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TR Out Loud - May 16, 2008
We knew the time would come -- Beth's last official Sweet Biscuits and ShhhIT list on the TR Out Loud podcast. *sniff* In addition, Sonja and Beth recap the week at TechRepublic, including the top five discussions and the top six members who have received the most thumbs up....
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, Podcasts, Strategy, Internet, Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2008-05-16
IT news for April 17: CIO salaries rise; GUI changes in Vista SP1; Hyper-V
"News to know" is a joint venture between TechRepublic and ZDNet. The original post publishes every morning on business days in Between the Lines. Notable headlines for Thursday, April 17, 2008: Andy Moon: Are you ready for the next version of IP? ...
Tags: Google Inc., Open Source, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, GUI, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Salary, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2008-04-17
IT news for April 16: Microsoft-Yahoo saga; Zune VideoX; MySQL 5.1
"News to know" is a joint venture between TechRepublic and ZDNet. The original post publishes every morning on business days in Between the Lines. Notable headlines for Wednesday, April 16, 2008: Tricia Liebert: Taking it to the … Web. Starbucks wants your ideas. ...
Tags: Web, Information Technology, MySQL, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Open Source, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2008-04-16
IT news for April 15: Oracle plugs 41 holes; Mac clones; Google revolution
"News to know" is a joint venture between TechRepublic and ZDNet. The original post publishes every morning on business days in Between the Lines. Notable headlines for Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Paul Mah: Security news roundup: Oracle announces bonanza of patches for 41 holes,...
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Wiki, Sales Force Management, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Sales, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2008-04-15
Special Report for Women in IT: Marketing tech products
I've talked about marketing tech products for women before, and the TechRepublic audience has given me feedback that, while pink and pretty are aesthetically pleasing, functionality is a must. I had the opportunity to catch up with Andy Marken of Marken Communications about this very topic, and...
Tags: Marketing, Women, Information Technology, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2008-03-24
TR Out Loud - March 14, 2008
What did Hal's "Women and their Porn" post bring to Beth's mind? What "personal devices" does Sonja use? And what does Jaqui really sound like? Find out in this week's edition of TR Out Loud. Listen to the podcast. Notes: Top discussion threads: ...
Tags: Information Technology, TR, Help Desk, Smart Phones, Podcasts, Gender And Diversity, Call Centers, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, It Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2008-03-14
Women in IT: Michelle Poston (maecuff), Programmer / Developer
In this podcast of the Women in IT series on TechRepublic, I interviewed TechRepublic member Michelle Poston, better known in the TechRepublic community knows as maecuff. "I would definitely recommend getting into IT for other women." -- Michelle Poston Michelle lives in Ohio,...
Tags: Developer, TechRepublic Inc., Women, Information Technology, Programmer, Gender And Diversity, Podcasts, Strategy, Human Resources, Internet, Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2008-02-12
Women in IT: Shelley O'Sullivan (Shellbot), Database Administration
In the latest podcast of the Women in IT series on TechRepublic, I had the opportunity to talk to Shelley O’Sullivan, better known in the TR forums as Shellbot. "I enjoy the methodical processes." -- Shelley O’Sullivan Shelley is originally from Canada,...
Tags: Ireland, Women, Information Technology, Administration, Podcasts, Gender And Diversity, Strategy, Storage, Databases, Internet, Human Resources, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2008-01-18
IT News Digest Week in Review, December 20, 2007
For the last IT News Digest Week in Review of 2007, I decided to do something special. Hear my take on some of the tech news stories that were covered on TechRepublic this past week in true Christmas caroler fashion. The story topics include information about the broadcasting industry, an...
Tags: Information Technology, Banking, Strategy, Financial Services, Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-12-20
Women in IT: Esther Dyson, Technology Commentator
In October of 2006, I gave a presentation at TechRepublic about the history of women in IT. One of the women I highlighted in my PowerPoint was Esther Dyson, who is known in the IT community as an investor and a commentator on emerging digital technology. Several months later (July...
