SEO Advice from Dan Thies

The first questioner is mostly concerned about submissions – it's really too detailed to give a short response that addresses all the questions. The "short" answers for Curtis are: First question

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Why Object Orientation for COBOL?

"Why is Microsoft interested in having so many languages target the new environment? Why bother with a language as old as COBOL?" The answer lies in recognizing that most businesses do not have the luxury of rewriting their large code base every time they want to extend the use of their existing applications.

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Maximizing Your IT Talent

PROBLEM: With our now streamlined workforce, we are over-allocating reduced staff with tasks they are either not trained for or not interested in, resulting in both reduced efficiency of business and loss of focus on our primary goal – Customer Satisfaction and Retention. Hypothesis #1 There is a calculable (lost) opportunity cost that each employee has which results in a dollar value per hour for…

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Office Gossip: An HR Challenge

"Lies, rumors, and office gossip have always been an entrenched part of the workscape," says Samuel Greengard, in his article, "Gossip Poisons Business: HR Can Stop It," and if you've worked in an office, you know that's true. For some, it's just static, but it can get out of control, be harmful to the target, and cause risk for management.

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