By John Walker on January 18, 2012
QCon, the Software Development Conference will be taking place at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London from March 7th to March 9th 2012 and would be of interest to enterprise software developers, team leads, architects and those involved in project management.
The organisers list Martin Fowler, one of the industry’s most influential authors, [...]
Posted in Business Culture, E-commerce, IT and Telecommunications Services, Ideas and Innovation, Information Security, Information Technology, Morale, Outsourcing, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Production Facilities, Project Management, Recruitment, Skills and Training, South West London (S.W.), Technology, Trade Shows, Seminars and Exhibitions, Training, UK |
By John Walker on December 2, 2011
Gartner, Inc. has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and users for 2012 and beyond. Analysts said that the predictions herald changes in control for IT organizations as budgets, technologies and costs become more fluid and distributed.
This year’s selection process included evaluating several criteria that define a top prediction. The issues examined included relevance, [...]
Posted in Accounts, Business Culture, Business Software, Contact Management, Cost Management, Customer Support, Down sizing / Retraction, E-commerce, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Information Security, Information Technology, Market Research, Marketing, Marketing Facilities, Outsourcing, Payment Processing and Remittance, People and Players, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Production, Project Management, Regulation, Skills and Training, Standards, Technology, The Work Place | Tagged CIOs, client-side applications, cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security Certification, customer-sensitive data, Daryl Plummer, economies of scale, enterprise social software, Gartner, Global 1000 companies, Google, IBM, Inc., Industrialized low-cost IT services (ILCS), market consolidation, megavendors, Microsoft, mobile, mobile application, operational costs, Oracle, smartphones, tablets, VMware |
By John Walker on November 22, 2011
The UK’s most innovative firms share their business secrets.
Every day across the British business landscape new companies are starting up and fresh ideas are being generated. 2011 has seen a plethora of bolder and better business ideas. These gems can be new products and service ideas or equally new ways to improve existing offerings. The [...]
Posted in Business Continuity Planning, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Ideas and Innovation, Intellectual Property, Market Research, Product Research and Development, Project Management, Standards, Startups, Technology, Telecommunications, UK, Worldwide | Tagged Anthony Keyworth, British Library Business & IP Centre, Dominic Swords, Everything Everywhere, Henley Business School, Jim Shaikh, Naked Wines, orange, Rowan Gormley, Steve van Dulken, yoomi |
By John Walker on August 24, 2011
What makes business rock?
Bill Roedy, the man behind MTV, gives a preview of his new business memoirs documenting how he built a single channel into the largest media network in the world.
Its global audience is the envy of the world’s media corporations, with a network which included 200 channels and 200 digital properties in 175 [...]
Posted in Arts and entertainment, Brands, Expansion, Fashion, Trends and Memes, Franchising Out, Ideas and Innovation, Market Research, Music Production and Publishing, People and Players, Product Launches, Project Management, Reputation, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Startups, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Worldwide | Tagged Bill Roedy, biographies, book, MTV, What Makes Business Rock: Building the World’s Largest Global Networks |
By Ruben Kostucki on January 26, 2011
As the founder of an organisation that helps small businesses grow, one of the key challenges often faced by owners is how to increase my productivity.
At a basic level, increasing productivity starts with developing an optimised, streamlined workflow for day-to-day company administration. Thankfully, there are literally dozens of tools that can help you do just [...]
Posted in Business Continuity Planning, Business Services, Products and Solutions, Business Software, Contact Management, Customer Support, Ideas and Innovation, Information Technology, Marketing, Procurement, Project Management, Technology, Telecommunications, Worldwide | Tagged Dropbox, Echosign, Evernote, Highrise, Hootsuite, MessageBase, Paymo, Teambox |
By John Walker on October 15, 2010
When the alarm goes off in the morning are you a sunshine, happy person or do you pull up the duvet in the hope of escaping the dark, cruel world outside?
As a freelancer do you know how your skills are valued? If you engage freelancers in your company or organisation, do you welcome a talented [...]
Posted in Employment Levels, Freelancers, Human Resources, Market Research, Project Management, Recruitment, Surveys, UK | Tagged National Freelancers Day, PCG |
By John Walker on April 20, 2009
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt.
“We expect this acquisition to be accretive [...]
Posted in Brands, Business Banking, Business Software, Contact Management, Critical Infrastructure, Customer Support, Deals and Agreements, Distribution Channels, E-commerce, Financial Capital, Governance, IT and Telecommunications Services, Information Security, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, North America, People and Players, Procurement, Product Research and Development, Production, Production Facilities, Project Management, Public Limited Companies - PLCs, Recruitment, Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, Worldwide | Tagged audio webcast, Cloud Computing, Java, Open Source, Oracle Corporation, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Solaris, Sun Microsystems |
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