The Business of Intelligence
When used effectively, information gleaned from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can can dramatically simplify the day-to-day tasks of employees ... Read more
Recruiting & Hiring Employees
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Less Is More Where Data Is Concerned
Understand what data truly matters to your business, consolidate it, and make it available at all time from all places -- if your business truly needs it. Read more
Before You Virtualize Servers: A Checklist
Virtualizing servers can save on equipment, reduce your company’s carbon footprint and help with disaster recovery. But there are a few things you should k... Read more
Intuit's Scott Cook on Motivating Employees 
Founder and chairman of Intuit, Scott Cook is responsible for that invaluable entrepreneurial aid, Quick Books. Here he talks about how to get the most ou... Watch video
The Power of Older Workers
As the labor force shrinks, Inc. 5000 companies find that hiring retirees can be the key to success. Read more
Document This: How to Organize Computer Data
Add-ons, backups, and plug-ins make sorting and storing e-mail and other computer documents easier than ever, even for the most organizationally challenged. Read more
The Book of Truth: Your Source for Business Intelligence
How can a company consolidate information from various departments or operational units and alleviate the strain of inefficient processes and potentially ina... Read more
Tech Talk: Cloud Computing Lifts Acting School
A Hollywood acting school outsourced the hosting and management of its software and computer systems, ending a string of computer woes for employees. Read more
Tech Talk: Web Firm Outsources Rails Monitoring
A Massachusetts-based online property management service outsourced its monitoring of a free Web tool built with Ruby on Rails after Web traffic increased dr... Read more
Virtualization Sets Desktops Free
In data centers, virtualization helps big companies save on servers and better protect their data. Now smaller companies can use the same technology to gain ... Read more
Beware of IT Certification Scams
IT training and testing industries are taking steps to curb cheating on certification exams and improve security at testing centers. Until then, hiring manag... Read more
How to Fill IT Jobs in Hot Categories
Demand for experienced IT professionals is high, so small businesses have to be creative to fill open positions, including tapping existing employees, using ... Read more
Turn Social Networks into Your Recruiter
If corporate recruiters can mine Facebook and LinkedIn for job candidates, small businesses can too. Social networks can level the playing field, and can be ... Read more
Developing All-Star Employees
This employee training video featuring Francisco Dao shows you how to cultivate top performers. Watch video
Empowering Employees
Delegating responsibility can energize your staff. Here are five things you need to know. Watch video
Review: Topgrading for Sales
In Leigh Buchanan's column, "A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books," she reviews Topgrading's salesy sequel. Read more
How to Hire a Star Employee
Step 1: Win over the family Read more
Log Management: What's in Your Log Files?
Log files are like internal surveillance cameras, recording everything that happens inside servers, network devices, and some applications. Here's how to mak... Read more
Staff Referrals Low
More employers say they're using Facebook and LinkedIn to fill job openings. Read more
How to Find and Hire Good People
A guide for entrepreneurs and small business owners on screening, writing job descriptions, background and credit checks, and more. Read more
Setting Boundaries for Employee Internet Use
A total ban on Internet surfing for workers isn't practical, but employers do need to create a balance to use the technology to increase productivity while m... Read more
Tech Talk: Green IT Proves Profitable
A California-based Web hosting firm discovered that energy-saving technologies, such as solar power and virtualization, helped it meet environmental and busi... Read more
Recruiting Software: You're Hired!
Big businesses have long used Web-based recruiting software to weed out good job candidates from bad. Now that it's come down in price, small and mid-sized b... Read more
New Businesses Staying Afloat
Despite weak revenue most U.S. startups survive beyond their first year, a study finds. Read more
From Geek to Boss: Choosing Tech Leaders
Businesses too often promote the IT employees who are most skilled at technology to be the leaders of teams or departments. This can be a recipe for disaster... Read more
Hiring: IT Certifications Vs. Real-World Skills
IT certifications may not have been an ideal screening mechanism for new tech workers, but it worked. Until recently. Now businesses are looking for workers ... Read more
The Ins of Outsourcing
Making the move to outsource functions, such as IT, may be intimidating for businesses the first time around. But it may be cost effective in an economic dow... Read more
Cutting IT Costs, Not Quality
Inexpensive technology solutions can play an integral role in determining the success and sometimes failure of new small and mid-sized businesses -- especial... Read more
IT for the Pajama Generation
Building an IT environment to support a business environment that allows telecommuting involves standardizing on technology, setting perimeters, and taking s... Read more
The Promises and Pitfalls of Free Technology
While growing businesses take advantage of open-source products, IM, and VoIP, they many not be paying enough attention to the "costs" of free tech. Read more
What Makes Tech Workers Tick?
Geeks are wired differently from everyone else, and the prospect of making more money may not motivate them. Here are some unexpected ways to get techies exc... Read more
When On-Demand Services Go Awry
You have the service-level agreement in place when your business contracts for Software as a Service (SaaS). But what happens when things go wrong? What reco... Read more
The Integration Appliance
In the past, small to mid-sized businesses had only two options for integrating applications. They could spend a lot of money and use complex software tools ... Read more
The Devil Is in the Details -- on the Spreadsheet
The road is littered with mistakes businesses have made in recording details in their spreadsheets. Here are some common pitfalls to avoid when trying to use... Read more
The Cost of Competence
In a fast-changing world, here's one more thing to worry about: being too good at what you do. Read more
