Sabbaticals
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Indian tech tries to retain top workers
News Infosys, Wipro and others are trying to avoid layoffs by reassigning skilled workers to subsidiaries or asking them to accept reduced salaries.
Tags: Human resources, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Wipro Technologies, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Training, Bench, ERP, Sabbaticals, business intelligence, Worker
Microsoft security chief looks beyond Vista
Insight A tech geek who spent the last eight years in Microsoft working on file systems, Ben Fathi says he will be assessed on his ability to build a "fundamentally secured platform".
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security, Leadership
IT workers want to be their own boss
Insight More IT professionals yearn to be work-at-home contractors who juggle multiple assignments, according to a new UK survey.
Tags: Human resources
Employee performance management tips
Techguide Learn how to conduct employee evaluations, give employees valuable feedback, and implement effective reward systems.
Forrester: Consider unorthodox sources for IT staff
News SAP will embed Informatica's integration software products into its performance-management and analytic apps, as well as the NetWeaver platform.
Tags: Outsourcing, IT outsourcing, Recruiting
A click farm in the Philippines?
Blogs Like most people I know, I had no idea what a click farm was. So when someone from the BBC sent an e-mail to me a few da...
Superhighway to heaven
Blogs It's that time of the year again when Filipinos troop to cemeteries to remember their departed loved ones. It's fascinat...
Download this sabbatical policy to improve employee performance
Insight Sabbaticals can boost professional development and company performance by revitalizing weary staffers. Download this sample sabbatical policy and application to take the first steps towards establishing this valuable career tool.
Negotiating the Microsoft way
Insight The company's chief legal counsel explains how he resolved several antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft, and why he agrees open source has its advantages.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Open source, Software licensing, Piracy, HR policies and procedures, Regulations
Bringing free software to the masses
Insight Peter Brown, executive director of the Free Software Foundation, bares his soul on what the open-source body stands for.
Tags: Operating systems, Digital rights management (DRM), Open source
Microsoft shakes up Windows marketing unit
News Longtime veteran Bill Veghte will head a new Windows Business Group, overseeing marketing and product management for the OS.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, HR policies and procedures, Marketing
Day two: Microsoft-Google courtroom showdown
News Kai-Fu Lee says he gave an honest if not entirely complete answer when he told Microsoft he planned to return after a sabbatical.
Tags: Search, Recruiting, Executive recruiting
Microsoft sweetens Mac Office offer
News With sales of its Office suite for Mac OS X falling short, the company plans on Wednesday to announce a rebate for those who buy the software when they pick up a new Mac.
Microsoft sues over Google hire
News Lawsuit is response to defection of Kai-Fu Lee, who has been focusing on new search technologies for Redmond.
Judge to rule next Tuesday in Kai-Fu Lee case
News A Washington state judge says he will rule Tuesday on whether the former Microsoft worker can begin setting up Google's China operation.
Tags: Recruiting, International governments
