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Insurance for independent IT consultants: Policies to consider
Insurance is one of the last things that independent consultants usually deem necessary when they're starting out. Find out which types of insurance policies independents should consider, and hear which types Chip Camden is considering himself. by Chip Camden
Tags: Consultant, Information Technology, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-07-14
How to respond if a client asks you to lie
If an IT consulting client asked you lie for them, would you? Chip Camden provides tips on what to say if your client puts you on the spot. by Chip Camden
Tags: Client, Taxes, Free Trade, Outsourcing, Financial Planning, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2008-06-11
Nortel tells IT pros to avoid the 'Cisco energy tax'
Among the bold claims being made at Interop Las Vegas 2008, perhaps the boldest was Nortel's assertion that its network gear consumes 50% less power than Cisco's. Take a look at Nortel's aggressive Interop campaign in the Expo Hall and in the promotional materials for the conference. by Jason Hiner
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Jason Hiner, nortel, cisco, networking
Image galleries 2008-05-09
Use asset tracking to provide better support
The small research department I inherited was pretty thin on IT practices when I joined up. There weren't too many users to worry about, so the previous tech manager could get by without having many documentary procedures in place. He kept most of the maintenance history of his machines in...
Tags: Asset, Department, Hardware, Help Desk, Insurance, Financial Planning, Call Centers, It Operations, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, William Jones
Blog posts 2008-04-29
Indicted Samsung Group Chairman resigns
Lee Kun-hee is resigning his position as chairman of Samsung Group, the South Korean company that produces everything from memory chips to ships. He steps down amidst charges of evading about $120 million in taxes. Although reports say he is "resigning in disgrace," it doesn't look like...
Tags: Chairman, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., South Korea, Lee Kun-hee, Kun-hee, Government, Taxes, Semiconductors, Memory, Free Trade, Vertical Industries, Financial Planning, Finance, Hardware, Components, Enterprise Software, Software, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-04-22
I found it on Craigslist -- an F-14 and night vision goggles
You would think that the military would be careful about how it disposes of old or outdated equipment. And you may be wrong. Or are we blaming the victim of theft? Rep. Chris Shays (R-Connecticut) pressed a Department of Defense official for answers on how military items...
Tags: U.S., Craigslist, Item, Vision, Army, Sales Strategy, Taxes, Free Trade, E-business/E-Commerce, Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance, Internet, Management, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-04-11
Microsoft asked to pay 175 million in taxes in India
A unit of Microsoft Corp. has been asked by an Indian appellate authority in income tax to pay more than 7 billion rupees - or about US $175 million on income earned for the assessment period of 1999 to 2005. The amount is computed based a...
Tags: India, Microsoft Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-04-04
March marks third consecutive month of job losses
Well, I'm just a font of joy this morning, aren't I? According to The New York Times, employers slashed 80,000 jobs in March alone. This figure is the highest since March 2003, when the labor market was still struggling to recover from the 2001 recession. From the...
Tags: Job, Federal Reserve Board, Taxes, Recruitment & Selection, Free Trade, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-04-04
Success Story: Western & Southern Financial Group
Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern) needed to replace an outdated caching solution in the branch offices of one of its insurance subsidiaries, Western & Southern Life. The company implemented SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for 25 percent of the cost of a proprietary caching solution, and increased caching...
Tags: Novell Inc., Financial, Branch Office, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Insurance, Open Source, Financial Planning, Servers, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Hardware
Case studies 2008-03-14
What bargains did you find at CompUSA?
I figure that most of us who write code for a living are probably gadget geeks at heart, so I assume that many of you went to your local CompUSA during its closing days. Sunday was the final sale at the two stores here in the Nashville area....
Tags: Retail Price, Recorder, CompUSA Inc., Games, Consumer Electronics, DVD, Taxes, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Financial Planning, Finance, Rex Baldazo
Blog posts 2008-03-06
The Feds are data mining World of Warcraft -- surely, you can't be serious?
The blogosphere is abuzz with recent revelation that the United States Federal Government is spending our tax dollars to develop software that will detect violent extremists infiltrating World of Warcraft and other massive multiplayer games. That's right, that undead priest that just healed you could be a Fed. ...
