Leadership
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IT execs urged to take MBA path to CIO's chair
News Frameworks, concepts, strategic thinking and business vocabulary taught in MBA programs are useful en route to senior management post, says academic.
Tags: Personnel management, Communication skills, Certification, Business, Nanyang Technological University, Banking Industry, business management, e-mail, teamwork, professor
How to keep IT staff happy during downturn
Insight perspective In tough economic times, businesses must do more with fewer people. An industry expert offers some advice on how to make this happen.
Tags: Personnel management, HR policies and procedures, Leadership, Staff, Tool, Environment, CIO, performance, Process Management, career
Business in the 21st century: Stay tuned for brave new world
Insight perspective Corporate leaders, take note: Web technologies are poised to change everything--economic, political and social, says consultant.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, Leadership, Semantic Web, Tim O'Reilly, Social Media, Social Web, Web 2.0, Internet, collaboration
Nanjing displays leadership
Blogs Did you see the article yesterday in the Asian Wall Street Journal regarding Nanjing and its approach to peddlers? ...
Microsoft's data center chief headed to Cisco
News Debra Chrapaty, one of a relative handful of women in Microsoft's top technology ranks, is headed to Cisco, Microsoft confirmed.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cisco Systems Inc., chief technology officer, financial analyst, top executive, data center, leadership, collaboration, women
Microsoft finalizes Exchange 2010
News The e-mail and communications server becomes the first of the 2010 wave of Office products to hit that milestone.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office, communications server, leadership team, Microsoft Corp., Berlin, Server, Microsoft PowerPoint, e-mail, leadership
Report: HP mulls merging printer, PC units
News Tech giant is reportedly considering reuniting the units, which were combined and then separated in 2005 under two different chief executives.
Tags: Personal Computers, Peripherals, Printer, Computer, Mark Hurd, CEO, Personal Computers, Peripherals, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wall Street Journal
Sony Ericsson taps Nordberg as next president
News Bert Nordberg, who's been heading the handset maker's R&D efforts in Silicon Valley, will start the executive transition as co-president in September.
Tags: Cellular phones, Leadership, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, handset maker, co-president, CEO, R&D, strategy, Ericsson Inc., president
Not all employees are created equal
Blogs "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." I read that famous line in George Orwell's Anim...
Linden Lab selects Mark Kingdon as new CEO
News By choosing someone squarely on the business side of things, the Second Life creator may be hinting that it wants to beef up business and head for an IPO.
Tags: Leadership, Web 2.0, Linden Lab, social networking, network, marketing, Second Life, MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Ruiz out at AMD, Dirk Meyer new CEO
News A tumultuous six years as the head of AMD has come to an end for Hector Ruiz, and while he has several accomplishments to tout, AMD lost an amazing amount of money during his reign.
Tags: Processors, Leadership, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, processor, financial, job, server company, revenue, asset
Why your business should use Twitter
Insight perspective Twitter's not just about what you ate for breakfast. Mark Kobayashi-Hillary explains how businesses can take advantage of it and other social networks.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Twitter, British Telecommunications, social networking, Facebook, network, LinkedIn, advisory board
SCS chief to step down
News After three years at the helm of Singapore Computer Systems, industry veteran Tan Tong Hai is leaving to pursue other interests. Move won't impact ongoing projects such as SOEasy, says analyst.
Tags: Services, Leadership, Industry Veteran, IT Services, IT services company, consortium, phone, information technology, agreement, Web
Inclusiveness without boundaries leads to poor project execution
Techguide Missed deadlines, poorly thought out requirements, and a lack of leadership are enough to doom any project. Benny Sisko shares his experience of having to take control of a project gone wrong.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Web sites, Site, content management system, CIO, job, marketing, leadership, Web Site
Hiring the super project manager
Techguide If you’re hiring a project manager to lead your PMO, you have to look beyond a PMP certification. Find out what characteristics to focus on.
Tags: Human resources, IT project management, Project management, Business Manager, Product, Tool, Developer, Small And Medium Business, project manager, team environment
