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- City of Grapevine Makes Big Strides in GIS
- The City of Grapevine, TX is a small, but growing city located on the northern end of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. In 1999, the City successfully applied for an ESRI Local Government Start-Up Grant. This case study will review how Grapevine was able to leverage the grant and create the...
- Tags: Grapevine, GIS, Software
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- Work is my life, take my wife, please
- blog rootWhatever happened to the grapevine?So, rumors of the layoffs went out last weekend. Major panic and meetings at the water cooler.Monday, then Tuesday rolls around.No layoffs.Can it be the grapevine has been decimated so badly? Whatever happened to the good poop?And can a Contractor ever be concerned about such...
- Tags: Workforce management, chriswilds@...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-28
- The City of Grapevine, Texas Chooses Websense to Solve Spyware Problems
- The City of Grapevine, Texas is the oldest settlement in Tarrant County, originating under the Lone Star flag in 1844, one year before Texas became a part of the United States. Reducing exposure to inappropriate web content at work was a key reason why the City was already managing employee...
- Tags: Texas, Websense Inc., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Security, Marketing
- Case studies
- VB.net or C sharp
- Please could I have some feedback or links to articles that could help make a clear decision on the most beneficial technology to use for a new development project. grapevine news indicates a long term problem with support for VB.net.C#The only reason for VB.net was to help migrate VB6 types...
- Tags: .NET, Programming languages, Microsoft development tools, C/C++, C, tkitching@..., Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, C#, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic
- Discussion threads 2007-04-18
- Fedora Core 5 Installed.....Next Stop, XenSource
- I just finished my installation of Fedora Core 5. It was a painless installation. I will be concentrating next on getting XenSource installed using Fedora Core 5. The IT grapevine says it is easier to install Xen on FC5 than FC4. Has anyone out there installed Xen on FC5 yet?...
- Tags: FC5, Fedora Core, Fedora Core 5, Fedora Project, Xen, XenSource Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-04-20
- I-Day iPhone perspective: News you can use
- Here's a synopsis of the most newsworthy items regarding the iPhone on I-Day: The New York Times published an FAQ ('scuse me, a List of Often-Asked iQuestions) for the iPhone, following on the heels of The Register's cost projection of just how expensive an iPhone will be (two...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, John Bartley K7AAY
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Palm subnotebook Linux version revealed
- Palm revealed to LinuxWorld conferees yesterday that remote access software with SSL security will bundle with its upcoming Foleo sub-mini-notebook, and the 'smartphone accessory' that Palm expects to become its top-selling product will run Wind River Linux. Monday's pre-LinuxWorld meeting with Palm developers saw stacks of the new device distributed...
- Tags: Wind River Systems Inc., Palm Inc., Subnotebook, Foleo, 3G, Smart Phones, Remote Access, Linux, Cellular Phones, Sales Strategy, Handhelds, Wireless, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Hardware, John Bartley K7AAY
- Blog posts 2007-08-08
- Strategies for quashing idle gossip in the organization
- No gossip in the workplace is good gossip. Managers need to know how to stop the gossip grapevine before it grows out of control, resulting in firings or even lawsuits. Here are some practical tips on stifling office gossip.All managers know they should discourage office gossip—it's just common sense. But...
- Tags: Team management, Recruitment & Selection, Kinda, strategy, Ken Hardin, gossip, team, team member
- Technical articles 2002-09-30
- Strategies for quashing idle gossip in the organization
- No gossip in the workplace is good gossip. Managers need to know how to control the grapevine before it grows out of control, resulting in firings or even lawsuits. Here are some practical tips for slowing the rumor mill.This article originally appeared on Builder.com’s sister site, TechRepublic.All managers know they...
