Yes, information technology professionals, like everyone else, feel more connected to other people thanks for smartphones, instant messaging and other immediate communication tools. Still, less urgent communications – such as e-mail and face-to-face conversations – are the preferred form of com... (1320 more chars)
Selecting a Disaster Recovery Vendor
Make sure you find a vendor who fits your facility's needs.
Lynn Jusinski
Vol. 18 • Issue 23 • Page 27
http://health-information.advanceweb.com/Article/Selecting-a-Disaster-Recovery-Vendor.aspx
"If they don't understand their business really wel... (578 more chars)
Cloud computing is far more advanced than many people realize. Google is leading the charge offering free or low cost apps that compete with the Microsoft Applications we run on our desktops and servers, without the need for complex server infrastructures. Gmail can support the most organizations w... (906 more chars)
I wanted to let the CIOZone community know that we've launched a points program which will allow our registered members to accumulate points for participation on the site through comments, forum posts, group posts, etc.
Please leave a comment below and let me know if you've had a chance to see ... (87 more chars)
Attendees at AIT Global’s GreenTech conference, which was held last week on the Brooklyn campus of NYU-Polytechnic, generally came away with six points about Green IT.
No. 1. There’s a big problem out there. There’s too much equipment, generating too much heat, in too little space... (2578 more chars)
Globalisation, increasing automation and growth of e-business, are all driving the growth of the service economy. In turn the service economy is driving the growth of web-based services across the internet.
Major productivity increases are now being seen in most industries due to the automation ... (3847 more chars)
As the economic clouds continue to darken, research firm IDC is now predicting that spending on information technology will be slashed significantly from earlier forecasts in 2009.
IDC is still predicting growth in IT spending, but in the United States it says that growth will be reduced to a tr... (2446 more chars)
The team behind Barack Obama’s presidential campaign set the bar for how the Internet will be leveraged in future elections. But already the president-elect is demonstrating the effectiveness of the Internet in maintaining an ongoing dialogue with the electorate.
His transition team has erect... (1696 more chars)
Oh there is a problem alright. And it starts with the fact that you have a boss, peer or subordinate who is completely in denial about the chaos that is all around them. If they do see any kind of issues, well those issues start with you. This is not meant to be spiteful. This is the behavior of so... (2418 more chars)
I am no longer with CRA International.
On to more interesting topics, I have recently been working with clients that seem to be keeping a large amount of information, but the information is not making them money. The reality is that they have a ton of information and they do not know why they ar... (1411 more chars)
Gartner recently released some surprising news about service-oriented architecture adoption.
While the majority of large organizations are moving ahead with SOA, the IT research company said, a growing number are holding off plans to deploy the software development framework, which allows comp... (1433 more chars)
The victory of Barack Obama is a historic moment for the United States and one of the issues has been health care reform and cutting costs that arise from the use of paper.
According to the barackobama.com site:
"Lower Health Care Costs by Investing in Electronic Information Technology Sys... (1187 more chars)
The Virtual Enterprise is based on the thesis that selecting and channeling a dynamic group of organisational individuals, functional units and resources such as web services, processes, data sets and computing capacity drawn from multiple sources, can best implement a particular project or common ... (4220 more chars)
As we enter the holiday shopping season, a survey by AppLabs finds that more than 25% of
respondents are concerned that their websites are at risk for failure. AppLabs is the largest independent global IT services company specializing in quality management, testing, and certification solutions.
... (439 more chars)
As Americans take to the polls, there is a sense at home and around the world that this election will be one for the ages.
Not only is it the first time a black American could be elected president, but it also takes place against one of the most dramatic backgrounds of the past century: an econ... (3953 more chars)
A paradigm shift is defined as a change from one way of thinking to another.
Since the beginning of the Internet we have experienced many paradigm shifts, such as the invention of the browser & World Wide Web, eCommerce, and the various forms of communication that have driven the usage of the med... (3742 more chars)
Harnessing the evolutionary biological process via software simulation, offers a rapid computational process that can learn and become expert in almost any knowledge domain. This provides a powerful means of solving complex engineering and design problems, often involving non-linear and chaotic proc... (1841 more chars)
Do you raise your voice at the office? When you are happy do you let out loud exclamations of joy? When you want to make a point, do you raise your voice for emphasis?