Tags: Esther Dyson, Women, Information Technology, Board, Esther, Gender And Diversity, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-12-19
Are IT skills less important than interpersonal skills?
Are your dev guys good at communicating the needs of the organization? Do your engineers make sure that any changes they implement don't negatively affect other teams? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then you should consider your business fortunate, because a recent survey says interpersonal and...
Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-12-17
IT News Digest Week in Review, December 14, 2007
Keep up with some of the top news stories of the week, including TechRepublic members' responses, in the IT News Digest Week in Review podcast. The stories that are covered this week include the closing of CompUSA, DRM on storage, CyberLover software, Dell products, Microsoft Office 2007 SP1, and Mac...
Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Podcasts, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Management, Internet, Security, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-12-14
IT News Digest Week in Review, December 7, 2007
Keep up with some of the top news stories of the week, including TechRepublic members' responses, in the IT News Digest Week in Review podcast. The stories that are covered this week include wireless keyboard security, Microsoft's OS piracy rate, and top tech innovations. In addition, guest speaker Jason Hiner...
Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, WiMAX, Podcasts, Keyboards, Wireless, Management, Internet, Hardware, Peripherals, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-12-07
SimulScribe's voicemail-to-text service offers benefits to IT pros
Is voicemail stuck in the stone ages? According to Jamie Siminoff, CEO of SimulScribe, the answer is "yes." In fact, Jamie claims that the average business user spends approximately three hours a month clicking though phone menu trees, entering passwords, saving, and deleting messages. Fortunately, with the help of SimulScribe,...
Tags: Information Technology, SimulScribe, Benefit, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-12-04
IT News Digest Week in Review, November 30, 2007
Keep up with some of the top news stories of the week, including TechRepublic members' responses, in the IT News Digest Week in Review podcast. The stories that are covered this week include Wi-Fi stealing, P2P traffic and bandwidth throttling, Google's energy endeavors, OLPCs copyright infringement, and the TechRepublic community's...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, Strategy, Podcasts, Management, Internet, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-11-30
IT News Digest Week in Review, November 16, 2007
Keep up with some of the top news stories of the week, including TechRepublic members' responses, in the IT News Digest Week in Review podcast. The stories that are covered this week include a data loss bug in Leopard, PCs in Japan, Blu-ray's BD + DRM technology, the hottest certifications...
Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Podcasts, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Management, Internet, Security, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-11-16
Women in IT: Lynn Jackson (gadgetgirl), Incident Investigation
In the second podcast of the Women in IT series on TechRepublic, I interviewed TechRepublic member Lynn Jackson, who the TechRepublic community knows and loves as gadgetgirl. "I fell into IT purely because my computer broke." -- Lynn Jackson Even though Lynn's...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Women, Information Technology, Podcasts, Gender And Diversity, Strategy, Internet, Human Resources, Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-11-15
IT News Digest Week in Review, November 9, 2007
Keep up with some of the top news stories of the week, including TechRepublic members' responses, in the IT News Digest Week in Review podcast. Some of the stories that are covered this week include Ubuntu, faster broadband, the Storm worm, XO laptop, HD DVD players, Everex's desktop, and TechRepublic's...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, Hd Dvd, Strategy, Podcasts, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Management, Internet, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-11-09
IT News Digest user submission tool: From news consumer to news reporter
Way back in May, I asked the TechRepublic community for help reporting tech news. At the time, I thought two bloggers would be sufficient -- one person on the West Coast and one person in the United Kingdom. You can imagine my surprise when the flood of e-mails came in,...
Tags: Information Technology, Tool, News, News Item, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-11-08
IT News Digest Week in Review, November 2, 2007
Keep up with some of the top news stories of the week, including TechRepublic members' responses, in the IT News Digest Week in Review podcast. The stories that are covered this week include Apple's Leopard OS X, Windows Vista sales and deactivation, Mozilla's Prism, $100 laptop, anti-file-sharing laws, and more....
Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Podcasts, Management, Internet, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2007-11-02


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