Online labor by independent "cloud" workers probably represents nearly US$1 billion per year in earnings in the U.S., said Elance President and CEO Fabio Rosati, who expects the federal government to consider gathering
Published on: January 3rd, 2011 Stephen Lawson @itbusinessca
Collaboration is all the rage among corporate executives these days, which means IT is kept busy providing systems, tools and procedures that turn the vague concept into a real business benefit.But what happens
Published on: September 23rd, 2010 Tam Harbert @itbusinessca
Have you heard this story?One day, Bill Gates was standing on a street corner, watching the clouds roll by. Absentmindedly, he dropped a US$1,000 bill out of his pocket. A bystander noticed and
Published on: September 30th, 2008 John Brandon @itbusinessca
Everyone has their limits, as this week's quiz amply demonstrates. The past week saw Comcast place caps on how much bandwidth its subscribers could use. Microsoft tried to halt the slide in Xbox
Published on: September 9th, 2008 Dan Tynan @itbusinessca
An employee of 1-800-Flowers.com has been fired after an e-mailed death threat was linked to her account.The crudely worded e-mail was sent Sunday to Paul "PZ" Myers, an associate professor of biology at
Published on: July 17th, 2008 Robert McMillan @itbusinessca
Incorporating Web 2.0 social networking concepts into enterprises offers great benefits.But it also challenges, implementers of these technologies, as spokespersons from Best Buy, Serena Software, and Oracle related Tuesday during an industry event
Within the last year or so, there's been no shortage of announcements from SAP as to its new areas for revenue growth, such as the SMB space, and evolving product and application strategies,
Published on: June 3rd, 2008 Thomas Wailgum @itbusinessca
Clients pay us to introduce them to the people who are the best at whatever it is that our clients need to have done. Not surprisingly, people who are the "best" tend to
Published on: May 14th, 2008 Michael Thompson @itbusinessca
Timothy Golden , a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor, talks about the unhappy side of telecommuting.Telecommuting is painted as a boon for workers. Is it? Research suggests teleworkersexperience a number of positive outcomes. But
Published on: May 12th, 2008 Computerworld Staff @itbusinessca
Success is not easy or simple. Even in the best of times, workplaces are fraught with changing conditions, political jockeying and limited room for advancement. And these are not the best times.Yet some
Like every generation, Gen Y is subject to its share of myths and stereotypes as it enters the IT workforce. Sometimes painted as privileged, technology-obsessed individuals who avoid face-to-face interaction, Millennial workers actually
Published on: April 29th, 2008 Katherine Spencer Lee @itbusinessca
BANG!Without warning, the rifle discharged, tearing a hole through the floorboard of the car of an Army colonel. The rifle belonged to a young lieutenant who had been invited to go hunting with
Good help is hard to find, and in the world of IT security, there's little question that finding the right people to defend your operations and corporate reputation is a cornerstone to achieving
Staff retention has been the concern of HR in the past, but a new multi-disciplinary approach is being driven by the vital contribution the CIO can make towards employee satisfaction.Enabling flexible and remote
Published on: March 18th, 2008 Tracey Caldwell @itbusinessca