Maybe you have one special person that you talk to when you need to vent. You probably look forward to talking with this perso... (1826 more chars)
I really need a IT mentor as I have this problem where after working at a organization for over 4 years, Im not going somewhere within the team.
People are just slaving of me, and move up the leather after I mentored them. Mananement are overlooking me, and I don't kno what the problem is. Is there... (57 more chars)
Some good news for IT staffers. Some not-so-good news for CIOs searching for talent – especially those looking for Web developers, top programmers, and help desk staffers.
According to a just released report from IT staffing firm Robert Half Technology, IT unemployment remains low relati... (1748 more chars)
One of the great promises of data mining and business intelligence software is that companies can use insights gained to more finely tune their marketing and sales campaigns.
By better understanding their customers, their income levels, shopping habits, and behaviors, companies can personalize ... (2503 more chars)
Did you know that 9% of all IT workers in their 20s are looking to change careers not just their jobs. Many of them do not enjoy working with computers and would rather apply their problem solving and analytical skills in a different way.
- Fortune Magazine
Another interesting tidbit
"To... (986 more chars)
Datawarehousing company Teradata welcomed five members into an elite new club this week – one that it dubbed the “Petabyte Power Players.”
The members of this club each have data warehousing environments that exceed one petabyte, a capacity that not so long ago seemed far beyond the need ... (2171 more chars)
I’d like to share or bounce it off from someone in case that you have similar policy or considerations.
The concern is obviously from client perspectives, and with consideration of accommodating internal politics (hey who does NOT have them?). The intention is to establish a set principles at a... (1669 more chars)
Gartner, the market research company, just came out with its list of the top 10 strategic technologies for 2009. On the list:
Virtualization. Not just server virtualization, which allows different operating systems to run on a server simultaneously, but also storage virtualization (which ... (4899 more chars)
Stephen Breyer, a justice on America’s Supreme Court, recently expressed concern that, with ordinary cases costing millions just in e-discovery work, “you’re going to drive out of the litigation system a lot of people who ought to be there” so that “justice is determined by wealth, not by ... (2571 more chars)
The new social media has manifested in a number of ways including – mobile media, ubiquitous media and media tagging and semantics.
The mobile media model makes media access available anywhere and anytime, on demand and interactively, including an ever-widening variety of formats- wikis, blogs,... (2992 more chars)
Let’s face it, misery loves company. So while you’re bemoaning the current state of your stock portfolio, you might be wondering just how bad Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, and the other tech gazillionaires are faring these days.
Technology stocks may not have been hit as hard as the bank, hou... (1454 more chars)
Harvard Business Publishing just published the following statistic on social networking:
“25% of Internet users in the U.S. spend time on social networking sites, according to the Conference Board's Consumer Internet Barometer, and about half of them visit these sites multiple times per... (194 more chars)
Cutting capital projects and reducing headcount are the most popular means to reduce IT costs. CIOs often fall into this trap and experience a creeping operating cost structure in subsequent years after the cost cut. In my previous blog entry, I had explained this phenomenon in detail. In this one,... (9265 more chars)
Gartner earlier this week came out with some words of wisdom for CIO working on IT budgets for next year – plan on doing a lot of re-budgeting.
Given today’s economic uncertainty, the research company advised IT decision makers to put together a number of contingency plans for next year t... (782 more chars)
So, given the state of the economy, where are IT budgets headed?
The latest insight comes from the Society for Information Management (SIM), the national organization of CIOs and other IT professionals.
SIM reported earlier today that despite a discouraging economic outlook,... (1270 more chars)
It’s clear Bank of America has a difficult challenge ahead as it looks to integrate several large financial services organizations. But work performed at Merrill Lynch over the last several years to implement a service oriented architecture (SOA) framework, could help ease some of those pains.
... (1774 more chars)
Do you suffer from TMI? What new disorder is TMI? You may know it as ‘Too Much Information’ syndrome. TMI often surfaces when you are the recipient of more information than you care to absorb from another individual. Or information that quite frankly you could do without. Think about the co-w... (1939 more chars)
Social computing has traditionally applied computational and analytic techniques to the study of social and cultural behaviour and the modelling of social interactions and communication.
In a more recent trend, social computing applications now frequently focus on web-supported online communities ... (3081 more chars)
The turmoil on Wall Street has been difficult on most people employed in the financial services industry, and the heads of IT departments are no different. There have been a number of changes at the top ranks in recent months, so much so that it's getting hard to keep score without a program.
