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- In-demand skills in 2005 require strategic business acumen
- Project managers, network administrators, and business analystswill be in growing demand during the first part of 2005, but they'll need a newset of skills to land the jobs, particularly in the areas of finance,compliance, research and planning. That's the opinion of Terry Phillips, branchmanager for Robert Half Technology's Columbus, OH...
- Tags: David Southgate, job, Phillips
- Technical articles 2005-05-13
- Keep a bad attitude from hindering your job search
- When you're looking for a job, about the last thing you wantis to have your resume or your tactics sending up red flags indicating a badattitude. However, some IT job seekers unwittingly express their anger,frustration, and sense of entitlement in everything they do in their jobsearch, according to Linda Matias,...
- Tags: bad attitude, David Southgate, job, job search, job seeker, seeker
- Technical articles 2005-04-20
- Spyware's adversary is software, policy, and action
- Whether you choose Spybot-S&D,SpySweeper, or any of a myriad of products to detect spyware on the computers at your small business, oneproduct alone won't do the job. You'll need a comprehensive approach to ruttingout spyware, according to Robert Siciliano,author of "The SafetyMinute :01"A true anti-spyware plan of attackmust include the...
- Tags: David Southgate, Robert Siciliano, Siciliano, software, spyware
- Technical articles 2005-03-30
- Powerful query technology will optimize Knowledge Management for project managers
- Havingproject documentation available to project managers across the enterprise--whetherthey are in China or California--would make for better projects and projectmanagers. After all, the more information PMs have,the better decisions they can make in the moment. Oneof the promises of Knowledge Management was that it would help project managerscentralize and access...
- Tags: David Southgate, knowledge, knowledge management
- Technical articles 2005-03-23
- Knowledge Management in action
- In order to drive a project effectively, project managers must have all the specialized IT tools and documents at their disposal—from project plans and sample deliverables, to intermediate notes andcommunications, to the most updated methodologies and templates. Knowledge Management KM is the business process that captures and manages the collective...
- Tags: knowledge, Josh Brose, knowledge management, David Southgate
- Technical articles 2005-03-16
- Resource management project on track to deliver 800 percent ROI in first year
- Every CIO both wants and expects a good ROI on any project. But few expect to achieve 800 percent in the first year. A Boston consulting firm achieved that figure when it implemented a Service Process Optimization SPO solution.Improving operational efficiency in a lackluster market is one way to keep...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, David Southgate, Digitas, OpenAir Inc., ROI
- Technical articles 2002-12-16
- Job site captures cost savings and stronger efficiencies with .NET
- Sluggish servers, a reduced IT staff, and many development priorities prompted an online job site to move to the .NET platform. It couldn't be more successful. It's saving money, and valued development time is now focused on critical business initiatives.Like many organizations, ComputerJobs.com reduced its tech staff this year. But...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, David Southgate, job, Microsoft .NET, ComputerJobs.com, server
- Technical articles 2002-12-16
- Decision Support: Is RTE right for you?
- The tech industry is abuzz with real-time enterprise solutions for RFID Radio Frequency Identification, Supply Chain Management, Sales Force Automation, Business Intelligence, and the like. The allure is completely understandable.CIOs look with envy on successful real-time innovators such as FedEx, which, largely because of real-time enterprise solutions, can ship 1.5...
- Tags: real-time computing, real-time enterprise solution, computing, David Southgate, Aberdeen Group Inc., enterprise solution, decision support, leader, sales
- Technical articles 2004-02-16
- A cost-effective, cooperative disaster recovery plan you can download and customize
- A TechRepublic member outlines how he developed a disaster recovery plan at a very low cost using ingenuity, networking, and cooperation. You can download his template and customize it to your own needs.Creating an effective disaster recovery plan doesn’t have to cost a bundle, as TechRepublic member Steven Morgan recently...
- Tags: David Southgate, disaster recovery, disaster recovery plan, insurance
- Technical articles 2002-11-20
- Chiefs' passion for technology drives business success
- CIOs aiming to forge a successful bond with their CEOs can learn a great deal from the synergistic chief officer relationship at Carlson Companies. The tie that bonds Carlson's CIO and CEO together is a shared passion for technology.When Marilyn Carlson Nelson, chairman and CEO of Minneapolis-based Carlson Companies, was...
