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Manage Work Forces During the Labor Shortage

whitepaper Do these arguments have merit, and if so, what are the implications for HR managers? Recent studies warn that the U.S.economy might soon experience widespread job vacancies that can't be filled due to a shortfall of workers.

Tags: it hr - staffing - training

[12 May 2008]

Write Better Legal Documents With Microsoft Word

whitepaper A large part of any attorney's job consists of trying to persuade someone (a client, opposing counsel, an arbitrator, a judge) that the legal arguments one is making are not only factually and legally correct, but logical as well.

Tags: business management

[12 May 2008]

The ISO is right to back Microsoft's OOXML

Comment Many feel the arguments against ratifying OOXML were so strong that the decision suggests the ISO process is broken. The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Cooler heads have wisely prevailed, argues Dale Vile of Freeform Dynamics.

Tags: xml, office, microsoft, standards

[04 Apr 2008]

The Naked CIO: Offshore - or off their trolley?

Comment I also hope the arguments from those in favour or against can be more focused on concrete benefits and challenges - and I include myself in that criticism. The Naked CIO: Shadow of the job axe Is our embattled hero right to take a stand on the...

Tags: outsourcing, managed services, offshoring, evidence

[10 Mar 2008]

Leader: Why teach students malware techniques?

Leader The arguments for and against teaching students the techniques of the malware community have kicked off again this week, at the Virus Bulletin conference, after a PhD candidate from the University of Calgary walked delegates through a technique...

Tags: spyware, hacker, antivirus

[06 Oct 2005]

Opinion: Like it or not, here come ID cards

Opinion: Like it or not, here come ID cards

Comment Neatly dissected by the opening arguments of the Shadow Home Secretary and then buried alive by the experts who followed, we were offered little or no reason to believe that an identity card would be proportionate, cost effective or even capable...

Tags: simon moores, national id card, identity cards, id cards

[31 May 2005]

Criminal IT: What you can do to help the fight against cybercrime

Comment My job is to make sure the jury - usually complete computer novices - have the best possible chance of understanding and appreciating the nature of the technology and arguments involved. My day job is a rather unusual one; I'm a computer expert...

Tags: criminal expert witness, cybercrime

[23 Feb 2005]

US tech jobs rising or declining?

News Businesses' "arguments aren't designed for solutions", Hira said. IDC's report on offshore IT services did not discuss job numbers. A pair of reports out this week carry different messages about the impact of global trade on US techies.

Tags: offshoring, jobs

[20 Oct 2004]

CIO Forum: Industry still divided on offshoring

CIO Forum: Industry still divided on offshoring

News The panel was also keen to move away from the emotive "jobs to India" arguments from the political right and the knee-jerk reactions of media such as the Daily Mail. On the issues of job losses, Morgan said he believed that very few companies don't...

Tags: offshoring

[27 Sep 2004]

Laptop-loving youth of today detest desktops

Laptop-loving youth of today detest desktops

News Single people and families with children also erred towards owning laptops, with the theory being that their space is at a premium, or for households with young tykes, a small enough machine can be hidden and thwart arguments over whose turn it is.

[11 Aug 2004]

Oracle vs. DoJ: Trying a 'landmark case'

Oracle vs. DoJ: Trying a 'landmark case'

Comment Oracle's lead attorney, Dan Wall, summed it up in his opening arguments on Monday. Nonetheless, in the first few days of testimony, Oracle's team of high-price outside attorneys appeared to be doing a better job of outlining its case than the...

Tags: larry ellison, antitrust trial, oracle, peoplesoft

[14 Jun 2004]

Leader: Linux "jihad"? Less hysteria please...

Leader: Linux "jihad"? Less hysteria please...

Leader Businesspeople are precisely the type who aren't interested in ideological arguments. Linux is a great competitor but we think we do a better job' is the standard line coming out of Redmond. Microsoft has bent over backwards to present itself as...

[11 Jun 2004]

5 years ago... Moss Side call centre creates 500 jobs

News Comments about the ability of Indian staff to carry out job often border on the racist and many in the UK have done themselves a disservice getting dragged into arguments along these lines. In the UK the call centre job had become synonymous with a...

[14 May 2004]

Leader: Lazy Indian offshoring blame game

Leader: Lazy Indian offshoring blame game

Leader Aside from the job loss issue, one of the main arguments used by those opposed to the offshoring of call centres to places like India is that the customer service suffers. The unions were up in arms when it was revealed that the National Rail...

[11 Mar 2004]

IBM starts fighting cancer blame case

IBM starts fighting cancer blame case

News Court arguments in the landmark toxic-chemical case against IBM opened in California yesterday, as an attorney for two former employees claimed the computer giant knew of symptoms of ongoing chemical poisoning among workers.

[05 Nov 2003]

Reliance on Microsoft makes firms vulnerable says Gartner

Reliance on Microsoft makes firms vulnerable says Gartner

News The suit extensively uses the report's conclusions in its arguments. When you do that, you introduce a great deal of complexity and.make it harder for people to do their job on a day-to-day basis," Muglia said.

[09 Oct 2003]

The Bloor Perspective: work-life balance, mainframes and Factiva

Comment When it comes to considering whether mainframe computers are 'expensive' one can get involved in some very complex arguments about total cost of ownership (TCO). Irrespective of the TCO arguments, small mainframe systems can be very cost effective...

[30 Sep 2002]

Devil's Advocate: Is faster better?

Comment Last week, I was involved with some arguments about change control. Yet in other cases, it is not clear why a bunch of people will do a better job if somebody else employs them. Yet when it comes to IT skills and processes, there is a real argument...

[19 Mar 2002]

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