... (4832 more chars)
What can IT professionals learn from a youngster about technology? Perhaps simply that today's trend is tomorrow's toolset. The world of communications is always changing as we know, below are some new trends.
According to a recent Survey by HarrisInteractive :
According to this national s... (1061 more chars)
According to a recent CIO Jury Poll:
"In silicon.com's latest exclusive CIO Jury poll, the respondents revealed they were still steering clear of the application, with 10 out of 12 saying their IT teams are not testing it."
The Jury Members included:
Chris Broad, head of IS and Techno... (1584 more chars)
I just learned of another information technology area that doesn’t seem to be feeling much, if any, squeeze.
IDC reported this week that the U.S. managed security services market is expected to grow at a compound rate of more than 17% and hit $2.8 billion by 2012. It’s a bit of a slowdow... (891 more chars)
Starting as IT firm in small level is so easy, with one or few customers! But you should have the vision and mission plan for your company! It’s very important. And being an IT guy if you started a company by trusting your tech skill, you cannot run it in long run. i saw so many guys who started e... (302 more chars)
Hi,
We employ approximate 1200 apprentices in Western Australia.These apprentices are usually aged between 18 and 24, and we hire/train them and they then gain their apprenticeship at a host company. Being in WA, that will be in construction or mining.
Currently we require the apprentice to com... (685 more chars)
The enterprise of the future will increasingly depend on a wide range of rigorous artificial intelligence systems, algorithms and techniques to facilitate its operation at all levels of management.
As described in The Adaptable Enterprise blog, major decisions incorporating sophisticated levels of ... (2251 more chars)
CIOZONE Blog Entry – September 23, 2008
(Written by Anthony Giacobe and Yoav Griver)
Utilizing technology to manage discovery is not just a sound method of lowering the costs of litigation and compliance (as discussed on this blog before), but is necessary simply to satisfy a company’s lega... (2558 more chars)
Have you ever applied your mind to know what Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP is all about? Quite likely the answer would be mostly ‘no’. Some of you might have already ventured into this rather exciting, though complex world of ERP, but there are many others who may not have got any f... (10219 more chars)
The only thing I said is what you heard.
I can’t take credit for this expression because I learned it in a coaching skills course a few years ago. Once I took a minute to process the sentence, (because my mind had one of those ‘Hey, wait a minute, what are you saying?’ moments); it rea... (1933 more chars)
Volumes have been written and spoken on how to manage changes while implementing an ERP project. Most of these writings do, however, instead of clearing the air, often end up making it misty creating problems for the people to clearly see the changed scenario. There are very few articles whic... (4535 more chars)
ERP generally symbolizes a class of business level automation products that integrates the business processes by what is called mapping or modeling. The definition is very broad indeed. It conceals more than what it reveals. The definition conjures of a myriad of visions about the power and lim... (4336 more chars)
For service providers to cope with the growing scale, complexity and time constraints of applications, supporting systems must become largely automatic- that is capable of managing their own operation with minimum human intervention. Such self-management is a hallmark of autonomic computing systems.... (2711 more chars)
There may be worries that overall IT expenditure may be trimmed, but worldwide telecommunications spending isn’t slowing. The market will likely reach $2 trillion this year, a 7.6% bump over last year’s $1.8 trillion, according to a just-released report from Gartner.
In the telecom s... (1006 more chars)
It may take months for the dust to settle from this week’s financial meltdown, but when the clouds do disperse Bank of America will clearly emerge as a major victor.
The bank capitalized on the credit crisis facing Wall Street institution Merrill Lynch & Co. by striking a deal to purchase the... (1765 more chars)
Alignment once again topped the list of key issues for IT managers, according to a just-completed survey from the Society for Information Management.
But, what, if anything, can chief information officers do to make sure IT and the business are better aligned?
Jerry Luftman, a... (1031 more chars)
HP announced plans to integrate EDS which would lead to streamlined costs, invest in growth and drive shareholder value.
