Outlook for 2007
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
January 2007-
What does 2007 hold for your organization? InformationWeek Research provides an early look of what's on tap for 2007 in its annual Outlook for 2007 study. Business and technology priorities, IT spending plans, and IT hiring plans are documented in this 12-page report.
Key report areas include:
IT budget allocations
Business priorities
Technology and product plans
IT Hiring Plans
Responses are trended with ....
Case Study: Metron Enterprise and Howard County, Maryland
[ Source: eTelemetry ]
July 2008-
Howard County, Maryland, has approximately 3,000 users on its County IT network. Users who engaged in streaming music and inappropriate surfing or had misconfigured PCs, for example, were straining the network and impacting employee use for legitimate work purposes. Limited resources and an inability to monitor network activity left Howard County without any reliable way of identifying the sources of these violations. The IT department would be routinely asked to analyze hard drives for evidence ....
InformationWeek National IT Salary Survey 2007
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
April 2007-
The IT profession is on the rebound. Fewer IT professionals are unemployed, many feel more secure in their jobs, and some are anticipating bonuses linked to personal performance in the coming year.
Information technology as a career path is back on track. IT professionals are earning the highest salaries in the 10-year history of the InformationWeek National IT Salary Survey. Have you heard that ringing sound? That's the headhunters calling. IT professionals are ....
Make Your IT Staff Smarter With Digital Libraries
[ Source: Safari Books Online ]
December 2008-
On-demand access to trusted technology information empowers IT workforces
to solve everyday technical challenges and increases productivity. Throw a valuable e-reference tool like a digital library out to a community of IT users, programmers, and business professionals, and they’ll uncover a variety of personal and corporate applications.
Mentor Graphics Collects Customer Feedback for Product Innovation
[ Source: Brightidea, Inc. ]
December 2008-
In June 2008, Mentor Graphics launched Mentor Ideas, a Web-based environment for capturing product enhancement ideas from customers. This initiative is focused on the Mentor Graphics PADS product line and customers, and, due to the success of the initial pilot, the company has now launched a similar initiative for its Expedition product line.
Improving Bottom Line Performance Through Precision Forecasting And Scheduling
[ Source: GMT Corporation ]
March 2009-
Whether in a contact center or bank branch environment, workforce managers everywhere face the constant challenge of balancing the yin and yang priorities of service levels and labor costs. This is especially true in today's economic environment where inaccurate forecasts can lead to poor scheduling decisions and can have dramatic impact on bottom line profitability. In this guide, GMT Corp. analyzes how to improve bottom-line performance in contact centers and bank branches through precision forecasting ....
ERP For IT And Tooling For Automation
[ Source: Cornerstone Technology BV ]
March 2009-
The question is what can be depicted to be a major key for a successful ERP implementation for the IT disciplines The primary condition for effective ERP systems for the IT-shop itself is self-automation. No human expert input or intervention! Enterprise applications must be automatically inputted into the ERP database. This aspect makes system engineering methodologies like ITIL much more consistent and complete.
The Greening of Training: How Sustainability Is Reshaping Organizational Learning
[ Source: SkillSoft ]
February 2009-
More and more companies are making sustainability a highly visible part of their corporate strategy. There are many factors driving companies to go green, from the desire to improve corporate image to competitive differentiation in the market. But whatever the reason, the training department can be a key part of a green strategy. This dovetails nicely with the overall trend in training to align learning with corporate initiatives. If your company is championing a green ....
Ibsecad Case Study
[ Source: Atlantic Global PLC ]
May 2009-
Ibsecad is a successful and expanding international company, supplying the construction industry with design, installation, and as-built drawings. Read how Ibsecad replaced spreadsheets for recording time and expenses and resource planning for dozens of high-profile projects for 75 CAD designers and project managers.
Why, What, Where and How of Outsourcing
[ Source: S5 Systems ]
April 2008-
To implement a successful outsourced project considerable planning and
efforts are required. This white paper discusses the important guidelines to help through your next outsourced project.
This whitepaper is for product/project managers, CFO and other managers involved in making decisions related to outsourcing.