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We did a poll last week in which we asked about the educational backgrounds of TechRepublic members. Here are the results. by Toni Bowers
Tags: Education, Background, Workplace, Scenario, Information Technology, Professional Development, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-08-06
Video: Five ways to trim your IT budget
Whether it comes from corporate budget-cutting or the need to simply make room for new projects or priorities, IT leaders need to know what levers to pull to quickly save money. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives looks at five ways to save big bucks with strategic tweaks...
Tags: IT Budget, Information Technology, Video, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-08-06
SMB vs. large corporations: How top IT salaries differ
Janco Associates has just released its mid-year IT compensation survey, and part of what it looks at is how top IT salaries differ in large corporations and small to medium businesses. by Toni Bowers
Tags: Information Technology, Salary, Small And Medium Business, Janco Associates, Janco, Smb/Sme, Strategy, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Management, Human Resources, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-08-04
Number of women entering IT field drops
According to statistics, the number of women choosing to major in computer science dropped 70 percent between 2000 and 2005. With new programs implemented to encourage young girls in the areas of science and technology, why is this happening? by Toni Bowers
Tags: Women, Information Technology, Computer Science, Girl, Computer, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-07-31
How to save your IT budget
A lot of IT leaders fail to hit their IT budgets and find themselves sweating it out in the second half of the year. This episode of Sanity Savers for Executives explains why IT budgets are often unrealistic and poorly-conceived, and provides tips for creating an achievable budget.
Tags: IT Budget, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, sanity savers
Videos 2008-07-30
What kind of background does it take to succeed in IT?
There are all kinds of arguments in favor of degrees in IT and all kinds in favor of learning from the school of hard knocks. Where do you fall in the continuum? by Toni Bowers
Tags: Information Technology, Computer Science, Strategy, Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-07-30
The Power of Perception
In some places, IT still has a perception problem, but this problem can be overcome to the benefit of the business. by Scott Lowe
Tags: Router, Information Technology, Strategy, Routers & Switches, Networking, Management, Scott Lowe
Blog posts 2008-07-30
Video: How to rescue your IT budget
A lot of IT leaders fail to hit their IT budgets and find themselves sweating it out in the second half of the year. This episode of Sanity Savers for Executives explains why IT budgets are often unrealistic and poorly-conceived, and provides tips for creating an achievable budget. by Jason...
Tags: IT Budget, Information Technology, Video, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-07-30
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Handles Master Data Management (Level 300)
The attendee of this webcast learn how Microsoft IT is developing a system-of-record for key customer information, but also as a metadirectory, holding references to customer data in other business applications. The attendee will also learn about a central master of customer core profiles and legal hierarchies data which is...
Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Master Data Management, Microsoft TechNet, Strategy, Management
Webcasts 2008-07-29
IT and Hollywood: The reality gap
In the movies, all you need is access to the Internet to change someone's bank account or to launch nuclear missiles. We know it's all for effect, but how much is too much? by Toni Bowers
Tags: Information Technology, Hollywood, Liberty, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-07-29
Overcome the resistance to change with a grassroots rebellion
What do Prohibition, women's suffrage, gay rights, and PCs in business all have in common? They all started out as grassroots rebellions which lead to major changes in business and society. You can do the same thing. by John Sheesley
Tags: Network, Information Technology, Leader, MIS, Computer, Grassroots Rebellion, Productivity, Gender And Diversity, Leadership, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Human Resources, Management, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-07-29
IT Dojo: Remove all remnants of the Windows Vista SP1 installation files
When you install Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the installation process leaves behind about 800 MBs of original Windows Vista files--in case you later want to remove SP1. Relative to current hard drives, 800 MBs isn't that much space. But, it's still enough space to store a couple hundred...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Installation File, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, it dojo, microsoft windows vista sp1, sp1 file removal tool, bill detwiler
Videos 2008-07-28
When IT pros go bad
The recent case of the network administrator who shut down San Francisco's FiberWAN network may cause some corporate executives to initiate unneeded policies. Would that be yet another example of too much time spent on something that, in reality, rarely happens? by Toni Bowers
Tags: Network, Information Technology, Strategy, Networking, Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-07-28
IT consultant strategies for weathering economic downturns
Check out these tips for keeping your consulting business afloat when the economy is tanking. Chip Camden discusses five marketing tips from Steve McKee and provides six do's and don'ts of his own. by Chip Camden
Tags: Information Technology, Business, Client, Consulting, Chip Camden, Outsourcing, Strategy, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Finance, Marketing
Blog posts 2008-07-28
Challenges for old developers learning new tricks
The problem of staying current is more acute in IT than in other fields because of the speed of new technology development. What do you do when a new technology comes along that makes obsolete a technology that you've devoted a good part of your career to? by Toni Bowers
Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Information Technology, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Professional Development, Strategy, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Career, Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-07-25
10 reasons why IT pros hate Microsoft Access (but really shouldn't)
Microsoft Access may not be right for all situations, but it does have its place -- at least according to database expert Susan Harkins. Here's her take on some of the more common complaints she's encountered from IT pros who like to kick Access around.This download is also available as...
Tags: Microsoft Access, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Susan Harkins, Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
Download resources 2008-07-24
IT: Ending the whining
This follow-up to Note to IT: Stop the whining seeks to give IT pros some usable advice for how to clean up their tarnished images. by Patrick Gray
Tags: Information Technology, Patrick Gray, Prevoyance Group, Strategy, Management
Blog posts 2008-07-24
Is it the end of business as usual or the start of a new way of doing business?
As 2008 continues to be overshadowed by the fallout from the US subprime market, we see banks tightening lending and consumers tightening their belts. But a market discontinuum is not universally bad news. Celona Technologies' Charles Andrews argues that companies should hold their nerve and resist slashing IT budgets just...
Tags: Information Technology, Data Migration, Celona Technologies, Charles Andrews
Blog posts 2008-07-24
10+ reasons why IT pros hate Microsoft Access (but really shouldn't)
Microsoft Access may not be right for all situations, but it does have its place -- at least according to database expert Susan Harkins. Here's her take on some of the more common complaints she's encountered from IT pros who like to kick Access around. by Susan Harkins
Tags: Microsoft Access, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Susan Harkins
Blog posts 2008-07-24
Reports indicate IT staff jobs will drop in 2009
For the last few months, reports have indicated that IT seems to be exempt from the dismal budget. But new reports are painting a different picture. by Toni Bowers
Tags: Job, Report, Information Technology, Survey, Outsourcing, Help Desk, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-07-23


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