Business Management
Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET
For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »
10 ways to be more persuasive and win your case
This article shows 10 tips on how you can persuade people. Read more »
The 10 biggest headaches of 2007 for CIOs and IT managers
IT is largely about solving problems and keeping the business running, and the higher up you are in the IT department the bigger the problems you have to solve. Read more »
You say you want a revolution?
Failure to innovate on your part will lead me to innovate with you (by force), without you, in spite of you, in lieu of you Read more »
Establish a patch management policy
Patch management is an issue that will always plague your organisation's network -- there will always be patches, updates, and security fixes to apply. Read more »
Handling conflicts of interest
Because conflict of interest decisions sometimes have to be made in the spur of the moment, I advise conservatism when making them. It may lead to a missed opportunity, but I would rather miss out on a “good deal” than deal with the repercussions of a bad choice. Read more »
Top 10 reasons to avoid IT salespeople
Like the rest of us, salespeople and consultants are only doing their job -- but why do they have to be quite so annoying? Read more »
What makes a high-performing team?
Have you ever been on a project team where team members all got along, they all had the right skills, and everyone worked hard and pulled together to get the project done? Read more »
CVSDude: Queensland one day, global the next
Beginning with hardware bought on eBay, Brisbane-based CVSDude now manages source code for Apple, Intel and the BBC. Read more »
Should managers pitch in or just manage the action?
What's the best role for managers in the workforce: Guiding hand or foreman? Toni Bower's shares her experiences from the industry. Read more »
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How to manage a team of geniuses
Hiring a team of developers and techies that are smarter than you is inevitable. As a manager how do you cope with this and keep things on track? Read more »
XO to run XP
When Bill Gates says that everything in the world should be a computer, what he means is that everything in the world should be running Windows. Read more »
Drop in on Builder AU at Open CeBiT 2008
Got a question on open source you need answered? Need a way to help convince your boss that open source is the way to go? Or just curious to learn what all the fuss is about?
Then drop in to the Builder AU Open Source Afternoon on Wednesday May 21. Read more »
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Club Builder: Vapour-where?
Applets are back from the dead, but do we want them? This week's Club Builder also looks at which pieces of software are utter vapour.
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