The restructuring program will take hold over three years and lead to a streamlining process leading to a reduction in 7.5 percent reduction of the combined workforce. The co... (488 more chars)
Is this a question too far fetched? No so…
Last week our Web site went down for two hours, I was forwarded the major incident report on Monday morning. The report detailed the incident resolution process by minutes, where I found that the direct cause was the failure of the second power supply ... (2299 more chars)
On September 14 Tim Berners-Lee in Washington, D.C. announced the creation of the World Wide Web Foundation and stated the following as it's goals:
to advance One Web that is free and open,
to expand the Web's capability and robustness,
and to extend the Web's benefits to all people on ... (1146 more chars)
A few months ago, as oil prices were climbing to dizzying new heights, I wrote a blog about having a supply chain playbook ready in case key price thresholds were breached.
The argument of the blog at the time was that should oil climb to $125, $130 or even $150 per barrel, companies may need ... (2234 more chars)
How could today’s financial news – Lehman’s bankruptcy filing, BofA’s takeover of Merrill Lynch – affect CIOs?
Larry Dignan at ZDNet posted a blog in which he sees the following impact on information technology:
- There will be a pullback in overall financial IT sp... (613 more chars)
{mosimage}Automated Decision Making - MIS as a Business Driver
Tanmay Roy
General Manager (C&IT)
Bhilai Steel Plant
Automated Decision Making - MIS as a Business Driver
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Organizational Hues
3. Managerial Hues
4. Ownership & Management
4.1 Ownership
4.2 M... (37822 more chars)
Using real-time simulations, manufacturers are working out problems in their processes and plant operations, without building costly prototypes. Computer simulation and collaboration technologies, known collectively as digital or virtual manufacturing, are being used by car, drug and aerospace compa... (3815 more chars)
The conference is being co-produced by O'Reilly and Techweb from September 16-19 with presence from a range of companies including fortune 500 to startups. It's a great opportunity for attendees to build their network and learn more about the new generation of web in their scheduled workshops and fr... (757 more chars)
Apple recently released update 2.1 which fixes a bevy of issues impacting the iphone.
There were numerous complaints regarding dropped calls, data connections and overall slowness with applications while using the device.
Here's a list of fixes incoroproated in this firmware upgrade:
... (210 more chars)
I’ve had an article published in Continuity Insights Magazine.
Excerpt:
Too often, business continuity professionals rely on being able to communicate and give people "the word." Most business continuity practitioners invest heavily in robust communications technologies, acquiring systems an... (440 more chars)
As you may already know RIM released its' new flip blackberry 8820 recently. Here are some reviews of this new product release:
CNET:
RIM BlackBerry 8820 (AT&T)
Engadget:
Hands On Review
Mobiledia:
Feature List
While the standard blackberry is an accepted ente... (309 more chars)
A survey released this week by Forrester Research confirmed what most in the industry have suspected: IT budgets are being cut in the face of a global economic slowdown.
In a survey of 950 large organizations in North America and Europe, Forrester found that 43% of companies have already trimm... (1594 more chars)
No is not always negative. It is not a bad or incorrect response. Saying no does not make you a difficult or uncooperative person. And as a leader you should definitely not be afraid to tell your team no. Please read all of that again, out loud. Saying no is more honest than a false yes, it will ... (2111 more chars)
Google version 0.2.149.29 fixes security and javascript issues that could have interfered with facebook functionality.
The company did not discuss specific fixes in this release since not all of the user base has applied this upgrade.
In a statement Google said, "Google Chrome will aut... (323 more chars)
The latest commerical for Microsoft Windows is making an effort to connect with a newer generation of users and attempting to mimic the apple sense of humor demonstrated by the mac vs pc ads.
You can view the ad on youtube .
The new campaign has generated a lot of buzz around the w... (264 more chars)
A new force is shaping global political, social and business culture. The millions of blogs permeating the web and covering every conceivable topic are now starting to provide a meta-communication platform of incredible power and complexity when linked together into intertwining communities comprisi... (2701 more chars)
How do you handle ethical dilemma's at work? For instance, if a company promises to let you keep the product you are reviewing or sends you a gift card for a positive review or recommendation do you accept the gift?
This thought came about from a recent CIOZone Survey for IT exeuctives which ... (803 more chars)
Robots are slowly but surely edging towards more advanced states of cognitive development, sentience and higher intelligence. This will change the way society and business integrates this technology within its own processes and workflow, creating the emergence of a robotics industry as significant a... (2584 more chars)
I was doing some research on where the political candidates stand on the IT issue and
since Sarah Palin is in the spotlight here's the information I've found when I did a search on "Sarah Palin IT":
Sarah Palin on the issues:
http://www.ontheissues.org/Sarah_Palin.htm
Alaska Gov... (546 more chars)
I was up and running on this browser in less then 2 minutes.
