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whitepaper One's job and title haven't changed - but the boss has. Dealing with a new boss, especially when the relationship with the old boss was good, can be stressful. But a new boss can be good news. In fact, he or she is literally a whole new person.
[02 May 2008]
Round-Up Fortune magazine has declared the Apple boss the most influential business person in the world for having "twice altered the direction of the computer industry". In truth, it's been a heady year for the Apple boss, with the iPhone dominating the...
[30 Nov 2007]
Round-Up Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer defines a fad as a $240m investment opportunity. Besides, he was still a bit overexcited at being voted the most influential person in all technology. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines a fad as "a practice...
[26 Oct 2007]
whitepaper All experienced that sinking feeling when a person discovers in level four that one cannot defeat the boss without the magic cap that one doesn't find in level three, and it is much less frustrating to start over from level three than it would be...
[17 Oct 2007]
News Business people can now find out whether they should be talking to their boss using instant messaging (IM), or when the best time is to phone customers, with the help of some 21st century etiquette lessons.
[06 Jul 2007]
Round-Up The subject line of said press release read: "Boss's Beware Survey Shows Commuters Won't Be Travelling When Avian Flu Hits". Your boss is more likely to say it's a complete waste of company time, particularly when you haven't met your monthly...
[23 Mar 2007]
whitepaper A boss just sends an e-mail message to a person outlining the part in an upcoming project. To create a to-do item for it, all that person needs to do is drag that message into the Tasks folder and Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 turns it into a Task.
[23 Nov 2006]
whitepaper Is he using RFID just because he or the boss wants to get familiar with the technology? There's nothing wrong with that as long as the person is honest about it from the start! For starters one should try to identify an application that he believes...
[09 Nov 2006]
whitepaper The boss loves the work the person done on the company's Access database, but she wants to see the corporate logo on the various data entry forms. No problem. This webcast explains how to add an unbound image to one's forms and reports.
[13 Oct 2006]
News The DoH said Granger took a significant drop in salary from his private sector role at Deloitte Consulting to become NHS IT boss. Every person could earn far more money in the private sector - every one of us.
[30 May 2006]
Round-Up Moving on, Tony Blair's former spin doctor-in-chief, Alastair Campbell, has spoken out this week about his technophobic former boss (but lifelong friend, we're sure). Either way, it sounds like it doesn't make much difference because according to...
[24 Feb 2006]
Comment I don't have to fool the camera or the technology I only have to fool the dealer or his pit boss. There's not one person alive who's ever been caught by facial recognition," he told silicon.com. A notorious casino cheat has suggested many of the...
[04 Nov 2005]
Leader Mobile working has its benefits, surely, such as increased productivity and flexibility for workers who can enjoy benefits such as avoiding long commutes or popping out to the doctor's or the bank during working hours because the boss can still...
[17 May 2005]
News An NCR employee described him as a " great people person. I don't know any way to do it except get underneath the business and meet every person I can possibly meet," he said. What's he like? Having worked in a series of roles within retail and...
[30 Mar 2005]
Leader And ask yourself: would the average person in your IT department be able to better rally the troops, speak in business terms and drive projects and strategy forward than the average marketing pro? Research out today suggests technologists aren't...
[02 Jul 2004]
News And while the aggrieved employee, Vernon Blake, did indeed prove that his boss, George Dobbs, spent, on average, 70 per cent of his time playing Solitaire, amazingly the only person seriously disciplined in the whole affair was Blake.
[29 Jun 2004]
Round-Up Not for your boss it wouldn't my friend. Doesn't lonely Rob sound like he'd be a great person to have a beer with? The Round-Up is feeling a little worse for wear this morning having spent last night rubbing shoulders with the great and the good at...
[20 Feb 2004]
Comment Even if an implementation or general supplier relationship goes well, what would the odds have been 10 years ago of an MD or even some other departmental boss taking the credit? We are used to the person heading up IT in an organisation being...
[06 Feb 2004]
News Microsoft boss and world's richest man Bill Gates opted for the latter recently when he completed the purchase of his eleventh property in the vicinity of his own five-acre estate on the shores of Lake Washington.
[19 Jan 2004]
News During Christmas the user load, both in terms of numbers of requests and on the services, is low and hence it is a pretty relaxed time for IT staff, and even if you do make a blunder your boss is likely to be in a forgiving mood during the holiday...
[23 Dec 2003]
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