18 Reasons You Should Start Looking for Another Job
The alarm clock goes off bright-and-early on Monday morning. What’s your reaction? Are you ready to tackle the day head-on? Or, do you hit the snooze button and dread getting…
Innovation Lessons from the Troublesome Start of AIRBNB
What began as a simple idea to earn some extra income and help out travelers from out-of-town eventually took off globally. AirBnB started in 2007 and is valued…
Not All Tech Destroys Jobs
I noticed a curious thing about the McDonald’s last week at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. And no, it wasn’t that the locals were dipping the fries in mayonnaise. Rather, it was…
In the Country of the MBAs
The number of business school students today is, oddly, difficult to quantify. A Google search for the phrase “number of business school students worldwide” turns up no hits. Three years…
Video PaaS Market Will Reach $1.7 Billion By 2020
Video communications platform-as-a-service (PaaS) technology can help businesses and IT build real-time video applications with ease and reduced cost. The video platform as a service (PaaS) market is forecast…
Beyond The Big 2: 10 Benefits Of Alternate IaaS Providers
If you’re looking at infrastructure-as-a-service options, you’re already aware Gartner has declared Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure as the Big 2 in the market. And, in many cases, they’re…
IT Hiring: How Interns Can Give Companies An Edge
A college internship program could give a company an advantage in the intense competition for hiring tech talent. With fall semester fast approaching on college campuses, the typical recruitment…
Top 8 Ways to Reach Regulatory Compliance
By Matt Lowe Many companies doing business in regulatory environments yield correspondence like another separator to success. However, companies that live in regulatory environments have come to know that correspondence…
Why Breaking Down Information Silos Is a Must
In a perfect enterprise, all data and content would be entirely integrated throughout all business apps, and workflow and business process management (BPM) systems would drive most tasks. But today’s…
Stanford Study Will Inspire Any IT Pro Intrigued By Machine Learning
A study by Stanford researchers finds computers can predict lung cancer patient outcomes better than pathologists. While the study is specific to the medical profession, it illustrates the promise and…
IT Investment Uptick Triggered By Productivity Goals
A recent Deloitte survey indicates businesses are investing more in IT platforms and services that can drive productivity. Specifically, these firms are using IT to increase productivity while they focus…
8 Steps To Building A Successful Cyber-Security Career
Information security professionals are in high demand, but entering the field can be tricky. Follow these tips to build a successful cyber-security career. (Image: Merznatalia/iStockphoto) The information security…
7 Inspirational Quotes From Top Olympic Coaches
7 Inspirational Quotes From Top Olympic Coaches Get focused fast with the advice given to the best athletes in the world. Often preferring to be behind the scenes,…
Your Personality Predicts Your Taste in Music, Science Says
According to the popular imagination, there’s definitely a correlation between the kind of music a person likes and their personality. Emo kids aren’t the most cheerful. Punk fans are, how…
Drowning In the Details As CEO? Hire a Project Manager.
Let’s face it, CEOs notoriously pile too much onto their plates. But spending so much time bogged down in details robs leaders of the opportunity to optimize and test, to…
6 Ways To Get Yourself A Raise (And 1 Is Guaranteed To Work)
You want a raise. You feel you’re worth more. Your responsibilities have increased. You are getting the work done–and done well. You feel like it’s time to have “the talk.”…
Want the Secret to Happiness? Never Stop Doing This
Happiness is something that we all want, yet so few feel as though they really understand how to achieve it consistently. We are constantly bombarded with messages that tell us…
Learning to forget the past
When it comes to innovation, it’s tempting to think in terms of inventing new ways of doing things. Whilst that is partly true, it doesn’t represent the whole picture. …
Agile organizations still need project status reports
As more and more organizations adopt agile practices, such complaints about the lack of project status reports are becoming common. But agile practices — generally understood to mean software development…
Cloud mobile back-end benefits for businesses
Adopting mobile cloud architecture is imperative for CIOs, in order to give their businesses a competitive advantage. The sheer quantity of mobile devices being used on a daily basis warrants…