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Extending Reach and Ensuring Effectiveness of Leadership Development: The Role of Technology-Based Learning
Leadership is an important element of organizational success. So, it is not surprising that many companies look for ways to extend the benefits of leadership development ...
Sponsored by: SkillSoft
Date: August 2007 |
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10 ways to trim your IT budget
Nobody likes being told to spend less, but the tough reality is that in many organizations, all departments are seeing their budgets cut -- and that includes IT. The ques...
Company: Deb Shinder
Date: February 2008 |
Deb Shinder |
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10 IT challenges for the 21st century
At a recent meeting of the Association of Information Technology Professionals, TechRepublic's Joe Rosberg heard one speaker enumerate the biggest challenges IT leaders w...
Company: Joe Rosberg
Date: January 2008 |
Joe Rosberg |
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10 good ways to use your remaining IT budget before the end of the year
Do you have a small pocket of IT budget money that you may lose as the calendar year ends? Take a look at these 10 tips for ideas on how to use your remaining funds in wa...
Company: Rick Vanover
Date: December 2007 |
Rick Vanover |
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IT Manager's Hiring Tool Kit
This download gives you the tools and templates you need to win management sign-off on new positions, recruit the right individuals, interview effectively, and hire the b...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: October 2007 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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IT Professional's Guide to Business and Finance
IT Professional's Guide to Business and Finance delivers insightful information and powerful tools for eliminating expensive missteps. From proven advice from in-the-tren...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: September 2007 |
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10+ questions to help determine how well you're performing as an IT manager
External feedback and performance reviews can only go so far in helping you discover your shortcomings, set improvement goals, and build on your strengths. Sometimes, you...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: August 2007 |
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Best of Artner's Law: Strategies for managing your IT staff
Among TechRepublic's longest-running and most popular columns was one written by the late Bob Artner. His Artner's Law installments ran the gamut from his own peev...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: August 2007 |
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Optimize your PC hardware lifecycle with closed-loop lifecycle planning
It typically costs four times as much to support a PC as it does to purchase it--often, even more. The solution: Closed-loop lifecycle planning, touted since the 90...
Company: Addison Wesley Professional
Date: July 2007 |
Addison Wesley Professional |
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Apply the D.I.C.E framework to determine your best back up solution
Determining the best back up solution for your small business is no small project. There are literally dozens of questions to consider, including the difficulty of ins...
Company: Josh Hoskins
Date: July 2007 |
Josh Hoskins |
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Price comparison: Zimbra vs. Exchange
Get a detailed look at how the cost of implementing Zimbra compares to the cost of using Exchange. This worksheet looks at base OS cost, base application cost, total user...
Company: Justin James
Date: June 2007 |
Justin James |
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Avoid common management pitfalls that can lead a good company to go bad
Why do good companies go bad? Archival research on companies that have failed in the past several decades and interviews with people from these failed companies lea...
Company: Wharton School Publishing
Date: June 2007 |
Wharton School Publishing |
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Set up S3 sleep state in Vista for significant power savings
Unlike older power management modes, S3 sleep state knocks your computer out almost cold, maintaining just enough alertness for you to wake it up. Your computer will typi...
Company: Justin James
Date: May 2007 |
Justin James |
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IT Professional's Guide to Policies and Procedures, Third Edition
TechRepublic's popular CD-ROM IT Professional's Guide to Policies and Procedures, Third Ed is now available as part of your TechRepublic Pro membership!
Put...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: May 2007 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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TechRepublic's Monthly Maintenance Plan Service Agreement
When setting up deals with vendors and/or customers, it's nice to have a basic understanding of what's expected. Rather than relying on a verbal agreement, you should hav...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: April 2007 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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Successfully execute IT projects by using integrated project plans and standards for measurements
Chapter four of CMMI for Outsourcing: Guidelines for Software, Systems, and IT Acquisition outlines how to execute projects using integrated project plans an...
Company: Addison Wesley Professional
Date: April 2007 |
Addison Wesley Professional |
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The right tool: Keep track of computers using iInventory
iInventory is a simple program that can help organizations of all sizes track servers and computers, including maintaining an inventory that knows about changes made t...
Company: Scott Lowe
Date: April 2007 |
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Discover the secrets to successfully outsourcing IT services
As of 2004, the worldwide outsourcing market was expected to grow from $161.9 billion in 2002 to just over $235.6 billion in 2007. On track with this general trend,...
Company: IBM Press
Date: March 2007 |
IBM Press |
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TechRepublic's Depreciation Calculator
Whether you're a small, one-person shop or a large international enterprise, there will likely come a point in time where you will have to deal with the concept of dep...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: February 2007 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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TechRepublic's Services Engagement Letter
When contracting for computer services, it's nice to have a basic understanding that goes beyond a simple verbal conversation. You can use this Engagement Letter as the b...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: February 2007 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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5 strategies for building a workable upgrade plan
New hardware and software products are continually emerging, with fantastic must-have features that make it easier for you and your employees to do your jobs. But the dec...
