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- Top 10 IT headlines for July 17: PC shipments remain steady, call center workers sue Dell
- Top 10 IT headlines for Thursday, July 17, 2008: PC shipments solid in second quarter, call center workers bring class action lawsuit against Dell, SCO ordered to pay Novell millions, say goodbye to the computer mouse, and more. by Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Paid sick days may be next benefit to be cut
- In an effort to cut costs on paid time off, private companies are looking at reducing or eliminating paid sick days from their benefit plans. by Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Cautionary tale: How a misconfigured laptop ruined a worker's life
- The case of a Massachusetts state worker who was fired for having pornography on his laptop but later discovered to be innocent because the security software wasn't working and the computer was filled with malware should be a sobering anecdote for IT departments. by Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Top 10 IT headlines for June 19: Misconfigured laptop ruins worker's life, Firefox 3.0 memory problems
- Top IT headlines for Thursday, June 19, 2008: The story of a misconfigured laptop that ruined an employee's life, Firefox 3's memory issues, low salaries for Apple engineers, telecommuting could save the U.S. $38 billion annually, and more. by Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Suit filed against Department of Homeland Security over changes to H-1B visa
- Ten individuals mostly programmers have filed suit in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey against the Department of Homeland Security over a new rule designed to ease foreign students' transition to an H-1B guest worker visa. The new regulations extend the on-the-job training period for foreign...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- The multiple faces of identity theft
- During a routine check of her new 401k account, "Holli" discovered something that wasn't quite right. The name of another person was attached to her account. A person she didn't know. It is something the experts call Social Security Number-only identity theft. And it is more popular...
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- IT managers: Prepare for the millennials!
- No, not the millennium. That's over and done with. I'm talking about the millennials, the generation of workers born roughly between 1977 and 1995, also known as Generation Y, who represent the biggest shift in the U.S. workforce since the baby boomers came of age. According to...
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- IT must prepare for $200-a-barrel oil and a rise in remote workers
- Admins, start your VPNs! As oil and gas prices soar, IT organizations should prepare to support more remote workers. On Tuesday, Goldman Sachs analyst Arjun N. Murti predicted that oil prices may hit $150 or even $200 a barrel in the next six months to two years....
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Instant communication encourages less autonomous workers
- I had an interesting discussion with some colleagues yesterday regarding the effects of instant communication on management, leadership and employee capabilities. It was so lively that I thought I would share it with you the best I can and let you join in. Here is the...
- Blog posts 2008-04-20
- When e-mail serves to lower productivity
- Many moons ago, I wrote a blog about people who are e-mail impaired. Among the many infractions I listed, one was a personal pet peeve: The apparently uncontrollable urge by some people to "Reply All." If you're in a group of people who are all on one...
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- Microsoft petitions to hire 1,600 foreign workers
- Last week I blogged about Bill Gates' testimony before a congressional hearing on March 12 in which he advocated lifting the annual cap on H-1B visas in an attempt to be proactive in the face of an "IT skills shortage." TechRepublic members were very vocal in their...
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Poll: Do you think your company lost worker productivity during the first round of 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament?
- Companies that use content filtering to block the NCAA Basketball Tournament typically do it because they don't want lose worker productivity. During the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, do you think your company lost productivity because of users watching the games at their desks? [Poll=22]...
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- Only 45% of IT departments blocked the NCAA Tournament in 2008
- Businesses and their IT departments often dread the opening round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The first two days -- always a Thursday and a Friday -- feature games that start at 12:00 PM Eastern, and the games are now broadcast over the Internet, which means millions of workers can...
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- Do you work with a bully? You're not alone
- I've gotten a few e-mails from people who want advice on how to deal with bullies in the workplace. The word "bully" initially brings to mind someone who steals your lunch money. But the workplace bully is someone who can make your life a nightmare because he or she exercises...
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Bill Gates to discuss the need for H-1B visa increase
- Bill Gates will be in Washington to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United States House Committee on Science and Technology on March 12. It is expected that he will deliver a speech on education reform. It is also expected that he will discuss immigration -- specifically...
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Will your plumber and repair technician soon be carrying Tablet PCs?
- At the Gartner Mobile & Wireless Summit this week in Chicago, I saw the usual dog and pony show from various smartphone makers, mobile software developers, and mobile management and security vendors. But something that surprised me was how many vendors were talking about wireless solutions for field service workers...
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Feeling the pressure to work sick
- In an article on ComputerWorld, I read this statement: "Forty percent of organizations say they discourage sick workers from coming to the office by educating employees on the importance of staying home when they're ill." Apparently, I've never had the opportunity to work for a company in...
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Cisco bets on accelerating application delivery networks
- At the Cisco Networkers 2008 event in Barcelona, Cisco announced a software client to accelerate access to remote applications called Wide Area Application Services WAAS Mobile. An excerpt from News.com: WAAS Mobile, as it will be known, is a software client that is installed on a...
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- More companies realizing the downside of outsourcing
- The latest survey from Robert Half Technology says that most CIOs do not outsource technology jobs outside the U.S. Ninety-four percent of the CIOs surveyed said their firms don't outsource. Nearly six in 10 CIOs whose companies do outsource said they are discontinuing the practice mostly because of the management...
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- Sanity check: Eight trends that will rock technology in 2008
- The dependence of business on technology will continue its acceleration in 2008, but not all of the trends are happy ones. Learn which tech trends to keep an eye on during 2008 and how they will impact business and IT -- for better and for worse. 8. Demand will...
- Blog posts 2008-01-20
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