Thursday | 8 January, 2009

Stories by: Mary K. Pratt

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    The business CIO 17/12/2008 09:27:00

    Now more than ever, experience outside IT counts.
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    How to raise your profile without raising a ruckus 17/12/2008 08:19:00

    The road to thought leadership is fraught with peril. Here are some things to consider before you get behind the lectern.
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    Seven classic PC symptoms 27/11/2008 08:46:00

    As a small-business person, you might bemoan the fact you don't have 24/7 IT support like your larger-scale competitors. Don't panic. You can solve many of the most common computer problems yourself. Here are some snafus you can tackle on your own, thanks to the advice of the support staff at several major hardware and software vendors:
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    Fatal Error: Your PC's down. Now what? 27/11/2008 09:16:00

    When Marcia C. Brier gets a dreaded error message on her PC at MCB Communications, she knows she's on her own. Her IT department is nonexistent, as is the case at most small businesses.
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    A 100-day plan for your new job 28/10/2008 07:59:00

    Rebecca Paddock needed a way to prepare for her move from a test engineer job to a systems engineer position. So, inspired by the 100-day plans US presidents historically use when they first take office, she developed a list of tasks to tackle.
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    A green IT checklist: From first steps to stretch goals 09/09/2008 09:01:00

    Chief Technology Officer Arvind Thapar wants to bring new green technology to his company, but his proposed initiative -- installing wind turbines to generate power -- is decidedly outside the usual realm of IT.
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    Five ways to drive your best workers out the door 25/08/2008 10:59:00

    Managers'reality check: Your top workers can almost always get another job, even in a shaky economy.
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    Software that saves lives 13/08/2008 09:31:49

    The statistics were telling: 15 per cent to 20 per cent of neurosurgery patients developed infections in the drains that neurosurgeons implanted to draw away fluids, a complication that not only threatened lives, but also led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in treatment costs annually.
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    Is that keyboard toxic? 05/08/2008 07:34:31

    Warning: Your keyboard could be a danger to you and the environment.
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    Technology that's green from the roots up 05/08/2008 09:26:40

    HP saw potential in used water bottles. Hewlett-Packard found a way to turn those old bottles, along with other types of recyclable consumer plastics, into ink-jet printer cartridges.
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    Six ways to ensure your IT budget doesn't bomb 23/07/2008 10:41:01

    Given the murky economic outlook, budgetary efficiency is an increasingly important part of every IT leader's job. In fact, according to "The State of Enterprise IT Budgets: 2008," a March report from Gartner, 75 per cent of enterprises say improving the efficiency of IT is a critical or high priority.
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