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<item><title>Five Ways to Put Mobile Technology to Work</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:19:22 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A practical guide to making the most of the mobile revolution.   -  
1. Think customer-centric. Ensure that apps connect
customers to core products and services in a way that provides maximum
convenience 
and value.
  
2. Update apps regularly. Technology and conditions change
rapidly, so its necessary to stay current and tap into new opportunities. 
  
3. ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Ten iPhone Apps that Will Save You Money</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:17:36 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We recently revealed how, the cost of going out to lunch and getting coffee from the coffee shop can add up over the course of your career, as much as $120,000 worth. Thats a lot of lattes. But thanks to the folks at Ranker.com, you can save a bundle on groceries, automobile repairs, gasoline, retail stores and other budget items with their “top ten” list of cost-cutting iPhone apps in order to compensate for your Starbucks habit and on-the-go lunches. Your smartphone didnt come cheap,&quot; the site proclaims, &quot;so put it to work.&quot; And best of all: Many of these apps are free. (Check product links for specifics on various pricing points.) Ranker.com is a site dedicated to declaring superlatives within the worlds of film, TV, music, games, sports, automobiles, books and technology. It claims more than two million monthly unique users. For more about the list, click here.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Mobility Transforms the Customer Relationship</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:17:33 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Businesses must develop a focused strategy, provide highly usable apps and build a robust IT infrastructure in order to take full advantage of mobile technology.   -  
A few years ago, it would have been next to impossible to
imagine a bank without branches or an insurance company without walls. However,
these days its difficult to keep up with the velocity of change, particularly
in the mobile arena. 
“When you look at the number of connected
devices smart...]]></description>
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<item><title>BPM Keeps Pace With Business Changes</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:05:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Business Process Management is increasingly critical as companies struggle to keep up with  fast-evolving markets.   -  
Walk into one of the Athletes Performance fitness centers
scattered around the country, and youll find that each computer-controlled
piece of exercise equipment has been updated with the specific settings and
instructions for each regular client. Enabling its highly skilled trainers to
tailor ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Speech Recognition Speaks To Businesses</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:33:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Can you hear me now? Speech recognition software is getting very good, and very popular.   -  It's not just Siri: Speech recognition has advanced remarkably over the last decade. 
Banks, airlines, manufacturers and shipping firms such as FedEx and UPS increasingly rely on the technology to simplify data input and speed customer transactions. Research firm Global Industry Analysts (GIA) pred...]]></description>
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<item><title>Eight Ways Top Companies Beat the Competition With IT</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:33:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Top-performing companies are top performers in IT, too. Enterprises ranking in the highest quartile for annual revenue, growth, profitability and innovation, and with revenue growth of more than 5% in the past year, says PwC, are better at measuring data, interacting with customers via mobile tools, and mobilizing applications to the cloud, among other things. &quot;Raising a firm's digital IQ means improving the way it leverages technologies and channels to meet customer needs,&quot; says John Sviokla, principal at PwC. &quot;The core of the ecosystem for innovation has moved from inside the firm to out in the marketplace. Customer and employee expectations are being shaped by this environment -- if you miss this trend you will be increasingly irrelevant to the market.&quot; Some 500 U.S. companies with revenues over $500 million took part in the research, with half of respondents being business executives and the other half from IT. For more about the survey,
click here.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Your Online History Jeopardizes Your Career</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:22:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Your reputation precedes you, and it may not be pretty.  What we post online -- or what our friends post on our social-media pages -- can tarnish our professional and personal images. A survey from Microsoft says were not dealing very well with this reality (most people wont even conduct a simple search for their own names). Ultimately, though, your chances for success depend on getting proactive. &quot;Your online reputation is shaped by your interactions in the online world and spans the disparate and varied data about you, whether created and posted by you or others,&quot; says Brendon Lynch, chief privacy officer at Microsoft. &quot;This information can have a lasting presence online, and can affect your life in many ways -- from maintaining friendships to helping you keep or land a new job.&quot; More than 5,000 people in the U.S., Canada, Germany, Ireland and Spain took part in the research. For more about the survey, click here.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Things that Make Your CEO Nervous </title>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:22:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[What worries the big boss? A significant number of CEOs expect the world economy to get worse this year, and a shrinking minority anticipates revenue to grow at their own companies during that time, according to research from PwC. But CEOs cant just hide under their desks. Theyre revising strategies to take advantage of shifting opportunities, via mergers and acquisitions and other forms of restructuring, and are committed to improving the way they recruit talent. Theyre also looking to reduce risk and increase their investment in green strategies. More than 1,250 CEOs took part in the research that supported most of these findings, with additional data taken from a recent PwC quarterly technology forecast. For more about the CEO survey,
click here.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>10 Ways to Work With People You Hate</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:52:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[You know who were talking about -- that one coworker who just gets under your skin. Working alongside someone you can't stand can undermine your own effectiveness, but uncomfortable relationships are part of life. &quot;There are always other people   be they relatives, fellow commuters, neighbors, or coworkers   who we are at risk of tangling with,” said Robert Sutton, a professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University and author of Good Boss, Bad Boss and The No Asshole Rule, to the Harvard Business Review. See also Worst Bosses Ever Daniel Goleman, co-director of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University, says you can manage these folks by focusing less on their actions and controlling your own behavior. Relaxation exercises, he told HBR, &quot;enhance your ability to handle stress, which means the annoying person isn't that annoying anymore.&quot; For more on managing jerks,   
click here.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>How You Spend $120,000 on Coffee and Lunch</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:29:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Routine expenses for office workers add up over time, often reaching into the thousands of dollars in a year and possibly into six figures over the course of a career. And thats just for coffee and lunch. Accounting Principals crunched the numbers, and reports that younger workers are most prone to these extravagances. See also What People Gave Up for the Recession Good news: You can spend a lot less by packing a lunch and making your own coffee. And employers can help by providing better alternatives in-house to going out for food and caffeine. “Small   but consistent   expenses add up quickly, and it can be difficult for consumers to realize it because they're only spending a few dollars at a time,” says Jodi Chavez, senior vice president at Accounting Principals. “Small improvements around the office -- such as better food and drinks -- can make a big difference in workers' morale.” An estimated 1,000 American workers took part in the research. For more about the survey, 
click here.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Five Terrible Excuses for Being Late to Work</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:29:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[CareerBuilder has released its annual survey on tardiness in the workplace and the reasons given for it, and, as usual, creativity reigns supreme. See also Worst Excuses for Missing Work CareerBuilder cautions that workers should take the topic seriously or risk the consequences, including a pink slip. “Punctuality – or lack thereof can impact how your commitment, reliability and performance are perceived by your employer,” says Rosemary Haefner, vice president of Human Resources at CareerBuilder. “So make sure you get to work on time. Get organized and plan ahead. Lay out whatever youll need for the workday the night before, plan to be at the office early, account for expected commute delays and eliminate distractions in your morning routine.” Or at least come up with better excuses than these.  More than 7,000 U.S. workers and 3,000 employers took part in the research. See last year's list of weak excuses for tardiness.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>DRM Moves Beyond Hollywood</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:37:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Digital Rights Management technology is not uncontroversial, but it may be coming soon to your company.   -  As companies look for ways to better manage content and prevent security leaks -- not to mention outright theft-- a growing number are turning to digital rights management. Market research firm Global Industry Analysts (GIA) reports that the global market for DRM is projected to triple by 2014 and h...]]></description>
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<item><title>Security Best Practices Pay Off</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:37:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Well-prepared companies fare significantly better than their competitors when faced with IT security threats.   -  IT security concerns never go out of style. 
The recent data breach at Zappos.com in which 24 million customers had personal information stolen is just the latest in a seemingly endless series of reminders that a comprehensive and multi-layered security strategy is essential to any business.


