The Journey From Social Networking to Visual Networking

On September 15, 2009

The Journey From Social Networking to Visual Networking

The growing popularity of online video has become the tipping point for advanced CE in the home. Consumer interest and demand for this content -- from user-generated videos of stealthy cats to streams of classic 1980s shows like "Airwolf" -- have prompted service providers and CE manufacturers to expand outward on the possibilities once video is tied and intertwined with other signals coming into the home.
On September 15, 2009

Best Practices for Managing Small Projects

Small projects, though often overlooked, can make up the bulk of the portfolio and are crucial to a company's success. They might not involve large sums of money, but the fact is that if managed improperly, these small projects can add up to some major costs in the long run. The good news is that project managers need only apply standard best practices to these smaller projects.
On September 15, 2009

UK Unemployment Held in Check by Shared Pain Economy

Employment figures are due out later this week, but the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has pre-empted the official line with an assessment of the impact of the recession on the UK labour market. The report notes unemployment has not kept pace with the overall fall in production. This means the relationship between the economic downturns of the 1980s and 1990s and the unemployment figures of the day have not been echoed this time around. CIPD chief economist John Philpott put this mismatch down to the willingness by the country's employed population to accept reductions in incomes for everyone over job cuts for some.  He termed it the Shared Pain Recession. The demographic that is most at risk...
On September 15, 2009

Top Ten Ways to Spot a Dead-End Job

When you're interviewing for a position, it's not always easy to tell a job that is going somewhere from a job that's going exactly nowhere. So how can you tell whether the new gig you're up for is going to be any better than the stagnant one you left behind?
On September 15, 2009

When Customers and Competitors Don’t Matter

For most managers, the real competition is not in the market place. The real competition is sitting at the next desk. Your job, bonus, promotion and budget is not threatened the moment MegaCorp's rivals start a Bouncy Penguin promotion. But that nice colleague of yours sitting next to you: that's the back-stabber who will happily take your promotion, take an outsize share of the puny bonus pool and will push their projects at the expense of yours. And what of the customers? For most managers, there is only one customer who really counts: the boss. Besides that, there are other lesser customers across the organisation who need to be kept quiet or brought into an unholy alliance of common interests. Customers...
On September 15, 2009

Five Tips on Compelling Business Proposals

In two separate meetings last week, senior executives told me of their frustration at not being able to gain traction with new business proposals aimed at their target customers. "I don't know why they don't get it," one of the executives said to me, "our ideas will really help them drive new growth." This is not an unusual issue, but neither is it insurmountable. Whether you are making a pitch to an external client, or are seeking approval for an internal proposal, there are five fundamental factors that will increase your chances of success: Focus on the real decision maker. One of the biggest mistakes is to focus your efforts on the wrong person. Does the person you are talking...
On September 15, 2009

Google Fast Flip Becomes the News Stand, Pressure on Publishers

If news publishers and broadcasters already had a love/hate relationship with Google, they must be tearing their hair out in frustration at the company's new Fast Flip offering. It's one of those seemingly tiny changes that represents a leap in how people perceive they can do things. The "thing" in this case is presenting news and information.
On September 15, 2009

Meet Toyota’s New Hybrid, the Auris

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND—In 1967, Toyota produced its first hybrid. Yes, the company has a long history in hybrids before the Prius. The car was a variant of the Sports 800 GT, and its gas turbine engine connected to a generator (like the Chevy Volt), and supplied an electric motor and two-speed gearbox. In 1975, Toyota built a second variant based on its large, limousine-like Century, with a GT45 gas turbine and an electric motor. This history is interesting in light of Toyota’s stated intention to hybridize its entire product line. Speaking in Reykjavik, Iceland at the Driving Sustainability ’09 conference, Stephen Stacey, general manager, government and technical affairs, Toyota Motor Europe, talked about the next hybrid in line at Toyota, the...
On September 14, 2009

Pity Party’s Over: Survey Says Scientist Salaries on the Rise

Despite the fact that companies across the board are freezing salaries, skipping bonuses and reminding employees they should feel lucky just to have a job, scientists are still raking in the big bucks according to The Scientist's annual salary survey.
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