Note: This quiz requires at least Microsoft IE 4.0, Netscape 6.0, or other compatible Web browser. TRUE FALSE A third or more of our employees use laptops or mobile devices as their primary IT tool. We often form task-specific teams that work in tight groups. Network connections are at
Note: This quiz requires at least Microsoft IE 4.0, Netscape 6.0, or other compatible Web browser. Use our five-point scale to indicate how closely you disagree (1) or agree (5) with each statement. 1 2 3 4 5 We rarely share files between departments. We plan to buy new
Note: This quiz requires at least Microsoft IE 4.0, Netscape 6.0, or other compatible Web browser. TRUE FALSE We have automated or want to automate processes that require complex access policies. We have thousands of users with multiple passwords. There is a high risk of fraud in some of
Always searching for a better way for your people or teams to stay connected? Take our quiz below to find out if a presence system could be the answer… Note: This quiz requires at least Microsoft IE 4.0, Netscape 6.0, or other compatible Web browser. Use our four-point scale to
The cost of assessing the ROI for training may be more than the exercise is worth. Find out if your program is a good candidate. The following questionnaire on calculating ROI was adapted by Jack Phillips, Ron Stone and Patricia Phillips from “The Human Resources Scorecard: Measuring the Return on
When a company faces a crisis, CIOs often get replaced. Whether facing bankruptcy or simply a large-scale defection of top technology talent, company leaders must figure out who works out better: an insider moving up to fill the chief information officer position, or an outsider coming in with a fresh
Often, the goals of a merger — to reduce costs or expand into new markets, say — drive the decision of which systems to keep. But even when such business cases do not exist, managers still rely on certain objective criteria to make their choices. Here are some examples of
You’d think a call-center expertparticularly one that provides staffing and services for some of the largest call centers in existence in wireless communications, healthcare and membership organizations and has some serious customer management requirementswould buy from the biggest customer-relationship software vendor in town. Wouldn’t you? Think again. Spherion Corp., the
Editor’s note: IBM’s Lotus Software division, under pressure by customers to clarify its product road map for Domino, on May 8 announced plans to continue to support and enhance the existing collaboration platform while offering separate paths for customers who wish to embrace Java, Web services and other IBM technologies.
If your company has sales of between $1 million and $800 million, don’t be surprised when Microsoft business-application salespeople come a-knockin’. The mission of Microsoft’s rapidly growing Business Solutions divisionthe combined Great Plains, bCentral and, now, Navision unitsis to sell to the “small” and “mid-size” businesses that fall into this