China sets up new office to tighten Net control
Country's State Council Information Office establishes new agency to coordinate government's various offices involved in Internet regulation, say reports.
Country's State Council Information Office establishes new agency to coordinate government's various offices involved in Internet regulation, say reports.
A majority of surveyed managers and recruiters expect organizations to get more aggressive this year trying to lure employees away from one another.
The primary driver here that we're hearing from members and customers is that they need to get more out of the investments that they're making -- their payroll for their IT staff. They need to get more productivity. And that has a number of consequences.
IT trends are pushing those tasked with supporting their businesses, as never before, to meet and collaborate with their peers and colleagues, and really re-evaluate how IT and business come together.
The Conference Board's Help Wanted OnLine is 260,000 job postings slimmer than it was last year.
Are modern day software evangelists grass roots rebels or just re-invented marketers? The truth is somewhere in between.
Columnist Tim Landgrave explains a new training strategy that can save money and boost the value of training for the entire company.
IBM's problem child is no longer welcome at home. Others still value it, and should be given the chance to show why
Yesterday afternoon, both the "Reachout and blog" panel and the Lotus blogging community birds-of-a-featherwere held. Interestingly, a few people live blogged the panel, butnobody covered the BoF. I was told it was because there was no wifiin the room...perhaps some of you have heard of replication........The BoF solidified one thing -- why I love my job. This is my 8thLotusphere on staff, and I've never felt more relaxed and comfortable --with where IBM Lotus is at in the market, with the Notes/Domino products,with the community we've created. Now, there were several valid points during the BoF that the communityseems a bit insular. I'd say yes and no. Gone are the dayswhere we'd conga-line-blog -- ten people writing on exactly the same topic(conferences excepted, of course). On the other hand, I do see thesame names as constants commenting here and elsewhere. This bloggot almost 13,000 pageviews on Monday, but only 100 comments. I'dlike to find out more about what I can do to encourage more voices. LauretteRynne made a couple of verygood points about time delay (she's down under in Oz) and comment volume-- that by the time that she sees a blog topic to comment on, everythingthat needs to be said has been said. Still, I don't want an echochamber -- I'd like to be challenged more, professionally, and be exposedto a broader array of topics. It was great to see how comfortable the Lotus bloggers are with each other. I consider many of you my friends, even though we mainly see eachother infrequently at conferences. The online presence, combinedwith instant messaging and e-mail, mean that I interact with many of youmore often than other groups of friends who live within a few miles ofhome. There were several wisecracks and in-jokes -- I hope that wasn'ttoo important of a phone call, Greyhawk-- and in my own call back home last night, trying to explain about notwanting to lick the mic (Grey: "My name's mike") had me laughingfor several minutes. This morning features a customer meeting, "The Boss Loves Microsoft"with co-presenter Sara L Nagelvoort (the L is important) at 10 AM (in DolphinN Hemi D&E), and "How to 'sell' Notes/Domino inside your organization"with co-presenter Libby Ingrassia at 1:30 in Dolphin S. Hemi III. Thenthe family arrives in time for SeaWorld. It's going to be a knock-outday.
Rest in Peace Marc OrchantIt was only a few weeks ago that Marc Orchant and I were exchanging mail about his new gig with the David Allen Company, and planning to meet this past week at one of Buzz Bruggeman's amazing dinners. It's an incredible tragedy, one no one could have expected of such a warm and engaged person, that today would be Marc's last.