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Survey: Odds Are, You’re Working for a White Guy
Few U.S. workers report to either women or minorities, according to a survey released Jan. 17 by Hudson, a New York provider of recruitment services. More than three-quarters (76 percent) of U.S. workers report to a Caucasian boss, according to the result of the national poll of nearly 5,000 workers. Just one-third (34 percent) reported…
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VARs Look Homeward for New Revenue Opportunity
Year after year, HDTV sales spike in the week before the Super Bowl as consumers buy the big screens and invite friends and family over to watch the game. But what do you do when you hook up the new screen and it doesn’t work? What if you hook it up and there is no…
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree
I’m a dog person, and throughout my entire life, it’s been mutts—from the dogs my family had when I was a kid to the two dogs that are now part of my family. Which has been just fine by me. Now, I understand the arguments that proponents of purebred dogs typically put forth: that there…
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Counting the Ways
Is any manager-ial platitude more often repeated, and less often observed, than “What’s measured is what matters”? Before you count another line of code written, another percentage point of server uptime or another dollar of infrastructure capital spending, I ask you to spend some time counting the various ways that you measure the efforts you…
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Execs: Telecommuting Holds Back Careers
Telecommuters are less likely to advance in their careers than workers who toil in traditional office settings, according to survey results released Jan. 16 by Korn/Ferry International, a Los Angeles-based recruitment firm. More than half (61 percent) of the 1,320 global executives surveyed said they saw career stagnancy among telecommuting workers. A study shows professional…
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Source Code Specialist Fortify to Buy Secure Software
Applications development security specialist Fortify Software announced that it has agreed to buy a majority of privately held rival Secure Software for an undisclosed amount of money. Fortify, which is also a private company, reported Jan. 17 that it has signed a definitive contract to purchase Secure, which has its headquarters in McLean, Va., but…
