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Google opens up Wave federation
News Wave servers created by outside developers can now talk with each other through Google's servers, opening up new interoperability possibilities for Wave.
Tags: E-mail clients, Google Inc., Workplace, Google Wave, P2P, collaboration tool, Server, API, e-mail, IM
'Not all jobs created equal' for social sites
News Nature of business and sensitivity of corporate data key in deciding whether to block social networking sites at work, say industry watchers.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security, Business security, Social Networking, Business security, U.S., job, Network security, International Data Corp.
Gartner: Loosen up on social networks, security
News IT research firm tells its clients total lock-down on social networks and security is not only impossible, it's a bad idea. Industry must move "from control to greater autonomy".
Tags: Networking technology, Network security, Social Networking, Security, Information Technology, network, Gartner Inc., performance, corporate computing, China
Survey: Over half of US workplaces block social networks
News A survey of companies' chief information officers reveals that only 10 percent of companies allow unlimited personal social-networking activity on the job and over half block it altogether.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Social Networking, Workplace, Twitter Inc., Survey, U.S., independent research firm, network, U.S. company
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...
Recession making techies do more unpaid overtime
News One in three techies is put in the equivalent of 34 days of unpaid overtime last year, two days more than in 2007.
Tags: Workplace, Human resources, Overtime, IT Professional, U.K. company, TUC, Worker, recession, job, secretary
S'pore workers job-hunting, IT professionals in high demand
News Though Singapore's unemployment rates are near a four-year high, more workers are looking to change jobs while IT and financial companies find employees hard to come by, finds survey.
Tags: Recruiting, Personnel management, Business Strategies & Functions, Unemployment Rate, Worker, Employer, construction industry, Survey, Information Technology, Human Resources Inc.
IT staff hit by 1,150 job cuts at HSBC, Credit Suisse
News Financial giants HSBC and Credit Suisse to lay off 1,150 IT workers starting from their London headquarters within two to three months.
Tags: Workplace, Business Strategies & Functions, Credit Suisse First Boston, commercial banking, London, job, U.K., bank, information technology, health care
Study: US retains lead in science, tech
News Leadership, however, increasingly relies on the brain power of foreign-born students and employees.
Tags: Workplace, Venture capital, Science, India, Japan, Ingersoll-Rand, performance, leader, China, U.S.
Job boom: Indian outsourcing braced for 8M more
News With 8 million outsourcing jobs coming India's way, smaller cities can expect around 2 million jobs going to them, according to officials forecasts.
Tags: Human resources, Workplace, IT outsourcing, City, Outsourcing, India, Business Process, BPO, Government, software
Samsung eyes businesses with new offerings
News Company launches new range of printing devices and applications customizable for small and midsize businesses and large enterprises.
Tags: Peripherals, Workplace, Application, Security, printer, software, flat panel, printing, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., USB port
The lowdown on India's Web 2.0 generation
Blogs India's demographics (50 percent of India's population is below the age of 25 years) has been perceived as both a boon a...
Google Wave ready for wider testing
News Google's Internet communications concept project is ready for wider use, which will test the stability and scalability of one of the company's most important projects.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web 2.0, SAP AG, Web Application, Environment, I/O, IM, collaboration, Google Apps, Web Developer
Sample influenza business continuity plan
Blogs My colleague and fellow IAEM Asia member Chew Lip Heng and I started writing a sample corporate incident action plan (IA...
Don't fear the Millennials at work
Insight perspective We've been told today's youngsters will create havoc when they enter the workplace. After working in schools, Richard Leyland tells a different story.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Human resources, Children, Morgan Stanley, motivation, Britain, teacher, social networking, London
