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Toni Bowers

Toni Bowers
Toni Bowers is the Head Blogs Editor of TechRepublic and award-winning blogger for the Career Management blog.
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    Seven tips for leaders who really want to move up more quickly

    Moving ahead can require change on your part. In this blog, executive leadership coach John M McKee shares seven proven tips and tactics that anyone can use to improve their game.

    Posted by John McKee | March 20, 2012, 1:01 PM PDT | Latest comment by bearmr

  • 14

    Should Windows 8 be in your future? Part 2

    Patrick Gray continues to explore the question enterprises are facing in regard to Windows 8--should you or shouldn't you?

    Posted by Patrick Gray | March 19, 2012, 1:01 PM PDT | Latest comment by jtjames

  • 3

    Use office politics to your own advantage

    Office politics can have a good side as well as a bad side. In this blog, executive leadership coach provides some tips to make politics your friend.

    Posted by John McKee | March 13, 2012, 5:30 AM PDT | Latest comment by mharris672@...

  • 49

    Should Windows 8 be in your future? Part 1

    For IT organizations that are still with XP, there's a trifecta of troubles brewing as they consider where to go from XP.

    Posted by Patrick Gray | March 12, 2012, 12:39 PM PDT | Latest comment by omahamike

  • 32

    Five reasons to take a pass on Windows 8

    Scott Lowe talks about some of the drawbacks of Windows 8 that might make it a poor bet for the enterprise.

    Posted by Scott Lowe | March 12, 2012, 8:17 AM PDT | Latest comment by LanceJZ

  • 3

    CeBIT 2012: Microsoft targets CIO BYOD problems with Windows 8, kind of

    Why did Microsoft release specs in writing and then not even acknowledge them in a keynote speech at CeBit?

    Posted by Gina Smith | March 8, 2012, 3:34 PM PST | Latest comment by bboyd@...

  • 0

    Visualizing the Apple iPad Hi-Def Display

    Apple is talking about a 3.1 M pixel display for its new Apple iPad, which is double what you get on HDTV. Here's a great infographic showing just what this new pixel density would like on current...

    Posted by Gina Smith | March 7, 2012, 2:09 PM PST

  • 1

    Have you hugged a geek this week?

    Aside from a great staff development opportunity, spending some time with your younger staff members and those who are most interested in technology will keep you abreast of new developments in...

    Posted by Patrick Gray | March 7, 2012, 5:42 AM PST

  • 33

    Nine tips for how to fire someone

    Letting someone go may be the most impactful few minutes of that person's life. Managers should know how to do it the right way.

    Posted by John McKee | March 5, 2012, 10:08 AM PST | Latest comment by Sean Mulholland

  • 17

    Five reasons businesses should adopt Windows 8

    Scott Lowe provides five reasons that businesses may want to give Windows 8 a shot when it comes out.

    Posted by Scott Lowe | March 5, 2012, 6:06 AM PST | Latest comment by rickrouth

  • 2

    Windows consumer preview for business: More Qs than As

    Something strange happened on the way to Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona today--Microsoft quietly posted an unusual document detailing features and a product version name that took...

    Posted by Gina Smith | February 29, 2012, 12:23 PM PST | Latest comment by cybershooters

  • 6

    Don't fall in love (with your methodology)

    No methodology is a magic talisman that can ward off optimistic schedules or lack of stakeholder support.

    Posted by Patrick Gray | February 29, 2012, 6:20 AM PST | Latest comment by csudholz

  • 1

    Best leaders are clear about their Critical Success Factors

    John M McKee says in this economy leaders need to be certain that investments are being made where the best ROI will occur. In this blog, he provides a tool used by the best leaders to ensure they...

    Posted by John McKee | February 28, 2012, 10:59 AM PST

  • 180

    'Onshoring' IT services and bringing jobs back home

    Challenges to offshoring have arisen, many not expected, and are now causing people to rethink the offshoring trend that has dominated the IT landscape for the past decade.

    Posted by John Williams | February 28, 2012, 10:30 AM PST | Latest comment by Nicholas Friedman

  • 0

    Healthcare IT is bustling at HIMSS

    At this year's HIMSS, vendors were offering products ranging from EHR (Electronic Health Record) systems to desktop and network hardware to medical devices of all kinds.

    Posted by Wally Bahny | February 28, 2012, 5:04 AM PST

  • 31

    Personal data encryption, IT and the Fifth Amendment

    Last week, a federal court for the first time ruled that the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution -- the right to not self-incriminate -- protects against "forced decryption."

    Posted by Gina Smith | February 27, 2012, 4:52 AM PST | Latest comment by adornoe

  • 4

    Is there a method to Google's madness?

    An outside observer might conclude that Google has little direction and a surfeit of cash as it lurches from search, to mapping, to mobile, to home audio players, to cloud file sharing.

    Posted by Patrick Gray | February 22, 2012, 7:46 AM PST | Latest comment by JimWetzel

  • 1

    VDI or IDV: Which choice makes the most sense?

    Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV) is a relatively new concept to hit the technology world and has the potential to turn the whole desktop virtualization game on its head.

    Posted by Scott Lowe | February 21, 2012, 8:42 AM PST

  • 4

    Brutally honest may be your smartest choice

    At some stage, we all need help from others in the workplace. In this posting executive leadership coach John M. McKee says why you should try to find that person sooner than later.

    Posted by John McKee | February 21, 2012, 4:50 AM PST | Latest comment by r39hive

  • 9

    Five consumerization of IT myths debunked, maybe

    With all the breathless coverage of the consumerization trend sweeping enterprise, it's easy to forget that even the trend is changing, too.

    Posted by Gina Smith | February 21, 2012, 4:42 AM PST | Latest comment by b.macdonald

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