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FREE Economist Report available at the Cisco Collaboration Resource Center

Future success belongs to those who collaborate effectively, according to "Collaboration: Transforming the Way Business Works," a new study from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Learn how successful collaboration can improve profits, problem-solving, knowledge sharing and competitive differentiation. It's just one of the informative reports you'll find within the Cisco Collaboration...

Tags: Economist, Cisco Systems Inc., Future Success, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-05-11

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Finding the key to your future IT management success

IT managers can put themselves on the road to success by spending more time learning how to motivate staff and less time trying to master new technology. This edition of Artner's Law explains why.The beginning of the year is traditionally a good time to plan for the future. In most...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT administration, Bob Artner, Artner, technical manager

Technical articles 2000-12-28

Discussion: Are Renaissance workers key to future success in e-business?

How do companies have to change their "people model" to succeed in e-business? See what a leading authority on IT human capital says and then share your thoughts.If e-businesses must become more customer-focused to succeed, what’s the first step? According to Linda Pittenger, president and CEO of people3, a Gartner...

Tags: Web technology, E-business/E-commerce, worker, e-business organization, Loraine Lawson, e-business, information technology

Technical articles 2001-01-10

Experience vs. degree debate to heat up in the future

The landscape for IT professionals has changed much over the last decade. Most new entrants in the field today arrived by way of college degree in Information Science – ready and eager to get their careers started, but noticeably “green” with inexperience. The seasoned pro may...

Tags: Beliefs, Career, Certifications, Comments, Experience, information technology, job

Blog posts 2007-01-15

Controlling your reaction to a layoff can aid future success

It seems that layoffs are all around us. Some are job eliminations, consolidations, and just plain old downsizing to reduce costs. I was recently a victim of the latter—the company decided to reduce the internal development group I managed by two-thirds and deemed it unnecessary to have a senior manager...

Tags: layoff, job, adversity, Tom Mochal, career

Technical articles 2003-08-11

Hiring IT pros: Looking for "the wrong stuff"

By Paul GlenNow that IT departments are starting to do just a little recruiting, it'stime to think about how to hire the best and brightest people. Despite havinghad a few years when they could be really choosy, hiring managers seem to havelost sight of how to pick great employees. We've...

Tags: hiring, job

Technical articles 2006-10-13

Prepare now to be the IT manager of the future

We here at TechRepublic don’t spend a lot of time looking at what technology is going to be like five or 10 or 20 years from now. We abstain from such prognostications for a few reasons, including:We’re not very good at it.Nobody else is good at it either (or else...

Tags: Bob Artner, information technology

Technical articles 2003-06-12

Facilitate a meeting to define what success looks like for your project

Although most projects start enthusiastically, optimism fades quickly unless an analysis and design team gets traction and learns where it is going. Working from a project charter, the team's next step is defining typically, "What does success look like?" These high-level requirements help clarify the project's vision and give the...

Tags: Project, Team, Requirement, Team Member, Team Management, Management, Joe Goss

Blog posts 2007-09-25

Choosing the right ERP software

What can you do to prepare for implementation of an enterprise resource planning ERP system? In this article, enterprise applications consultants Adam Golden and Dawn Scaiano discuss the steps you should take before committing to a solution.By Adam Golden and Dawn ScaianoObviously, selecting an enterprise resource planning ERP system will...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, Guest Contributor, ERP, Adam Golden, business process, Dawn Scaiano, software

Technical articles 2001-04-18

The future of Linux: Finding friends and foes

Some in the IT world worry that Red Hat poses a threat to the future of Linux. One Red Hat leader takes on the critics and shares his vision for this popular operating system.With so much compatibility among distributions, the LSB Linux Standard Base might not seem that necessary. Linux...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Guest Contributor, LSB, Linux, Red Hat Inc.

Technical articles 2000-02-14

Future of search rides on relevance

Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...

Tags: SEARCH, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Bradley Horowitz, Google Inc., tool

Technical articles 2005-01-31

LonghornVista will be a huge success!

Mum has been the word on Longhorn Server thus far with most of the talking aimed at the much anticipated Windows Vista successor to Windows XP. Windows Longhorn Server is slated to arrive in early 2007. Windows Longhorn Server and Windows Vista really need to be homeruns for Microsoft. Failures...

Tags: huge success, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, security, server

Blog posts 2006-06-20

Changing numbers reflect greater project success

Are more IT projects being completed on time and on budget? Recent numbers featured in a report from The Standish Group suggest that that could be true. This Consultant Master Class column explains.Nothing makes a greater impression than bad news. Offer a sobering statistic, and you’ve got someone’s attention. If...

Tags: Strategy, Rick Freedman, Nothing, IT Project, information technology, Johnson, project management, Standish Group

Technical articles 2001-07-09

Evaluate the vision and strategy of vendors providing desktop and help desk services

By Richard T. Matlus and William MaurerTo assist prospective buyers of desktop and help desk outsourcing deals, Gartner uses a Magic Quadrant that is designed to evaluate external service providers ESPs based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute. The Completeness of Vision axis on Gartner's desktop and...

Tags: desktop, external service provider, Gartner  , help desk, service provider, strategy, vision

Technical articles 2003-09-10

Don't forget the basics of business process automation

Don't know what's wrong with your business process automation? Here's some advice from the experts.By Edward G. Enquist, Kenton C. Toomey, and Richard ArtesThe underlying factorsThree productivity drivers—speed, cost, and quality—are the engines of your business process. Value, which is something we hear all the time, is quality divided by...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Operational planning, Enterprise software, Guest Contributor, baton, ERP, business process, Vince Lombardi, manufacturing business, manufacturing, team, ERP system, business process automation

Technical articles 2000-06-16

Planning portal initiatives: Ten steps to success

By Brian Hazzard, Senior Consultant, Technical Architect, Molecular®As the Internet has increasingly been used to connect people,information, and applications, companies have raced to support business unitsand customers with online solutions. But many such solutions—corporate sites,extranets, intranets, self-service applications, and the supporting infrastructure—havebeen developed in discrete initiatives utilizing a host of...

Tags: portal, portal initiative

Technical articles 2004-11-17

Agree on balanced metrics to measure project success

An architect who designs a beautiful 20-story building is less than successful if the client wanted a garage. Make sure you and your client agree on the right metrics before the start of a project so that clients will get what they want.Each week, project management veteran Tom Mochal provides...

Tags: Strategy, Tom Mochal, Mary

Technical articles 2001-10-29

How to celebrate team success

Here are some pointers on how to thank your team at the end of a long project. These tips will help you plan a team event that goes beyond a pat on the back.You have just completed a difficult project that ran a bit over schedule and didn’t quite come...

Tags: Team management, Scott Robinson, Nothing, team

Technical articles 2002-11-12

Project managers: Here's how failure can breed success

Project managers run the risk of reinventing the wheel if they don't carefully analyze a completed project. Project mentor Tom Mochal discusses how a project debriefing session now will pay dividends later.Each week, project management veteran Tom Mochal provides valuable advice about how to plan and manage projects. Tom first...

Tags: Team management, Project management, Strategy, Tom Mochal, Juan

Technical articles 2001-03-06

Take a look at these Linux success stories

See several cases of companies that succeeded in early adoptions of Linux.In several recent articles, we’ve asked TechRepublic members to tell us how they’ve used Linux solutions in their organizations. In this week’s edition of From the Trenches, we’re going to look at some of the ways members are using...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Mike Walton, Linux, Trenches, Greg

Technical articles 2001-07-10