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- Top 10 IT headlines for May 19 -- New Microhoo negotiations, IT spending holding strong, your computer breaking the law
- Top 10 IT headlines IT spending steady and strong for 2008, survey says Network World Microsoft and Yahoo: A new deal in the works? ZDNet 3Com tops list of green network switches in energy efficiency TechRepublic Yet another 'iPhone killer': Blackberry's Thunder ZDNet ...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, IT-spending, Negotiation, Computer, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- PDAs and labor laws
- The Canadian paper The Globe and Mail ran a story last week in which it stated that a union representing government workers was going to make the use of pocket-size electronic devices such as BlackBerrys a bargaining issue. In other words, it's advocating that the government pay its employees for...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Negotiation, PDAs, Handhelds, Free Trade, Hardware, Finance, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Microsoft shows the importance of not wavering in negotiations
- Over the weekend, Microsoft walked away from its takeover attempt of Yahoo. Lots of punditry has gone on since then as to whether it was a good idea or a bad idea. What's more interesting is strength of Microsoft's resolve in the decision making process. Clearly...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Negotiation, Free Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Investment, Management, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Communication and Negotiation Skills
- View Available Dates and Locations A study of verbal and nonverbal communication techniques will start your skills building and get you on your way to communicating clearly and directly. Learn the consequences of poor communication and how to avoid it through open communication and fixing communication...
- Tags: Negotiation, Free Trade, Finance
- Training 2008-01-01
- About to negotiate a raise? Read this first
- So you think you're not getting paid enough? Before you throw yourself on your boss's desk and declare "Baby needs new shoes!" you need to read the advice of Jim Camp, a negotiation coach and trainer and author of NO: The Only Negotiating Strategy You Need for Work and Home....
- Tags: Boss, Negotiation, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- Successful negotiations - 7 easy steps
- Whether you covet a new job, a raise, a business deal, a new car, some new bling, or need to rectify a problem with a loved one, the ability to play ‘deal maker’ is your secret weapon to achieving the result you want. In my opinion, one of the greatest...
- Tags: Workplace Strategy, Women In It, Success, Performance, Mentoring, Coaching, Career Development, Career, Boss
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Thoughts of an employee
- Thoughts of an employee:I am writing this in the form of an interview to bring a touch of reality into the subject I want to talk about. Interviewer: Ok, our first question is: In your opinion, why should someone have a job?Employee: Talking about me, I work because I have...
- Tags: mismeshal@..., Interviewer, salary, job, bank
- Discussion threads 2007-05-06
- Apple, Cisco extend negotiations on iPhone name
- SPEAKING OF ROUTERS--I suspect that all of the cables in a bank's computer system are signed by the FCC.Does your bank have an unsigned cable connected from the Internet box to the bank's router?This cable connection would put all of the bank's computers on the Internet.(this cable connect should trigger...
- Tags: BALTHOR, bank, networking, Apple Computer Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Apple iPhone, cable, computer, negotiation
- Discussion threads 2007-02-17
- Management of Procurement Contracts
- Very interested in procedures, policies, techniques that other companies use to manage the process of contracting for IT services and equipment, including deciding at what stage to call in legal, who maintains the documents, how amendment/renewal processes are handled, assigned roles for tech/legal/operations/other in RFP/RFI processes, etc.Thanks.
- Tags: IT Services, wraggedd@...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-07
- DOWNLOAD: 10 things you should know about client negotiations
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10881-6044649.htmlAfter you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,--The TechRepublic Content Team
- Tags: JodyGilbert
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
- Setting up VPN tunnels with OpenBSD: Tutorial 2
- In part1 of this tutorial on setting up VPN tunnels with OpenBSD, I went overauthenticating the gateways with automatic or manual keying, began editingsome of the files that need to modified, and enabling the ISAKMPD daemon.Now, let's configure ISAKMPD to set up our VPN tunnels. This is a little morecomplex...