- Tags: Team management, Recruitment & Selection, strategy, Ken Hardin, Kinda, team, gossip, team member
- Technical articles 2002-10-15
- IBM to bring Eclipse tools to desktop applications
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest e-newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, PRODUCTIVITY, Groupware, Java development tools, Eclipse, desktop, IBM Corp., workplace, IBM Lotus Team Workplace, tool
- Technical articles 2004-07-20
- Two ways to improve the reputation of your tech support department
- What is the reputation of the IT department in your shop? Is it perceived as a well-oiled machine, with all the parts—from tech support to software development to network operations—working smoothly and seamlessly together as a unit? Or does the rest of the company think of the IT department as...
- Tags: developer, disagreement, IT Department, Jeff Davis
- Technical articles 2003-02-25
- Tips for finding a job in the public sector
- A TechRepublic member asks how to find a job working for the government. Read our career columnist's advice on networking for public sector jobs, working around hiring freezes, and using the Web to your benefit.Question: Do you know how to find out about IT jobs in the public sector? I...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Molly Joss, job, hiring, public sector job, sector job, hiring freeze, freeze
- Technical articles 2002-11-04
- Retention measures trigger new organizational vigor
- IT services organizations struggle to retain and motivate their employees and deliver on tough deadlines, while ensuring that employee turnover and attrition remain low. Often, management falls into the trap of throwing money at valued employees instead of getting to the real root of what motivates them. At my company,...
- Tags: aspiration, attrition, Srinivas Annamaraju
- Technical articles 2003-07-09
- Don't let process damage project's business value
- While most projects are designed to meet established business goals, problems arise if those goals are altered. Here's some advice on how to keep your project processes on track and meet the changing needs of the enterprise.Each week, project management veteran Tom Mochal provides valuable advice about how to plan...
- Tags: Project management, Tools & Techniques, Tom Mochal, freeze
- Technical articles 2001-12-17
- Beware what you say about ex-coworkers
- Nothing you say is ever "off the record." If you can't think of anything nice to say about a former coworker, here's what you should do instead.Here’s a pop quiz in professional ethics. You get a call from someone who says, “Hey, didn’t so-and-so used to work with you?” You...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Jeff Davis, Joe, coworker, job
- Technical articles 2001-01-09
- 10 ways to make a difficult conversation a little easier
- It's the conversation every manager or supervisor dreads: Talking to a subordinate whom co-workers have complained about. Regardless of whether the issue is punctuality, work ethic, or worst of all, hygiene, the conversation poses a challenge. Here are some tips that might make the process easier and more effective. ...
- Tags: Conversation, Option, Subordinate, Tension, Product Marketing, Business Services, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Workforce Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Calvin Sun
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- How would you solve a staff's potential misuse of e-mail communication?
- The best way to handle a feud with a userWe've all been trained to diagnose and fix technical problems but, unfortunately, not every computer-related problem can be resolved with a purely technical approach. In an effort to maintain a healthy relationship between our end users and their computers, we have...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Becky Roberts, e-mail, Joan, Sales distribution list, Mary, distribution list, Sales Department
- Technical articles 2002-09-16
- Photos: The gadget days of summer
- How long will it take for a cool $2k device to disappear from your lawn?Cool device if it works well, but it would only last a few days on my lawn until somebody walked off with it. Maybe if you had a really good fence....Gone in 60 seconds...Maybe less...
- Tags: photograph, Jim.Whitehead@..., Geriniol, Gerin
- Discussion threads 2007-06-22
- New to management
- New to managementJust got promoted to head of department 3 months ago.at first I thought it was easy. You know, just ask your staff to do the work. But I guess my perspective was dead wrong. I have to deal with a lot of people, inside and outside the...
- Tags: Priciple Centred Leadership, career, management, zuhreen@..., leadership
- Discussion threads 2006-07-13
- How to fire an employee
- There are some unpleasant responsibilities that IT managers can't delegate. Terminating an employee is one of those tasks. Columnist Andy Weeks provides guidelines to make sure you approach employee termination in a professional manner.One of the most difficult situations that a manager has to deal with is the termination of...
- Tags: Workforce management, Human Resources law, Andy Weeks, termination
- Technical articles 2001-03-27
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