In my first few minutes with the application I noticed the following:
1. Pages loaded faster then IE7 (ciozone.com, cnn.com, nytimes.com)
2. The status bar has been removed to leave a lot more room for the page.
3... (483 more chars)
So another browser to worry about for web developers. That was initial reaction to the latest news by Google. The rationale behind this release according to Google is that they think they can add value for the user and at the same introduce innovation on the web.
From their annoucement blog e... (793 more chars)
The concept of adaptability is rapidly gaining in popularity in business. Adaptability has already been introduced into everything from automatic car transmissions to sentient search engines to running shoes capable of adapting to the preferences of each unique user over time, to business management... (2511 more chars)
No, we cannot all get along all of the time. It is unrealistic to think that all team members will absolutely agree with you or with each other all of the time. If every time you are together, there is never any disagreement, look out – you have problems. Sure, maybe the first time you meet you ... (1835 more chars)
Virtual Worlds in the form of multiplayer internet online games are rapidly becoming the new marketing focus, with enterprises setting up and experimenting with virtual businesses. Worlds such as Entropia Universe and Second Life have real cash market economies. Owners of artifacts buy and sell virt... (3355 more chars)
The Wall Street Journal had a great point today that technology companies are beginning to realize the value proposition of lowering the costs around discovery. What seems to get lost in translation is the reality? I am not sure how many lawyers really have rolled up their proverbial sleeves and tri... (1973 more chars)
Agents in the form of small intelligent autonomous programs are playing an increasing role in managing business services and processes.
When agents interact with each other cooperatively they form a collaborative multiagent system, which greatly enhances their level of operational efficiency and ... (2688 more chars)
The Web will soon host an immersive 3D sensory environment that combines elements of social virtual worlds such as Second Life with increasingly dense geographical mapping applications such as Google Earth and Microsoft's Virtual Earth.
Representations of the earth’s natural and urban environme... (2178 more chars)
Globalisation, increasing automation and growth of e-business, are all driving the growth of the service economy. In turn the service economy is driving the growth of web-based services across the internet.
Major productivity increases are now being seen in most industries due to the automation ... (3660 more chars)
The outsourcing of IT services to a host of new external providers has been gathering momentum over the last few years, but outsourced business functions are now becoming more diverse including- telecommunications, engineering, financial and public sector processes. For example, India is not only th... (2834 more chars)
The emerging Decision Engineering Architecture of the 21st century represents a major shift in managing the operations of the future enterprise. By optimising the decision networks of an organisation, greatly improved levels of efficiency, adaptivity and quality of decision-making can be achieved be... (2047 more chars)
Sensor webs or networks are collections of wireless processing nodes that can capture local sensor data and transfer it to a processing component which can be either local or centralised. The opportunity now exists for integrating sensor networks with the global internet to create a new class of app... (3229 more chars)
A major shift is underway in the way corporations conduct business. From a self-interested point of view there is a dawning realisation that what is good for employees and community in general is also good for enterprise survival and profitability. It is also increasingly realised that social issues... (2401 more chars)
In addition to standard risk management processes such as credit, foreign exchange and market risk, CFOs are increasingly being asked to report on ways to minimize risk in a wide variety of other areas including- new product investments, acquisitions, HR, brands, market share, customer acceptance an... (3399 more chars)
Recent research in network analysis triggered by the boom in social networks on the internet, has made a significant contribution to a more profound understanding of networked behaviour in business ecosystems. Networked ‘swarm’ behaviour for example demonstrates an increase in collective intelli... (3067 more chars)
Prediction markets are an increasingly important forecasting tool based on evolutionary information aggregation and selection. Participants trade in contracts whose payoff depends on unknown future events, as in any financial or betting market, with the price of contracts directly interpreted as a m... (3721 more chars)
Enterprises of all types- small, large, commercial, government and non-profit, are examples of Complex Adaptive Systems and are therefore bound by the same characteristics and rules of evolution of all such adaptive systems, patterned on biological life.
This common categorisation can therefore p... (2754 more chars)
Today, we see law suits that cost millions. The question is how does that happen? While lawyers might be making more money, the real reason is that companies have to pay third-party companies to preserve, archive, produce, and etc their own data.
