...some sort of IT steering committee composed of the company’s top executives. They horse-trade political favors (the official description sounds more sophisticated, of course) to decide who gets what. The...…
...turns out that about 25 percent of today’s IT workers have computer science degrees. Now let’s see … 25,000 computer science graduates divided by 95,000 new jobs comes to …...…
...the survey question suggests one of two possibilities. Either the company’s executives consider the company’s employees to be their antagonists, or … come to think of it, no alternative come...…
...time to move IT into the business departments, which will all happily replace the company’s expensive and complicated enterprise applications with cloud-based SaaS alternatives. So they do, cheerfully buying their...…
...programs put into action are the safe ones. The Gs dominate most American companies today. Getting along is their core competency. How do companies get to be G-rated? Lots of...…
An anonymous reader, commenting on last week’s anecdote about Employee Satisfaction Surveys, described how his company achieved high marks year after year. Employees receive a company-wide performance bonus of between...…
...true and is also always ducking the issue, because every employee in the company needs to know whether the company competes on features or price. Which brings us to IT....…
...failing company’s CEO treated his position as an opportunity for personal enrichment and self-aggrandizement. The board was composed of his cronies, who were delighted to participate in the sham in...…
In the early days of modern computer networking, SNMP (simple network management protocol) and CMIP (the Common Management Information Protocol) vied for dominance. SNMP’s main advantage was its simplicity. CMIP...…
...The employees might have needed firing. If the manager who hired them and allowed them to become so complacent didn’t leave with them, equally complacent employees undoubtedly took their place....…
