage, accessories, and outdoor and active apparel from top brands such as Bass, Hush Puppies, Reebok, adidas, Timberland, Stride Rite, Sperry Top-Sider, Rockport, Bostonian, Aerosoles, Dr. Martens, Skechers, Crocs, Jansport, Naturalizer, New Balance, Keds and...
- Tags: Shoe, Sidebar Gadgets, Gender And Diversity, Branding, Human Resources, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-04-16
- Are you powerful? Or powerless?
- I was working with a woman years ago who was frustrated because she felt powerless in her role. Since then I've heard this complaint many times. From both men and women, although it's increasingly more prevalent across a wide range of industries, roles, and levels of...
- Tags: Subordinate, Manager, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- 10+ dumb business decisions that can take a company down
- Hubris, big egos, poor foresight, and lack of humanity kill great companies -- small and large -- every year. We can learn from their misguided decisions, but we need to do it before more of our businesses fail and more of our country's leadership is lost forever. ...
- Tags: Talent, Women, Gender And Diversity, Sales Strategy, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Sales, John McKee
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Networking Academy Experience Decisive in Job Success
- Figen Ehliz, the daughter of Turkish immigrants to Germany, has successfully entered a profession where women are dramatically under-represented. She is now part of an 8-person team supporting the RheinEnergie AG network in Cologne. One of only 15 women out of 300 students on her course at of the Niederrhein...
- Tags: Job, Germany, Women, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Gender And Diversity, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Marsans Transtours Relies on Oracle to Create a Service Oriented Architecture and Increase Business Agility
- A tour operator in France for more than 30 years, Marsans Transtours organizes accommodation, travel, and cruises throughout southern and eastern Europe, Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean. The operator wanted to reduce maintenance costs and increase flexibility and responsiveness to customers through the use of its professional extranet...
- Tags: Web, Oracle Corp., SOA, Marsans Transtours, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Web Services, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Internet, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity
- Case studies
- Samyang Corporation Improves Efficiency With Integrated Business Management System
- Seoul-based Samyang Corporation has 17 offices in Korea employing around 1,200 people and maintains branches in New York, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Samyang has used JD Edwards solutions for few years, implementing JD Edwards OneWorld XE in July 2001 to support its aim of becoming a globally competitive company. In February...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Business Management, J.D. Edwards & Co., Samyang Corp., Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Strategy, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Management
- Case studies
- Secure Wireless Access for Discerning Clients at Clinique La Prairie
- Clinique La Prairie is located on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux, amidst some of the most magnificent scenery in Switzerland. It offers a wide range of medical and paramedical services designed to combat the human ageing process, together with spa facilities. The accommodation and infrastructure are on a...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Wireless Access, Clinique La Prairie, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Wi-Fi, Wireless, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity
- Case studies
- Corporate Housing Provider Boosts Revenue With Interactive Mapping Solution
- BridgeStreet Worldwide is a corporate housing provider offering fully-furnished apartment accommodation services in more than 100 U.S. metropolitan areas and more than 50 locations around the globe. BridgeStreet Worldwide's initial mapping solution offered little more than static road maps for clients and guests who were evaluating the company's accommodations online....
- Tags: Revenue, Accommodation, Microsoft Corp., BridgeStreet Worldwide, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Human Resources, Gender And Diversity
- Case studies
- Western Cape Aims to Cut Maternal and Infant Deaths by Capturing Integrated Medical Data
- The Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC) in South Africa needs to reduce maternal and child mortality to meet national healthcare priorities. Its Department of Health (DoH) wanted to build an automated and integrated system to give doctors timely information about pregnant women linked to its Patient Administration System...
- Tags: Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Development Tools, Gender And Diversity, Benefits, .Net, Enterprise Software, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources
- Case studies
- Networking Academy Program in Ethiopia Bridges Both Gender and Digital Divides
- With a bachelor degree in Public Administration from the National University of Rwanda, Beth Murora had but a few computer-related courses under her belt. She knew that the Networking Academy program, which follows the 280-hour, 6-month Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) curriculum, would pose a challenge. Additionally, through the UNECA...
- Tags: Network, Gender, Cisco Systems Inc., Gender And Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Management
- Case studies
- Retailer Unified Human Resources Processes With Automated Solutions From Avaya and Viecore
- Founded in 1963, with one women's apparel store in Columbus, Ohio, a retailer has grown into more than 3,800 stores with six retail brands and over 100,000 associates. The company wanted to combine disparate new hire policies and Human Resources processes into one company-wide solution. As a solution the company...
- Tags: Avaya Inc., Retail, Gender And Diversity, Software Development, Human Resources, Software/Web Development
- Case studies
- "Wireless Home" Project Heralds Exciting Career Prospects for Women of Dubai
- In Dubai's booming economy, IT and networking skills are in demand. Cisco makes a conscious effort to help Middle Eastern women, as well as men, to build IT careers, for example by finding them internships. All the students of Cisco Networking Academy Program 2005 took part in the project, applying...
- Tags: Dubai, Women, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, Gender And Diversity, Professional Development, Human Resources, Career
- Case studies
- Ministry of Urban Development Protects Critical Data
- The Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for formulating, sponsoring, and supporting housing and urban-development programs in India. The Ministry wanted to automate all processes involved in the allocation of residential units to make the procedure as transparent as possible and facilitate maintenance and ensure records are updated promptly. It...
- Tags: Accommodation, Oracle Corp., Allocation, Ministry Of Urban Development, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Human Resources, Gender And Diversity
- Case studies
- Wotif.com Scales the Heights of Commerce
- Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, Wotif.com is Australia's leading accommodation Web site. The company has grown considerably year-on-year since 2000 and attracts nearly 2 million users and processes more than 110,000 bookings each month. In 2003, however, the company predicted that its current systems would not scale...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Australia, Wotif.com, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Portals, Web Technology, Databases, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Logicept's Back-End Implementation for Seniors.com
- Seniors.com is a portal providing current and useful information for men and women, 50 and over. With more than 10,000 registered users, many of whom visit the site daily, Seniors.com needed an extensive list of standard Web-portal features like user registration, user login, discussion forums, site navigation, and newsletter distribution....
- Tags: Newsletter, O'Reilly Media Inc., Logicept, Seniors.com, Corporate Communications, Portals, Gender And Diversity, Web Technology, Content Management, Marketing, Internet, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters
- Leading Healthcare Equipment Provider Improves Field Service Operations and Service Levels
- Cytyc Corporation is a leading provider of medical products and devices targeted at women's health. Cytyc Corporation wanted a way to minimize paper-based trouble ticket processes, streamline dispatch and close out work orders. They also wanted to offer customers better service and more accountability in meeting Service Level Agreements. The...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Cytyc Corp., Health Care, RIM BlackBerry, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Gender And Diversity, Service Level Management, Benefits, Handhelds, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, It Operations, It service Management, Hardware
- Case studies