- Tags: Investment, Strategy, office door, David Southgate, Carlson Companies, Steve Brown, Carlson Nelson
- Technical articles 2002-11-19
- Get IT Done: Evaluate data centers as part of a disaster planning and recovery strategy
- Companies with mission-critical data systems and near-zero tolerance for downtime must have disaster recovery measures in place, often including one or multiple external data centers. But selecting a cost-effective data center with five nines of availability (or 99.999 percent uptime) is wrought with challenges. With so many possible points of...
- Tags: data center, David Southgate, disaster planning, Get IT Done, strategy
- Technical articles 2004-01-28
- Collaborative technology moves manufacturing from paper to Web
- Not long ago, one car parts supplier was handling its vendor/manufacturing processes with yellow legal pads. A new collaborative commerce application not only streamlined those processes, but it is also saving money from the factory floor to the office.In the not too distant past, yellow legal pads provided the platform...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Web, David Southgate, GHSP, manufacturing, MSG/PRO, QAD
- Technical articles 2002-11-06
- How HBO reeled in expense costs
- When HBO decided to implement expense automation technology, the CIO projected extra time for integration complexities. The technology didn't actually premiere for two years, but the expected benefits have finally been realized.When entertainment company HBO sought better control over employee-initiated expenses—which account for 30 to 60 percent of a company’s...
- Tags: Databases, David Southgate, HBO, Extensity
- Technical articles 2002-11-04
- MBA degree retains popularity among IT pros
- Though it might not guarantee a promotion or career advancement in the current job market, having an MBA in hand is still an achievement respected by IT pros. A new MBA certification program may also be a good move, given increasing career competition.An MBA could help you attain an IT...
- Tags: information technology, MBA degree, David Southgate, MBA
- Technical articles 2002-10-31
- Economic crunch brings revamped hiring strategies
- Just because you have more job candidates to choose from, hiring isn't easy; tightening budgets leave little wiggle room for poor hires. Discover the new strategies tech managers are using to hire needed expertise.Fiscal restraint is prompting CIOs to be choosier than ever in selecting candidates from the slew of...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, David Southgate, hiring strategy, restraint, Chip Nickolett, job, hire, hiring, information technology
- Technical articles 2002-10-28
- How to be considered a valued member of the executive team
- This article originally appeared on our sister site, TechRepublic.CIOs and aspiring CIOs who aim to sit alongside the CEO, CFO, and COO at the board table need to prepare and hone specific skills to avoid professional landmines that are prevalent on the executive level.In addition to being alert to the...
- Tags: Team management, Leadership, David Southgate, team, Colin MacKinnon
- Technical articles 2003-06-11
- Consulting firm gains greater efficiencies, strong ROI using PSA software
- Though tech spending is tight, enterprises are still grabbing new technologies that drive business efficiencies. That's exactly what one global consulting-driven enterprise gained when it pulled in a professional services automation application.Despite 2002 being a restrained year for IT expenditures, one type of enterprise software, professional services automation PSA, appears...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, consulting, ROI, software, David Southgate, professional services automation, professional services, EXE
- Technical articles 2002-10-21
- Lock IT Down: User policies are good first step in minimizing security risks
- Set these policies to teach users how to minimize security risksContrary to popular belief, corporate sabotage is among the least likely causes of computer security breaches, according to an April 2002 survey by the Computer Security Institute. Its Computer Crime and Security Survey reports that sabotage accounted for just 8...
- Tags: David Southgate, Polivec Inc., security
- Technical articles 2002-10-16
- Members share why planning, and more planning, is key to disaster recovery
- After you have a plan for systems recovery, take that next critical step: ensure business continuity and operational aspects. TechRepublic members and experts offer approaches and tips on developing a strong disaster-recovery and business-continuity plan.CIOs typically plan for systems recovery in the event of some kind of network outage. But...
- Tags: Team management, Strategy, David Southgate, team, Kyle Kuda, Scott J. Darling, information technology, business continuity, business process, disaster recovery
- Technical articles 2002-10-11
- State of Alaska saves 10 percent on mainframe software
- The State of Alaska provides public services to its 640,000 residents who occupy 570,374 square miles, or more than 300 million acres of land, making Alaska the largest state in the union—about 2.3 times the size of Texas and about one-fifth the size of the lower 48 states.The State of...
- Tags: mainframe, mainframe software, David Southgate, software, asset, asset management, SCORcard
- Technical articles 2003-12-30
