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- Ncplayer (exe)
- Simple and very light MP3 player supporting work with collections. The most important it is very small in comparison with other programs from this category. It searches MP3 for files in the set folder and makes a tree of files on the basis of results of search. Further business is...
- Tags: Reproduction, MP3, Vitek, Digital Music, Digital Media, Media Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2007-12-17
- Photos: Peace in Los Alamos
- It might be the last place you'd expect it, but at Los Alamos National Lab, scientists are working on ways to keep the world safe from weapons of mass destruction.A replica of "The gadget," the atomic device exploded at the Trinity site in the New Mexico wilderness on July 16,...
- Tags: photograph, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Bradbury Science Museum, Trinity Test, replica, bomb, droplet, mineral, vicinity, comic, reproduction, sand, museum, New Mexico, suspicion, helm, professor, scientist, director, security
- Image galleries 2007-08-06
- Recession, tragedy will change consulting again
- Both the impending global recession and the September 11 terrorist attacks have set the backdrop for cyclical changes in the consulting business. Find out why one industry expert says the events will widen the gap between small and large consulting firms.The human and emotional toll of this past month is...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, industry, recession
- Technical articles 2001-10-05
- Consulting firms go to court over failed merger
- What does it signify when one consulting firm sues another over a failed merger? This week's Inside Consulting looks at the battle between PA Consulting and Arthur D. Little.From the sublime to the ridiculous: The Financial Times reports that U.K.-based PA Consulting is suing Arthur D. Little, America’s century-old management...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, merger, ADL, PA Consulting
- Technical articles 2001-07-20
- Claims of "better" don?t yield best
- What do telemarketers and consulting firms have in common? Lately, they're both trying to sell you services that hinge on the claim that they're better than their competitors. This week's Inside Consulting looks at the trend.I’m sure you’re constantly pestered by those telemarketers who want you to a) change long-distance...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, advertisement
- Technical articles 2001-07-13
- Consultants can thrive in good times and bad
- This week's Inside Consulting column by Tom Rodenhauser argues that consultants can benefit from both strong and weak economic conditions. Read why he believes an even slower economy could be good for consultants.So when will the pain end?The latest news comes this week from Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, where...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting
- Technical articles 2001-06-29
- Accenture accentuates the positive
- The sweeping cuts at Accenture last week might look like heartless bloodletting, but as columnist Tom Rodenhauser explains, it's smart business.We first heard rumors of Accenture layoffs back in March, during the firm’s normal end-of-fiscal-year review process. Strong denials at the time didn’t mask an underlying concern over weak client...
- Tags: Business structures, Investment, Tom Rodenhauser, Inforte Corp., Accenture Ltd.
- Technical articles 2001-06-15
- The virtues of consulting myopia
- An industry magazine just named the best consulting firms to work for, but how reliable is such a list? Columnist Tom Rodenhauser says shortsightedness is what keeps consultants happy in their jobs.Consulting Magazine recently ranked the recently ranked the “10 Best Consulting Firms to Work For.” Employing the requisite data complexity...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, industry
- Technical articles 2001-06-08
- PwC-HP rekindle gossip
- In this week's edition of Inside Consulting, columnist Tom Rodenhauser muses on the rumored possible marriage between PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC and Hewlett-Packard HP. Read on to see why he says PwC may leave HP standing at the altar.PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC aligns with Hewlett-Packard HP this week to develop solutions for the airline...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Tom Rodenhauser, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Hewlett-Packard Co., consulting
- Technical articles 2001-06-01
- DiamondCluster: The Joe Public of consulting
- Rather than cut staff, DiamondCluster announced last week that partners will take a pay cut. Columnist Tom Rodenhauser says this might be just the sort of move that could save the consulting industry.DiamondCluster made an interesting move Tuesday that demonstrates, once again, its distinct perspective on being a publicly owned...
- Tags: Business structures, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, partnership, DiamondCluster
- Technical articles 2001-05-18
- HP and Accenture: Alliance and marriage
- The newly announced alliance between Hewlett-Packard and Accenture confirms that HP is anxious to prove its commitment to IT services. But columnist Tom Rodenhauser begs the question: Are these two players really ready to settle down and commit?Hewlett-Packard’s May 8 announcement concerning a formal alliance with Accenture brings up two...
