IT Leadership

Business Etiquette: 10 Cultural Faux Pas You Should Never Make in Japan

Gaining respect when doing business in Japan is important. Do you know enough about the culture to impress them? Or is it so unfamiliar to you that your potential Japanese client won't want to sign on the dotted line?

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Use of WAN Optimization Appliances … for those of us who work in parts of the world with not-so robust telecomm connectivity

Non-profits Must Consider Streamlining Processes, & Consider Services like GoogleApps to lower costs

Customer Service: Job One for McCormick & Schmick’s IT Department

McCormick and Schmick's Seafood Restaurants' seven-person IT staff supports 96 dining establishments in the U.S. and Canada and a core user group of 700 employees. In this latest Hiring Manager interview, McCormick & Schmick's Vice

Robots: The Good, the Rad and the Plain Ol’ Scary

Today's robots have not reached the level of self-awareness or service that robots in sci-fi staples such as Star Wars, A.I. and Wall-E demonstrated. Still, what they can do will either have you marveling at technology or fearing for your future

Professional References: 7 Deadly Myths

Job seekers make many false assumptions about their professional references: They think they can simply leave bad references off their resumes and that their references don't matter to an employer after they've started a new job. Here, the

14 Emerging Offshore Outsourcing Markets You Can’t Afford to Miss

A recent study by the London School of Economics Outsourcing Unit ranks fourteen up-and-coming offshore outsourcing markets on cost, skills, risk and infrastructure.

Business Mistakes: 11 Cultural Faux Pas You Should Never Make in China

Manners matter in all countries, but cultural missteps could cause you to lose out on an important business deal. How much do you know about doing business in China?

Embrace “Lean BPM” To Keep Your BPM Initiative On Track In 2009