Oscar Hernandes of HireLabs asked me to participate in a video blogging effort in which HireLabs asked a number of people in the recruiting industries to discuss whether they felt that skills or behavior hold more importance in employment assessments. I believe that some employers for some positions such as information technology jobs feel that [...]
Posted on October 14th, 2010 by admin
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The war to win over educational institutions for the cloud is getting heated. Productivity suite rivals Microsoft and Google are battling it out to see who can be the go-to provider for a cloud-based email platform for universities and colleges across the U.S. Google Apps, which currently has 8 million users, is slightly behind Microsoft’s [...]
Posted on October 8th, 2010 by admin
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A UK teenager, under suspicion by police countering online child sexual abuse and exploitation, has been jailed for 16 weeks for not disclosing his password to investigators. Police were unable to crack the password, thought to be of a 50 characters which even after the conviction they still cannot access. Unlike the US which has [...]
Posted on October 7th, 2010 by admin
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It is a common misconception that the more fields that an Information Technology professional knows about, the more valuable that he/she will be in the market place. In fact, assuming otherwise appears almost counter intuitive. But experienced industry professionals will tell you otherwise, “You can’t know everything about everything, we look for a narrow set [...]
Posted on October 5th, 2010 by admin
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Salesforce is known for continually updating its products, launching new features and versions throughout a given year. So it makes sense that three moths after launching the company’s foray into social collaboration, Chatter, to the public, Salesforce is already releasing a new version. Today, Salesforce is launching Chatter 2, what it calls the “next generation [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2010 by admin
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Imaginatik, the developer of an idea management software for enterprises, has released a new version of its offering, Called Idea Central, the software aims to provide a collaborative environment to share, evaluate and curate ideas within an organization. Idea Central has added an activity monitor to give users a realtime visibility into activity within a [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2010 by admin
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Imaginatik, the developer of an idea management software for enterprises, has released a new version of its offering, Called Idea Central, the software aims to provide a collaborative environment to share, evaluate and curate ideas within an organization. Idea Central has added an activity monitor to give users a realtime visibility into activity within a [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2010 by admin
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Data center automation company Puppet Labs this morning announced that it has raised $5 million in funding, bringing the total amount of capital invested in the fledging startup to $7 million. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the Series B round, while existing investors True Ventures and Radar Partners – which participated in the Series [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2010 by admin
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Zoho’s suite of productivity apps is undoubtedly comprehensive, with over 20 different products available to users. Apps include Zoho Mail, CRM, Projects, Planner, Meeting, and more. But a calendering app is an important layer that can sit on top of and unify all these applications. Zoho Calendar, which was launched into beta last year, is [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin
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Google has made it fairly clear that adoption of Google Apps at schools and colleges is vital to the growth of the productivity suite as a whole. The strategy makes sense; not only do educational institutions represent a huge market for Google Apps, but schools and colleges are where many people get trained, start relying [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2010 by admin
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