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February 9, 2012

Why the 'Maximize Shareholder Value' Mantra Is Misguided

Several years ago I interviewed the CEO of Novell, who told me that in order to obtain the skills the company needed, in the past 12 months he had replaced a quarter of his work force rather than ret... More >

February 7, 2012

Infosys CFO Publicly Claims No Visa Violations, Despite Company’s Internal Admission

In an interview last week with an Indian media outlet, Infosys CFO V. Balakrishnan claimed that Infosys had “not violated any of the rules” relating to U.S. visa policies. Unless others at Infosys ha... More >

February 5, 2012

Infosys Flounders, Deposes Whistleblower Despite Dismissal Motion

In a glaring demonstration of how incoherently Infosys is handling the lawsuit brought against the company by Infosys employee and whistleblower Jay Palmer, the company’s attorneys deposed Palmer on ... More >

Six Mistakes Companies Are Making Today — And How You Can Avoid Them

This white paper highlights common mistakes companies make in a down economy and discusses how organizations can use business intelligence to avoid them.

Sybase Business Continuity Solutions

This white paper explores key business continuity concepts, especially as they relate to running a complex, worldwide organization, and outlines a collection of technologies that enterprises are using to preserve high levels of business continuity.

February 2, 2012

10 Hot-Button Job Interview Question Areas to Get Ready For

If you’re not unemployed or underemployed, you may well be one of the millions of people who’ve managed to keep your job through the recession, but vowed to bail the moment things started to improve,... More >

February 1, 2012

You’re Not the Only One Who Wants to Choke the Jargon Guy

We all have our jargon pet peeves. Mine is “solution,” the word vendors use incessantly when they really just mean “product.” This perfectly wholesome word has been usurped and so bastardized by sale... More >

Dumb and Dumber: No Voter ID Required, No National ID Allowed

I have a hunch that the people who argue against requiring voters to prove their identity are pretty much the same crowd that argues against the idea of having a national ID card. Neither argument ma... More >

January 29, 2012

Stranger Than Fiction: Infosys Seeks More U.S. Government Business

Despite its acknowledgement last week that some of its employees, along with the company itself, are targets of the federal government’s criminal investigation of alleged visa fraud, Infosys is still... More >

January 25, 2012

Infosys Warns of Adverse Consequences of Feds' Criminal Investigation

In a routine filing today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Infosys acknowledged that the company and some of its employees are targets of the U.S. government’s criminal investigation... More >

January 24, 2012

With Options Limited, Infosys Tries Dismissal Tack in Palmer Case

In what appears to be a desperate attempt to avoid having to release damning information as federal authorities close in with their criminal investigation, Infosys on Monday filed a motion to dismiss... More >

January 22, 2012

Do U.S. Tech Workers Have the 'Fire in the Belly' That Foreign Workers Do?

I don’t claim to know precisely how pervasive the phenomenon is, but I do know that there are way too many U.S. workers who feel a sense of entitlement when it comes to job security, and that include... More >

January 19, 2012

Eight Ways to Avoid Wasting Money on Your Tech Gadgets

Come on, admit it. No matter how tech-savvy you are, you’re probably like the rest of us and would love to have at least one do-over after buying a tech gadget. Maybe you realized after the fact that... More >

January 17, 2012

Want to Bring About Change at Work? Become a 'Constructive Irritant'

When you see something in your company that needs to be changed, you’re likely to address the issue in one of two ways: You’ll either complain about it and spell out what other people need to do to b... More >

January 16, 2012

Can the Darkened Soul of Infosys Be Saved?

If companies had souls, what might we conclude about the soul of Infosys, given the way it has managed the crisis that arose in the fall of 2010 when Infosys employee Jay Palmer blew the whistle on t... More >

January 11, 2012

Nine Tips to Help You Overcome Workplace Overload

January isn’t even half over yet, but you probably already feel like you’ve fallen behind in accomplishing what you need to accomplish this year. In many cases rampant layoffs have created enormous w... More >

January 10, 2012

Why Do IT Pros Tend to Have Such Lousy People Skills?

As much as we all might find stereotyping distasteful, it would probably be difficult to refute the contention that people who gravitate toward the IT profession tend to be somewhat introverted, and ... More >

Human Capital Management

Tips, tools, and expert commentary to help you get the most from your company's most valuable asset - its employees.

NAS & SAN Storage

Oracle offers a complete portfolio of best-of-breed storage products and business-ready storage solutions that optimize performance, maximize data protection and reduce the total cost of ownership for Oracle databases, applications, and heterogeneous data management.

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Service-oriented architecture is the catalyst that allows today's companies to respond to business demands faster and more effectively than ever.

Application Infrastructure

Learn more about this middleware layer that pools and dynamically provisions infrastruction application delivery resources to lower costs and improve efficiency.