Tags: World Of Warcraft, Blogosphere, Taxes, Data Mining, Free Trade, Blogging, Games, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Internet, Personal Technology, Marketing, Mark Kaelin
Blog posts 2008-02-29
How does a possible recession affect IT?
According to Ubuntu's CEO, Mark Shuttleworth, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made a mistake in reducing the interest rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans by 0.75%. The large reductions in interest rates pushed by former Fed chief Alan Greenspan were an easier pill to swallow because...
Tags: Andy Moon, Ben Bernanke, Boston Globe, Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Hardware, Information Technology, Interest Rate, Management, Mark Shuttleworth, Sales, Sales Strategy, Storage, Strategy
Blog posts 2008-01-23
EU telecommunications director not solidly behind Internet tax
At a Munich conference, European Union telecommunications director, Viviane Reding, said that a proposal by France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy to implement a tax on Internet and cell phone networks was not the best way to expand access to new media. From the International Herald Tribune: "I...
Tags: Advertisement, Telecommunications, Broadcaster, Viviane Reding, Nicolas Sarkozy, Internet, Taxes, TVs, Free Trade, Tv & Home Theater, Financial Planning, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-01-22
Intel and IBM, two corporations concentrating on social responsibility
The chairman of Intel recently sat down for an interview with a News.com reporter, and one of the themes discussed was the issue of "social responsibility," or the belief that corporations should push initiatives that improve society at large in addition to those that simply add to the company's bottom...
Tags: Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Internet, Taxes, Free Trade, Regulations, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2007-10-22
Formatting Yes/No fields in Access reports
Check boxes are fine for data entry, but you may not want to use them on a formal report. For example, suppose you have a Yes/No field in your Employee Records table called Insurance. If the employee signed up for your company's life insurance plan, the box is checked; if...
Tags: Microsoft Access, Life Insurance, Insurance, Financial Planning, Microsoft Office, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Mary Ann Richardson
Blog posts 2007-10-02
Help your customers to give you the information you need
A few weeks ago, before she was to leave for college, we discovered that our older daughter, Elise, needed a medical insurance card. I logged onto the Web site for Independence Blue Cross IBC, and it prompted me to enter information about my daughter. One particular piece...
Tags: Independence Blue Cross, Customer, Membership Number, Web Site Development, Insurance, Financial Planning, Social Security, Web Technology, E-mail, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Government, Online Communications, Calvin Sun
Blog posts 2007-10-01
Extending a big "thanks" to BlogHer 2007
The BlogHer 2007 conference in Chicago, IL, included two days interesting and informative sessions. In fact, there were so many different offerings that it was impossible to attend them all. The conference tracks included Art of Life, Business of You, Community, Identity, and Technical. Topics ranged from the very personal...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Blog, Conference, Blogger, Blogging, Taxes, Internet, Financial Planning, Finance, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-08-01
Leaked: Microsoft's competitor to Google Analytics
According to Computer World, it appears that the details of the new Microsoft Web analytics tool have leaked onto the Internet. Microsoft plans to release a beta version of its Web analytics tool called "Gatineau" this summer, says Ian, who works for Microsoft's Digital Advertising Solutions Group....
Tags: Google Inc., Analytics, Google Analytics, Microsoft Corp., Web Analytics, Gatineau, Financial Planning, Marketing Research, Finance, Marketing, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-07-23
Quicker Quicken profits
The San Jose Mercury News, a Bay Area tech bellwether, reports Intuit's profit is up 23% for the quarter. With over a billion of quarterly sales, it's no wonder Reuters reports a stock buy-back at the home of Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax. Taxes led the way to...
Tags: Intuit Inc., Quicken, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, John Bartley K7AAY
Blog posts 2007-05-21
Geek Trivia: Stunt double to the stars
What celestial object in our solar system bears a strange resemblance to Star Wars' Death Star? What's more than 100 kilometers across; home to more than 1 million military officers, crew, and support personnel; berths more than 7,000 attack craft; and has been the recipient of such...
Tags: Jay Garmon, Death Star, Star Wars, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Moon, Tax, Mimas, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance
Technical articles 2007-04-24
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