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• "Competing on Analytics" Co-Author, Jeanne Harris, to Address Business and Technology Professionals on June 24 in Chicago

  - 2008-06-23

  Acclaimed business author Jeanne Harris, who co-wrote "Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning" (Harvard Business School Press, 2007), will address business and technology professionals at Computerworld and InfoWorld's IT Executive Forum on "Competing on Analytics," taking place from 8:45 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, June 24 at the...

  Tags: analytics, Computerworld, FINANCE, InfoWorld, International Data Group, Leadership, Strategy

• IDG'S InfoWorld Names Juniper Networks as One of the Green 15

  - 2008-04-22

  SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, announced today that IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT Decision Makers, has selected it for InfoWorld's Green 15 Awards for 2008. This honor is part of InfoWorld's first-ever Green 15 special feature published on www.infoworld.com....

  Tags: high-performance, InfoWorld, International Data Group, Juniper Networks Inc., Leadership

• RAE Systems IT Director Named to Computerworld's Premier 100 IT Leaders of 2008

  - 2008-01-04

  RAE Systems Inc. (AMEX: RAE), a leading global provider of rapidly deployable sensor networks that enable customers to identify safety and security threats in real time, today announced that Lien Q. Chen, director of corporate information technology services IT for RAE Systems has been named to IDG's Computerworld Premier 100...

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• Two Executives Promoted to Expanded Leadership Positions in IDG Communications

  - 2007-09-10

  John O'Malley and Matthew Yorke to Spearhead Growth Initiatives in U.S. FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- IDG Communications announces that John P. O'Malley, president, Worldwide IDG Global Solutions IGS, and Matthew Yorke, senior vice president, Corporate Sales U.S., have expanded responsibilities for IDG's media and event brands. Effective immediately, O'Malley,adds the...

  Tags: International Data Group, leadership, MARKETING, SALES

• J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. said Tracy Black, vice president of information systems, had been recognized by IDG's Computerworld as one of the business world's Premier 100 IT Leaders

  - 2007-01-08

  J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. said Tracy Black, vice president of information systems, had been recognized by IDG's Computerworld as one of the business world's Premier 100 IT Leaders. The Premier 100 IT Leaders Awards Program honors executives who show exemplary technology leadership in resolving pressing business problems.

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• VidSys Names Chuck Teubner as New CEO and Makes Strategic Additions to Leadership Team; Industry Veterans Betsy Atkins and Michael Helfrich to also Help Drive the Company's Focus on the Convergence of Physical Security and IT

  - 2006-09-14

  ALEXANDRIA, Va. & MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- VidSys, the leading operations center software company for safety, security and transportation organizations, today announced the appointment of a new CEO, Chuck Teubner. The company also announced the appointment of Betsy Atkins to its Board of Directors. In addition, Michael Helfrich, an entrepreneur in...

  Tags: board, convergence, Groove Networks Inc., International Data Group, leadership, security, Transportation

• Schneider National Honored with Two Prestigious Awards by IDG's Computerworld; Company's Trailer Tracking Technology and IT VP Paul Mueller Recognized for Innovation and Leadership

  - 2006-05-09

  GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider National Inc., a premier provider of transportation, logistics and related services, today announced that it was one of 12 companies selected by IDG's Computerworld for the Premier 100 IT "Best in Class" award for demonstrating striking business value from a leading-edge technology project. Paul Mueller,...

  Tags: Computerworld, information technology, International Data Group, leadership

• Game on

  BNET - 2006-05-01

  A onetime ESPN technical director who is now executive vice president of technology - will need to draw upon the goodwill and leadership skills accumulated during his nearly three decades there to tackle his biggest challenge yet: fusing the long-separated TV, IT and new media divisions into a single business...

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• The Postmodern Manifesto

  BNET - 2006-05-01

  If there's anything harder than predicting the future, it's reaching a consensus about it. The trends affecting IT today are easy enough to spot - outsourcing, globalization, increased regulation, increased complexity and never-ending demands from the business for growth and revenue - but it's much more difficult to figure out...

  Tags: Information Technology, International Data Group, Strategy, Globalization, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Six Sigma, Leadership, Management, It Operations, Quality, Business Operations

• Toxic!

  BNET - 2006-04-15

  Working for some leaders is as painful as taking a full dose of poison. Their behavior is so bad it is toxic to their organizations. One knows the type: More of a despot than a leader, he pits employees against each other and paralyzes the organization with fear. Sometime during...

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