Google Has Options When Filing
Anticipation of Google filing their IPO has hit a fever pitch. Originating from the news that Google must reveal their financial information in accordance with SEC rules, the finance world is expecting Google to file an IPO at anytime.
More Companies Launch Contextual Ad Networks
Tacoda Systems and aQuantive, Inc. have decided to throw their respective hats into the lucrative contextual ad industry. The difference that these companies offer is that they are behaviorally targeting their ads. In other words, the companies are directly targeting users, not just web pages.
Measuring the value of HR solutions
The best way to build broad endorsement — and gain financial approval — for new investments in HR solutions is to build a comprehensive business case that pinpoints all costs, potential benefits, and even project risks. This goes deeper than the simple calculation of ROI = net benefits/total costs, and ultimately, acts as a management tool to ensure that the project stays on course.
Google Now Reading Flash Files
While Google’s inclusion of Flash files in their index is not new, their ability to read the binary in the files themselves appears to be.
Google Returns Fire At Digital Envoy
Digital Envoy, a geo-targeting service, on or around March 30th, filed a suit against longtime client Google. The suit claimed that Google has misused Digital Envoy’s technology to deliver sponsored search results.
How to Walk the Floor and Talk to Customers
This may seem a strange topic to introduce. Yet, it is the most under-used skill by many retail managers, but one of the most important roles in their supervision.
Alert! Alert! Alert! Backup and Restore Baby!
At many organizations I doubt red lights flash with the sound of blaring sirens when backups fail in production environments, but I believe at every organization backups are one of the most critical IT functions. Of all backups, database backups, by most accounts, are considered the most critical. I know this is certainly true for me as a SQL Server DBA. I am sure at one point in all of our careers we were too busy to check all of our backups across all SQL Servers, with a million responsibilities on a daily basis. I know some of us were lucky and made it unscathed, while others were not so lucky with backup failures that caused extensive data loss and long downtimes. Now when IT Departments are forced to “do more with less,” it is time to put the necessary SQL Server Alerts in place for backup and restore operations in order to more easily monitor and streamline this critical process.
CRM ROI: Fact or fiction?
Getting analysts to agree on the potential returns of CRM is nearly impossible. Several reports published in 2003 claimed that the return on investment (ROI) from recent CRM implementations had been dismal, with eight out of 10 projects failing to deliver on ROI promises, and project failure rates typically running between 50% and 70%. Other reports were more optimistic, estimating that about 70% of companies said their CRM initiatives had exceeded original ROI expectations.
Being a Disciplined Home Business Boss
Leaving the corporate world for a home business is exciting. Being one’s own boss and making one’s own decisions is a great feeling. However, one still needs to have discipline to be effective at being a home business boss. In my home business I have found at least two things that one must be persistently disciplined about in order to achieve success.
Do You Really Need PR?
The right kind of PR, that is, the kind that puts you in charge of the care and feeding of a lot of people who play a major role in just how successful a manager you’re going to be?