Succession Planning
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The fraud connection in social networking
Insight A fraud ring is no different than a social network, as it's the relationships and associations that are important, says SAS co-founder and CEO Jim Goodnight.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business applications, Hewlett-Packard Co., SAS Institute, M&A, Cloud Computing, M&A Money, phone, social networking, analytics
A four-step plan to succession planning
Insight Senior IT managers should develop and maintain a succession plan to protect the interests of the IS organization, as well as to support individual upward mobility.
Choosing the right HR package
Insight A comprehensive review of three HR packages--Favour WinOHS, Greentree Front Office Edition and SapphireOne Payroll 2003.
Tags: Business applications, Human resources
Apple's Jobs to skip annual shareholder meeting
News CEO Steve Jobs' six-month medical leave of absence will keep him from attending Wednesday's annual meeting for the first time since he returned to Apple in 1997.
Tags: Business plans, Business ethics, Apple Inc., Bloomberg L.P., Absence, Cupertino, succession planning, CEO, corporate governance, job
Who's planning to take your job?
Techguide It is always difficult to think that some else is capable of doing your job. Of course, it is even more challenging to think that someone--anyone--can do it better than you.
Duffield's Workday, gearing up to punch in
News After a year in stealth mode, PeopleSoft founder's new company is ready to step into light.
Tags: Business applications, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Leadership, Innovation
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
Hire someone who can do your job
Blogs Two major IT companies this week announced they will be losing their top executives as they usher in the new year. Red H...
Managing project risk is easy with the right process
Techguide A lot of project managers are intimidated by the notion of risk management. However, this simple five-step process will be more than adequate for most projects.
Tags: IT Management
Resources for devising your data warehouse strategy
Insight The analytical components inherent in a data warehouse allow users to consider the possibilities of future actions based on complex relationships discovered by merging data collected from throughout the organization.
Tags: Data Management
In search of the cure for project failure
Insight Far too many IT projects seemed doomed to failure despite heroic efforts to the contrary. Here is one member's account of a project in crisis. What could have been done differently to prevent this failure?
Complex system integration engagement brings up newer delivery approaches
Insight A European bank wanted to implement smart-card-based biometric authentication for its customers and ensure the security of data moving between the bank's backend transactional systems. Here's how a consultant delivered this complex solution on time.
eBay CEO preparing to retire
News Meg Whitman is planning for her succession after 10 years as chief executive of the online auction giant.
Tags: Web sites
Symantec CEO Thompson to retire
News John Thompson will retire in April, but will remain chairman of the board. Company COO Enrique T. Salem will take the helm.
Tags: Human resources, Security, Brightmail Inc., Oblix Inc., Symantec Corp., CEO, Ask Jeeves Inc., antispam company, board of directors, chief operating officer
Steve Jobs taking medical leave of absence
News Apple CEO says in letter he will step down as he recuperates from a medical condition disclosed earlier this month; COO Tim Cook will stand in.
Tags: Components, Benefits, Handhelds, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Conference, Absence, Apple Macintosh, mobile-phone industry, e-mail