- Tags: Strategy, Business structures, Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tom Rodenhauser, Hewlett-Packard Co., alliance, Accenture Ltd., IT services, consulting
- Technical articles 2001-05-11
- Nine questions clients should ask their consultants
- The economic downturn has led to a buyer's market in the consulting industry. Columnist Tom Rodenhauser offers these questions that savvy clients should ask before choosing a firm. Consultants should have answers ready if they want to win their business.At the height of the frenzied Internet consulting boom, we heard...
- Tags: Outsourcing, economic downturn, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting
- Technical articles 2001-05-04
- Accenture IPO confirms the value of consulting
- The announcement that Accenture would finally go public proves that there's still money to be made in the consulting trade. But columnist Tom Rodenhauser asks: Can Accenture become the multibusiness professional services firm it hopes to be?Accenture announced its long-anticipated intention to go public last week. But it chose to...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Investment, Tom Rodenhauser, IPO, Accenture Ltd., consulting
- Technical articles 2001-04-27
- A little pain may heal the consulting industry
- While the largest consulting firms have resisted layoffs in the past, it now appears that cuts will be a trend. Columnist Tom Rodenhauser warns that a brutal reaction to market woes is unwise.If you read analysts’ reports on decreased IT spending, you can easily extrapolate leaner times for the consulting...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Workforce management, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting
- Technical articles 2001-04-20
- A new leader for an old firm
- Andersen, as Arthur Andersen now likes to be known, just announced a new head of business consulting. In this week's Inside Consulting, Tom Rodenhauser says that her first order of business should be to help resolve the firm's ongoing identity crisis.The head-spinning changes at Andersen—forgive us for subconsciously inserting “Arthur”—continue...
- Tags: Outsourcing, leader, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, Arthur, Andersen, Andersen Consulting
- Technical articles 2001-04-13
- E-consultancies: We're not dead yet
- Many e-consultancies are praying that business will rebound soon, but odds are that client demand will continue to wane. Many of the players may be close to extinction, but columnist Tom Rodenhauser says they won't go down without a fight.In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the undertaker is wheeling...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, E-consultancies, Eric Idle, consulting
- Technical articles 2001-04-06
- Revolution meets evolution on the consulting front
- Layoffs and earnings warnings continue to rule the day for consultancies. Columnist Tom Rodenhauser says this all confirms that consulting is an innovative business but often an abysmal investment.The nadir for e-consultancies is rapidly approaching. Proxicom, Viant, and marchFIRST all announced massive layoffs and/or earnings warnings this week. Like gasping...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, partnership
- Technical articles 2001-03-30
- The CSC shocker isn't so shocking
- CSC's recent announcement of an earnings dip sent another wave of panic throughout the consulting industry. But as Tom Rodenhauser explains in this week's Inside Consulting, we should have seen it coming.CSC’s warning on Monday isn’t as surprising as it appears. The company revised its earnings forecast downward to 35-37...
- Tags: Tom Rodenhauser, Computer Sciences Corp., consulting, outsourcing
- Technical articles 2001-03-23
- Consulting's M&A dealmakers need to get real
- Tom Rodenhauser has a bone to pick with the investment bankers and venture capitalists who usher in consulting's mergers and acquisitions. In their haste, he says they fail to provide equal analysis of the problems as well as the potential of such deals.Shakespeare claimed lawyers propagated society’s ills. With e-consulting,...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, M&A, Tom Rodenhauser, Novell Inc., CTP, merger, consulting
- Technical articles 2001-03-16
- Big vs. small: The real difference among consulting firms
- The biggest consulting firms do employ some of the sharpest minds in the business. But as columnist Tom Rodenhauser points out, the little guys don't have the option of riding the coattails of a big brand-name firm—they have to sell solid expertise.“My son, who’s a lawyer, says I shouldn’t put...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Tom Rodenhauser, consulting, consulting company
- Technical articles 2001-03-02
