Performance Management in a Tighter Economy
As we move to tighter economic conditions, Performance Management is becoming critically important to organisations and managers. In the last few years, there has been a tremendous move from traditional reactive Appraisal systems to proactive Performance Management processes.
What Do Open Source and On-Demand Have in Common?
They both keep Steve Ballmer awake at night? Nope, too easy. They both changed the game in enterprise software? True. But the most interesting answer is "community" - they are both driven, and advanced by, the power of the community that...
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Federal Computer Week (FCW.com) recently published an interesting piece written by John Moore about the use of APIs and development of mashups for use by government managers. Titled "Getting on the same page", the 1200+ word article cites the...
Read more about Use of Mashups in the US Government...Sharing With SnapPages
Released awhile ago, SnapPages is a flash powered interface that allows you to share your hobbies/interests, organize schedules, and socialize with friends. They have three applications currently, including: Friend’s Manager, Calendar Manager, and...
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At Google, we believe information is fundamentally empowering. While all of our technologies demonstrate a commitment to this guiding principle, information is especially important when a society comes together to participate in democratic...
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The web world is watching the transition of power from the old administration to the new Obama team with keen interest. Already we’ve seen the switch between the previous version of whitehouse.gov to the new version....
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Our Zurich office was proud to host Google's second annual EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions) Faculty Summit last month. Eighty leading academics joined us from 66 universities in 24 countries for this three-day event....
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