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- blog rootHere you will find my thoughts on various topics from technology to business and careers. Enjoy!Easy Steps to IT Career SuicideBe an arrogant egomaniac. Make sure everybody knows you are the smartest person in the company. Remind yourself and others how irreplaceable you are. The company would shut down...
- Tags: mike@..., Business Acumen
- Discussion threads 2006-09-20
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- General Mills of Venezuela Improves Business Acumen With Help From Database Experts
- In order to maintain its market position in Venezuela, General Mills needs to be strategic in its business acumen, including making highly informed decisions. To do so, managers need access to precise, complete, and up-to-date information on the company. A combined team from General Mills, Microsoft Consulting Services, and Microsoft...
- Tags: General Mills Inc., Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Databases, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2006-07-01
- In-demand skills in 2005 require strategic business acumen
- The everything IT GuyI suggest a read of "The Mythical Man Hour." The IT guru is expected to be all things for all people. At some point something well have to give...it will either be technical or managerial expertise.While I'm sure us IT folks need to be more...
- Tags: Regulatory compliance, Regulations, information technology
- Discussion threads 2005-05-16
- Foster growth, business flexibility, and innovation within your company with these guiding principles
- In some ways, today's business environment parallels that of the Internet era, where in the rush to embrace the Internet and to get a competitive edge, companies have became preoccupied with e-commerce, sometimes to the detriment of larger concerns. Similarly, many businesses today are rushing to adopt emerging...
- Tags: Innovation, Business Flexibility, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2007-02-27
- Rivals hope for the worst for Symantec
- business acumenSymantec works with a profit model amazingly similar to that of Microsoft's core business. As a creator and vendor of productized software, it must peddle ideas as products, and its business practices are centered around that. As such, it shares more in common with the MPAA and...
- Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-12-17
- My Virtual Model Inc: Innovative Technologies Re-Fashion the Fashion Industry
- My Virtual Model Inc. needed an innovative business partner who could both develop its service offering and business capabilities. Accenture represented the best fit for their company on all critical dimensions, from technology acumen to an understanding of the retail environment to business launch savvy. Accenture worked alongside the My...
- Tags: Accenture Ltd., Industry, Data Management, Storage, Research & Development, Databases, Hardware, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- HP Technology Helps Lutz Grow and Adapt to Change Over Time
- Transforming a small family business into Europe's largest home furnishings retailer requires keen business acumen and the ability to manage change over time. Founded in 1945, Lutz began as a single store that offered articles of Austrian craftsmanship such as rustic painted furniture. Today, Lutz is a two billion euro...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Retail, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Software
- Case studies
- Most successful IT manager ...
- I always have that ambition witch pitch me forward to improve my profession in IT field and to make me make that step to the next upper level in IT stairs, in your opinion what are the qualifications, skills, considerations and knowledge that should be in an IT Pro. to...
- Tags: knowledge, information technology, certification, it management, it prof, creative8008, leadership
- Discussion threads 2006-03-12
- Technology Integrator Eliminates Consulting Costs and Enhances Business Acumen
- Microsoft Certified Partner Logical Choice Technologies installs electronic interactive whiteboards for classrooms and provides technology integration services to governmental and educational institutions. Business management software from SAP, QuickBooks Enterprise, and Fishbowl did not meet the company's financial reporting requirements. In fact, producing reports and making other changes to the software...
- Tags: Financial, Business Management, Microsoft Corp., Consulting, Technology Integrator, Microsoft Certified Partner Logical Choice Technologies, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2006-03-01
- Spellaroo! (exe)
- A spell-checking program for your Instant Messenger programs. Educators have stated that one of the most important ways people judge our intelligence and business acumen is how we speak and spell. Spellaroo! is the program to assist you with your instant messaging. Spellaroo! is a real-time spell checking program for...
- Tags: Program, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2004-10-12
- Linatex Rubber Achieves Single View of Global Supply Chain and Distribution Processes
- Linatex Rubber wanted to cut over from the parent company to roll out one instance of the solution around the world in 13 weeks, and cutover to the system in three days. The challenge was to find a platform that can be rolled out to different locations, some with limited...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Oracle Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- IBM Global Engineering Solutions: Consumer Electronics and Digital Media Solutions
- Today's consumer electronics and digital media companies need to differentiate their products with more and better features but at the same time reduce their product development costs. Toward this end, a growing number of businesses are partnering with the IBM Engineering & Technology Services (E&TS) group, which provides unprecedented access...
- Tags: partnership, intellectual property, collaboration, consumer electronics, digital media, electronics, IBM Corp., product design, product development
- White papers 2006-03-01
- TechCyclist
- blog rootTest - - Round 1Testing functionality and appearance.Starting SlowI am going to start slowly instead of jumping in with both feet and producing a long and elaborate blog page. Start slow!Update; Plans for the Future of this BlogI intend to start using this blog to write about technical aspects...
- Tags: Servers, cds@..., Acumen Server, File Allocation Table, server
- Discussion threads 2005-05-20
- IT managers: How well do you communicate?
- Do you tend to zealously defend technology, even if it has not been proven yet? Do you turn a deaf ear to your staff when they suggest there are merits to Enterprise JavaBeans? Perhaps your communication skills aren't what they should be. To truly answer whether you (as an IT...
- Tags: Quiz, EJB, J2Ee, IT manager, Leadership, Application Servers, Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Download resources 2005-05-13
- Financial Management for Non-Financial Executives and Managers
- The objective of this webcast is to create an understanding of the financial skills in the context of being a more effective leader, with the capability to leverage financial acumen to excel both individually and collaboratively; to make the attendee think like a CFO or CEO; delivering hard truths. The...
- Tags: Financial, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Webcasts 2007-11-01
- One out of two poll respondents pursuing increased financial skills
- According to a recent CIO Republic poll on ways CIOs are boosting financial acumen, 50 percent of those polled aren't seeking to enhance their financial skillset. For those that are, the self-study approach is the most popular.
- Tags: Financial accounting, TechRepublic Staff, financial
- Technical articles 2002-10-02
- TechNet Webcast: Making Windows Vista Application Compatibility Testing More Predictable (Level 300)
- When helping the customers accelerate their deployments of the Windows Vista operating system by assisting with application compatibility, it was found that there are a number of technical skills to master. However, technical acumen is never enough-effectively managing the project is critical to making the process predictable and measurable, in...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft TechNet, Application Compatibility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-04-10
- Google faces obstacles in S.F. Wi-Fi bid
- First, second, or third, what?I do not understand how so many article get written with headlines that include "First" this or "First" that. Especially when others might argue about where were you when we did that. I can think of a least 5 cities that have some sort...
- Tags: broadband wifi metro free, EarthLink Inc., Google Inc., Granbury, networking, tull@..., Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2005-10-06
- New VLOG - what interest you...
- Hello all,I need/want your feedback…I have been posting career and consulting related advice here since approximately 2002. I’ve been interviewed a few times for articles, and TR has a downloadable copy of Chapter 11 of my book, The IT Career Builder’s Toolkit. Additionally, I aggregate my blog, Notes...
- Tags: Outsourcing, consulting
- Discussion threads 2006-07-02
- Not everyone can (or wants to) be a geek
- Geeks, particularly those of us who work in IT, are not generally tolerant of users who are not technically savvy. We have pet names for their issues (PEBCAT or ID10T errors) and tell horror stories about unplugged computers and CD-ROM coffee cup holders. However, there are plenty of users who...
- Tags: Industry, Geek, Computer, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
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