Company: Deb Shinder
Date: November 2006 |
Deb Shinder |
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Check your "tooth to tail" ratio to make sure IT resources are invested in core operations
Many organizations today are dealing with the uncontrolled growth of IT activities that offer no competitive advantage. Although some of these activities may be critical ...
Company: Mark Vorholt
Date: October 2006 |
Mark Vorholt |
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20 things managers can do to prevent layoffs
According to cost reduction expert Steven Martin, "Mass layoffs are management's way of telling you they were asleep." In this excerpt from his article ...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: August 2006 |
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10 ways to effectively estimate and control project costs
Building a better bottom line is just as important for an IT department as it is for the whole organization at the enterprise level. It involves an understanding of the m...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: May 2006 |
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10 ways to effectively estimate and control project costs
Building a better bottom line is just as important for an IT department as it is for the whole organization at the enterprise level. It involves an understanding of the m...
Company: Jeff Relkin
Date: May 2006 |
Jeff Relkin |
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How outsourcing is transforming the information technology business
This sample chapter from Outsource: Competing in the Global Productivity Race argues that outsourcing within IT companies will continue over the next decade and di...
Company: Prentice Hall PTR
Date: May 2006 |
Prentice Hall PTR |
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Calculating TCO and ROI on open source platforms
Determining the total cost of ownership/operation and return on investment for open source systems can be an elusive proposition. See what factors--both concrete and abst...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: April 2006 |
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Use these risk-assessment methodologies to protect your IT infrastructure
No matter what methodology or approach is used, it is important that the organization address how asset management and proper inventorying of the organizations IT assets ...
Company: Sams Publishing
Date: January 2006 |
Sams Publishing |
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TechRepublic Real World Guide: The Role of Risk Management in Disaster Planning
What's the best way to create a disaster recovery plan? How much is too much and what do you need to make sure have included? This 11 page Real World Guide gives you tips...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: October 2005 |
TechRepublic Pro |
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10 things you should know about saving money on computer hardware
Stretching your IT budget is always a challenge. This download outlines 10 proven tips from IT pros who know how to save money on computer hardware.
After pe...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: September 2005 |
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Take the anti-outsourcing pill -- Hybrid your IT career
If want to figure out what outsourcing means to you as an IT professional, then you need to read this edition of The Hot Button.
If you're still trying to fi...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: September 2005 |
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Build a solid business case for your VoIP project
This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Taking Charge of your VoIP Project, explains how to build a business case for VoIP. It points out some of the benefits...
Company: Cisco Press
Date: August 2005 |
Cisco Press |
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CIOs: Build credibility by budgeting effectively
This comprehensive download explains how to define your budget and use it in balance with the other successful aspects of IT management, including internal and external r...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: July 2005 |
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Six reasons IT managers miss their budgets--and 11 tips to come in on target
Learn why you may be having trouble hitting your budget and see what items are essential to developing a realistic and achievable plan.
If you're scrambling ...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: July 2005 |
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Strategies for managing and controlling outsourced relationships
Learn what's entailed in various outsourcing scenarios, the benefits and risks of each option, and factors that make certain types of arrangements most likely to succeed....
Company: TechRepublic
Date: July 2005 |
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Quality assurance checklist for outsourced projects
You need some level of involvement in an outsourced project to validate that the outsourcer will deliver within your expectations. This checklist will help you monitor th...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: July 2005 |
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Outsourcing: Sorting out the hype, reality, risks and benefits
Here is an audiocast of the Churchill Club's panel on outsourcing, featuring four industry experts.
On June 28th, the ...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: July 2005 |
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Learn critical success factors for optimal help desk organization
This sample chapter, taken from McGraw-Hill's Introduction to Help Desk Concepts and Skills, examines the different ways help desks are organized and structured.
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Company: McGraw-Hill Professional
Date: June 2005 |
McGraw-Hill Professional |
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Organizing the help desk
Whether you're building a help desk from the ground up or reorganizing an existing shop, the structure you create should be based on your customers' needs, your bu...
Company: HDI
Date: June 2005 |
HDI |
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Risk Identification - Free Chapter Download
Download this FREE chapter from TechRepublic's Disaster Planning and Recovery Pack! This free dow...
Company: TechRepublic
Date: May 2005 |
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Quick Guide: Effective Outsourcing
Successful outsourcing requires that IT managers define project requirements appropriately and properly measure services received. This guide examines critical elements t...
Company: TechRepublic Pro
Date: May 2005 |
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