A...]]></description>
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<item><title>10 Outrageous Expense Report Items</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:44:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We know your expense reports include only items necessary for business, but some people are downright shameless.  Robert Half Management Resources turned up some incredible examples of reimbursement requests when surveying roughly 1,600 CFOs in the U.S. and Canada. &quot;While these examples may seem incredible and in some cases humorous, they highlight a serious matter which can negatively impact a company's bottom line,&quot; says Paul McDonald, senior executive director of Robert Half Management Resources. &quot;Employees who are unsure if an item can be expensed should not include it on a report and hope it gets approved. Companies can help the process by writing clear policies, making them easy to find and keeping workers informed of any changes.&quot; For a complete list of items,
click here.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>10 Business Lessons from the Super Bowl</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:44:12 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Super Bowl XLVI is nearly upon us, but theres still time for a list of X lessons for business and IT derived from previous iterations of the big game. The event itself represents a major business success: More than 110 million Americans tuned in last year, and ads go for $3.5 million each. The game was once so low-key that it featured college marching bands at halftime; these days, youll get the likes of Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Prince, U2 and (this year) Madonna. The game itself, magnified by media exposure, has transformed players and coaches into legends. Some of their stories translate well to a business environment, whether you favor the New England Patriots or the New York Giants (or neither) on Sunday.   -  ...]]></description>
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