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Barking Up the Wrong Tree
I’m a dog person, and throughout my entire life, it’s been mutts—from the dogs my family had when I was a kid to the two dogs that are now part of my family. Which has been just fine by me. Now, I understand the arguments that proponents of purebred dogs typically put forth: that there…
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Counting the Ways
Is any manager-ial platitude more often repeated, and less often observed, than “What’s measured is what matters”? Before you count another line of code written, another percentage point of server uptime or another dollar of infrastructure capital spending, I ask you to spend some time counting the various ways that you measure the efforts you…
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Execs: Telecommuting Holds Back Careers
Telecommuters are less likely to advance in their careers than workers who toil in traditional office settings, according to survey results released Jan. 16 by Korn/Ferry International, a Los Angeles-based recruitment firm. More than half (61 percent) of the 1,320 global executives surveyed said they saw career stagnancy among telecommuting workers. A study shows professional…
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Source Code Specialist Fortify to Buy Secure Software
Applications development security specialist Fortify Software announced that it has agreed to buy a majority of privately held rival Secure Software for an undisclosed amount of money. Fortify, which is also a private company, reported Jan. 17 that it has signed a definitive contract to purchase Secure, which has its headquarters in McLean, Va., but…
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Skype Calls Out New Global Pricing Plan
Skype announced Jan. 18 that it has a new global pricing plan that will offer users a chance to save money when they call land lines and mobile phones over the Internet. The new pricing arrangement from Skype, the London-based global Internet communications company, will be carried out worldwide and will include Skype Pro, a…
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Monster Invites Job Seekers to See How They Measure Up
Imagine applying for a systems administrator position at Yahoo with the knowledge that you have more years of education and experience than 80 percent of the other applicants. Monster, a careers site based in Maynard, Mass., announced Jan. 17 it would be adding a feature that shares this information, along with a series of other…
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