Team Building
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Live: Google faces off with analysts
News Co-founder Sergey Brin tells analysts how a censored site helps China, why the feds are wrong and what's up with Google's revenue.
Tags: Search, Financial, Analyst reports
India's social ills soothed by outsourcing leaders?
Insight perspective India's successful tech executives are beginning to focus on social problems. Could this be just what the country needs?
Tags: IT outsourcing, Leadership, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Outsourcing, India, income tax, Saritha Rai, insurance, co-founder, bank
Which intrusion detection/protection system?
Insight Need extra network protection to shore up your defences? Read our review of six intrusion detection (IDS) and prevention systems (IPS).
Tags: Security, IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems)
Innovative PMs use 'think time'
Techguide If you find yourself using the same project management solutions over and over again, you may need to carve out some "think time" to help stay innovative.
Tags: IT Management, Waltham, job, PMBOK, Information Technology, Tool, project manager, Bentley College, team-building, MBA
How to prioritize your organization’s projects
Techguide Here are some tips work with management, to successfully determine how to balance new and existing projects.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Project, Business Benefit, PowerPoint Presentation, team-building, accountability, information technology, strategy, business case
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
Estimate effort first, project costs last
Techguide There are three main areas to estimate before your project starts--effort, duration and cost. Of the three, you must estimate effort first to understand the total amount of work.
Leadership classes can strengthen skills before and after a promotion
Insight Whether you're trying to get promoted or you've just landed in a high-level management role, experts say it's never too late to bone up on leadership skills. One way is taking group courses--an approach that has worked well for other CIOs.
Three rules for successful staff assimilation in an acquisition
Insight The big key to success in IT staff assimilation during a corporate acquisition is creating a strong plan relating to staffing requirements and decisions. That's one of the three rules CIOs need to follow for a smooth merger.
Built-in change processes increase chance for IT project success
Techguide An industry watcher shares the built-in change process his company uses and explains how it compares to the traditional project management approach.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Bentley College, VP, job, MBA, health care, built-In, team, Project management
The friendly neighborhood data center
Techguide Boutique data centers may be able to help local companies slug through simple, and even strange and complex, issues.
Tags: Data centers, Infrastructure/architecture management, Data Management, Sales, clustering, Bentley College, Peak 10, Server, CIO, VoIP
Understand the role of the sponsor
Techguide When you're managing scope on your project, keep the following three items in mind as it relates to the sponsor.
Hunt down buggy .NET code faster
Techguide Learn how you can use continuous integration to automate the build process and provide instant feedback on .NET coding errors, thus allowing you to spend your time on more important tasks.
Plan for effective capacity and availability management in new systems
Insight Putting a new system into place requires an examination of capacity and availability issues. Analysis of these factors clarifies the system's business value and ensures that it will meet users' needs and IT support expectations.
Career roadblocks: Barriers to success for net admins
Insight There are a lot of rungs on the net admin career ladder, and a number of factors can keep you from climbing it. Weigh in on what you think could be blocking your progress.