Companies should own their information systems an... (161 more chars)
Software bugs are all too common these days, but it’s not too often one threatens to bring down core enterprise systems and result in a personal apology from the software provider's chief executive.
That is exactly what happened to VMWare this week, when a bug in its ESX 3.5 software prevent... (1897 more chars)
Much of the coaching work I do with clients is about how their behavior shapes the perceptions that other people have about them. And those perceptions tie directly to performance appraisals, promotions and other opportunities.
It is really about professional image or professional brand. Hav... (2423 more chars)
After 20 years of battling it out to be an independent software vendor, i2 Technologies surrendered this week, agreeing to be acquired by JDA Software.
JDA of Scottsdale, Ariz., will purchase Dallas-based i2 for about $346 million in cash.
The deal brings together two of the leading cont... (2106 more chars)
Dell Computer announced this week that it has met its goal ahead of schedule of becoming a carbon neutral company.
The computer manufacturer announced in September of 2007 that it would undertake a variety of initiatives to achieve a carbon neutral goal by the end of 2008. Chairman and founder... (1266 more chars)
It’s getting crowded in the computing skies.
This week several developments occurred on the cloud computing front. For starters, it came to light that Dell Computer is attempting to claim the term as its own and has filed for a trademark patent.
Dell apparently filed an application wit... (2564 more chars)
In the hey-day of the dot com era, JupiterResearch carved a name for itself for having some of the brighter analysts covering emerging Internet technologies. During my days with a weekly magazine that covered the news of the Internet – Interactive Week – I would often pick up the phone to pick t... (2197 more chars)
According to Oxford Dictionary Blind Spot is : 1. The point of entry of the optic nerve on the retina, insensitive to light. 2 an area where a person’s view is obstructed. I was reading an article on Road Safety - " Always Check your Blind Spot " on Ministry of Transport of Ontario Websi... (5307 more chars)
A lot of companies are talking about investing in green technologies to save energy, but Bank of America appears to think it could also be a profitable investment.
The Charlotte, NC-based bank announced this week that it has made an undisclosed investment in Field Diagnostic Services Inc. (FDS... (1410 more chars)
Should the CIO be now called CFO-IT?
IT cost reduction or “budget-management” (to put it in softer terms) is the most important aspect of the CIO’s job. It is perhaps the most critical key performance indicator for CIOs that are either in low-growth or highly competitive industry verticals.... (4590 more chars)
For a while, it seemed as if the IT profession might skip the current downturn. But now a couple of reports suggest the economic backslide might be affecting IT employment.
Gartner just released
a report that said, while recruiting and retaining IT staffers continues to be a key organ... (1744 more chars)
A new report released this month by Forrester Research sheds some interesting light on the relationship between who a CIO reports to and how they view their role within an organization.
To prepare the report Forrester surveyed 503 senior IT executives on how IT is run in their organizations, ... (1488 more chars)
Lee Gomes of The Wall Street Journal asks an interesting question in his column: “Should a president -- of the United States, or even of a company, for that matter -- use a computer?”
First thought: Just a quick easy hit against John McCain, who’s been an easy target for his comput... (1030 more chars)
Dramatic pictures seen in recent days of a car-sized hole in the fuselage of a Qantas jet are no doubt causing nervous flyers to grip their arm rests extra tight as they head off on summer vacations.
Such incidents are indeed rare, and Qantas has an admirable safety record. So those with a fea... (2093 more chars)
From personal experience, one of the biggest frustrations of walking around the streets of any city these days are the PDA-crazed zombies zigzagging their way across the sidewalk madly banging away on their iPhones and Blackberries. They walk into buildings, stumble over sidewalk cracks, shoulder b... (1083 more chars)
The use of open source software is undergoing explosive growth and that is driving demand for IT professionals with open source skills in the enterprise, according to a new report.
The report published by O’Reilly Radar, titled Open Source in the Enterprise , finds that with IT budgets und... (1914 more chars)
Amazon posted some pretty solid results this week, as tech companies seem to be showing resilience in the face of an economic downturn.
The company said second quarter sales were up 41% to $4.06 billion, and profits doubled to $158 million, or 37 cents per share. Analysts had been looking to A... (2451 more chars)
Have you ever heard the expression, ‘You teach people how to treat you’? It means that as people are getting to know you they are learning how they can or cannot treat you. And you are getting to know the same things about them.
This is true on a personal and a professional level. In gener... (1693 more chars)