- Tags: IPSec, ISAKMPD, negotiation, OpenBSD, Phase 1, Phase 2
- Blog posts 2006-01-03
- make sense
- make senseRead that and substitute 'Iran' with the 'United States', and the 'United States' with 'the rest of the world'. Some paragraphs made more sense to me that way.No more negotiations with Iran. It's time to declare war!!!Dear Editor:Mohamed ElBaradei, chairman of the International Atomic Energy AgencyIAEA, said last...
- Tags: al-qaeda, bomb, iran, iraq, negotiation, nuclear bomb, off-topic, sleepin'dawg, United, United State
- Discussion threads 2005-12-13
- timing for salary negotiation in a big 4
- Recently, I got an on-site interview of a big 4 firm. Today, HR gave me call said I got all positives from the interviewers. The application will be presented to the partner of the division for approval. She welcomed me to ask any questions.That is one thing I eager...
- Tags: salary negotiation, salary, 65K, jiansec, career, negotiation
- Discussion threads 2005-10-25
- VPN PPP negotiation problem
- Win2K DC using RRAS as a RAS server. Linksys VOIP router, VPN enabled, ports 1723 & 47 forwarded to server, server is the DMZ. When attempting the connection the TCP session is established, PPTP connection established, but the PPP LC config request is not responded to. Packet trace info Any...
- Tags: it management, jdeleo@..., negotiation, PPTP, router, RRAS, server, VPN
- Q&A 2005-07-01
- To negotiate or not negotiate; is it a question any more?
- To negotiate or not negotiate; is it a question any more?I was recently offered a contract with a government IT solution provider. I agreed with the salary and benefit package they offered me. However, one of the recruiters sent an email to all the successful candidates stating the...
- Tags: job, dinotech, career, salary, negotiation, contracts
- Discussion threads 2005-06-27
- Choosing the right supplier and striking the right deal is critical in IT outsourcing success
- What did it take for Barclays Bank to find and engage outsourcing partner, Accenture, and what can be learned from the experience? Mark Varley, the Barclays executive in charge of the outsourcing project, explains how he kept a clear eye on commercial imperatives and set up a deal to deliver....
- Tags: Barclays Plc., Mark Vernon, information technology, IT outsourcing, outsourcing, Mark Varley, outsource, Financial Service IT Newsletter, Negotiation, Varley, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Technical articles 2005-04-26
- Preparing for a vendor negotiation
- In this week's Application Developer Management newsletter, author Scott Withrow describes the research he did in order to prepare an employer for a vendor negotitation.How do you approach a vendor negotiation? If you have ever been ill-prepared for a negotiation meeting, what did you learn from that experience? What do...
- Tags: Application Developer Management newsletter, it management, negotiation, Newsletter Editor, vendor negotiation
- Discussion threads 2004-10-05
- Decision Support: Outsourcing relationships don't stop at negotiations, part 2
- After entering into the blissful state of an outsourcing relationship, most buyers think their work is done. Actually this is where the partners begin the work needed to reap the benefits of the strong foundation they’ve established through alignment and the development of effective contracts and SLAs.Experts agree that once...
- Tags: decision support, governance, Jim Leto, Joe Santana, negotiation, outsourcing, outsourcing relationship, SLA, supplier
- Technical articles 2004-02-11
- Software assets: Managing the bottom line
- By Alvin R. ParkTools and processes are the cornerstones of managing software licensing costs. As with most other disciplines, areas that are loosely monitored and controlled tend to have higher costs than those that are more effectively managed. With the cost of software rapidly escalating compared to the cost of...
- Tags: software, Gartner , MAD activity, Software auditing, MAD, software license
- Technical articles 2003-09-10
- How to navigate the changing trends in contract negotiations
- A recent survey by Merrill Lynch found that spending on IT consulting contracts will drop by almost 5 percent this year. The biggest reason is a lack of discretionary funds to pay for consultant-heavy projects. Because of tighter IT budgets, companies using consultants are demanding more price or service concessions...
- Tags: concession, consulting, consulting company, Ken Tupman, negotiation, statement of work
- Technical articles 2003-07-07
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