Trouble can sneak up on the best presenters-just ask Steve Jobs about his Wi-Fi connection at Monday's iPhone 4 announcement.
But you can use strategies to mitigate PPT meltdowns and awkward silences, says presentation expert and The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs author Carmine Gallo. Here are his expert tips...
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Bad news CIOs: There's still no integration pixie dust. So keep up the hard and important work, says Forrester.
CIOs have been talking about enterprise application integration for as long as they've been talking about business-IT alignment or proving the value of the IT function. That is to say, for decades. And, according to a new Forrester Research report, it seems that CIOs have had about as much success solving the former as they have the latter two
tasks. In other words: Since there's still no Integration Pixie Dust on the market, there's much more work to be done. The new Forrester report,...
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Facebook doesn't have to be just for fun. Simply Hired's new job search tool integrates with Facebook to help you find employment through people you know.
"Facebook" and "job hunting" have rarely been synonymous. The social network, largely regarded as a place to connect with friends and family, has had difficulty bridging the gap to the professional world. Sure, there are a handful of business-focused Facebook apps, but mixing your career with your personal life on Facebook has long
been frowned upon. Until now. Simply Hired, a search engine and recruitment advertising network, recently launched...
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As discussed in this series' previous article, cloud computing delivers flexible services over the Internet. With the right approach, cloud computing can scale easily, reduce costs and deliver smart IT.
The Cloud concept is an existing form of computing that will co-exist in the short, medium and long term. It is important to have a clear understanding of the advantages and disadvantages that cloud services can provide. It is also imperative to have a good understanding of the plan and goals of your cloud deployment, while carefully preparing
the implementation the technology.
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.
Any company with a computer in the office needs to adopt a social media policy. It is just common sense, and, frankly, a smart edict to deploy and follow. 12 tips for safe social networking
The main purpose of implementing a social networking policy is to identify proper usage and behavior for social networking applications. Remember, the overall goal is to protect the rights and privacy of all employees and the integrity and reputation of the company. The CIO should be responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of
enterprise-wide information technology policies, standards, and procedures within each department. They should be posted in a place where they are easily visible, like an intranet site, and reiterated on at least an annual basis through awareness training. Before any company delves into social media, it is important to be familiar with...
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From brainstorming apps to full-blown project managers, these inexpensive tools can help your team work together.
Collaboration is a key component to success in today's business world. Workforces are increasingly dispersed, with remote workers, offshore contractors and global partnerships making the job of coordinating your team's work harder than ever. Fortunately, a wide range of services has emerged that take advantage of the Internet to tie vastly
distributed teams together in ways that were unheard of a decade ago. And, of course, people in the same office can benefit from online collaboration too. Even better, you don't need a huge IT budget to...
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Maintaining a positive relationship with your manager is key to a productive, satisfying job.
And the actions you take -- completing your work on time, putting in extra effort when necessary, volunteering to assist with critical initiatives -- can help strengthen this bond. However, in some cases, simple words can break it. Here are eight phrases that make managers cringe, with explanations about why you should avoid using them in the
workplace:...
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Hey, tech execs, you can't do it all, so why are you trying? Here's how to offload tasks with confidence, leaving you and your staff happier and more fulfilled.
CIO Asif Ahmad believes good managers aren't the ones who can do it all. Rather, the most effective managers are the ones know how to pick which tasks to do themselves and which to hand off to staffers. "Otherwise, the work will never get done," says Ahmad, vice president and CIO at Duke University Health System. Delegating is easier said
than done, however, particularly for new IT managers who may be used to being judged on their technical expertise and individual contributions. Everything changes once you get bumped up to management ranks. There, you're judged by...
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These six sects of fanatical loyalists prove there is no end to passion in tech.
Call it what you will -- fandom, devotion, obsession -- certain technologies have a way of inspiring an extremely loyal following. So committed are these devotees, you might as well call them technology cults. Sometimes these cults are inspired by elegant lines of code. Other times it's dedication to an ideal. Some are looking to
transform the way software is made. Others hope to transform humanity itself. And some just want to argue about it all -- endlessly and at great length. Last year we looked at aficionados of the Apple Newton, the Commodore, Palm, Ubuntu, Lisp, Ruby on Rails, and IBM power systems. This year's batch are...
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Microsoft has, for the first time, been beaten in market cap by Apple.
At the close of the market today, Apple sat at $222.12 billion, a gain of 1.8%, while Microsoft went down 1% to $219.18 billion. That makes Apple, according to market cap, the most valuable tech company in the world. Yet compared to Microsoft, Apple has both less cash on hand ($23 billion vs. $35.7 billion) and less revenue ($42.9 billion
vs. $58.4 billion). So the fact that the market has valued Apple higher is big news indeed. That Apple has, improbably and at long last, passed Microsoft in market value has everyone...
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