Is better analytics the key to business success? In his "The Halcyon Days of Analytics," Steve Finikiotis of management consultant Osprey Associates argues that firms should be using analytics more effectively. It's an intriguing post, but a little thin on specifics. To wit, this statement: ...
So Nick Carr argues in the July/August issue of The Atlantic (update: here's the link to Is Google Making Us Stupid?). Think about this: how often do you search on Google or any search engine every day? How about the people you work with? ...
Last week the trade publishing company, Reed Elsevier, put dozens of its magazines, including Variety and Publishers Weekly, up for sale, sending shock waves through the jittery print advertising market. And, in what is the perfect metaphor for the larger transition the media industry is experiencing, Reed...
In the rush to keep up with technology, many African-American business owners are so busy trying to add the latest bells and whistles to their Web sites, get to the top of the search engines, and learn the latest database technology that they often forget this simple fact: people do...
Understand the key trends, spot hot new start ups and track the movements of the big players in digital media through the five most influential sectors in Q1. This package includes separate reports detailing all Merger & Acquisition and Venture Capital deals in: advertising; social media; search; broadcasters & channels;...
Inform your strategic development with a full and detailed report on all Merger & Acquisition and Venture Capital deals in the Broadcasters and Channels sector for Q1 2008. This sector includes all types of broadcasters: broadcast solutions; radio channels; Television TV channels. StrategyEye's next-generation business intelligence platform combines proprietary technology...
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Inform your strategic development with a full and detailed report on all Merger & Acquisition and Venture Capital deals in the Web Applications sector for Q1 2008. This sector includes the following subsectors: online music; music portals; online dating services; payment; personalization; video portals; all types of web applications. StrategyEye's...
The Access to Personnel Files policy establishes who has legal access to personnel employment, medical, and immigration records, and when that access should be granted. It further addresses the following: additions to records, corrections to records, access by other employees and supervisors, and access by nonemployees. It also covers situations...
Want to know what your business meetings actually cost? Check out the new "Meeting Miser", a Web-based calculator for BNET users from PayScale. Type in the titles and geographic locations of everyone in the room, PayScale pulls up median salary data from its huge database, click "start," and the meter...
The Manager, Database Administration job description template includes the following job summary: Designs, maintains, and controls the corporate database and data dictionary. Establishes and enforces all database standards. Analyzes all informational requirements of new or production systems and develops database specifications. Establishes and enforces controls to ensure database integrity. Responsible...
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Guy Kawasaki, managing director of the early-stage venture capital firm Garage Technology Ventures and author of eight business books, notes on his blog today that in the ten years he's been listening to entrepreneurs pitch their companies, only two have ever used a creative technique to visualize their data. ...
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