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Big Data

Quick Tip: Crystal Reports’ three-formula trick

Tip for creating Crystal Reports more efficiently

Enterprise Software

Keep your client and yourself happy: Avoid dangerous overquoting

Because of unfamiliarity with the exact terms of a service level agreement and pressure from his firm's accountant, one consultant overquoted a small project and lost the confidence of the client. Find out how he corrected his error.

Enterprise Software

Cold calling can work if you follow these steps

Making the first contact is nobody's first choice for selling to potential clients, but sometimes it's necessary. Here's how to make cold calling a positive and productive experience.

Tech & Work

Documenting work keeps clients informed of and satisfied with your performance

Giving your clients a clear picture of everything you're doing can only benefit your career. Here's how one consultant lets his clients know about the tasks he completes on their behalf using a Work In Progress sheet.

CXO

Don’t slow down when your contract does

Well-paid consultants who finish the majority of their work before the duration of the contract should have plenty they can do--if they look hard enough. Here's how one consultant made the best use of his time and the client's money.

Open source

Four career networking reminders for consultants

Just because there's less money for IT consulting, it doesn't mean you're out of business. Consider these approaches to developing good relationships with clients and other contractors and to gaining new work.

Banking

Review annual reports to uncover future work

While the path to a new contract may not be as plain as the nose on your face, it can be as obvious as the annual report right under it. Here's how one consultant read a client's annual report and turned its information into a new contract.

Software

Windows Scheduler automates Outlook Express and newsgroup downloads

Consultants who depend on newsgroups and e-mail for information can be hobbled by slow connection speeds on the road. This freeware can download both e-mail and newsgroup articles while you sleep.

Enterprise Software

IT Consultant Journal: Make the most of your relationship with your client

Where will that next new contract come from? If you're like our IT Consultant Journal writer, your next project could emerge from your current work, as long as you're willing to do a little extra work on your client's behalf.

Enterprise Software

IT Consultant Journal: Newsgroups and vendors can resolve problems

IT consultants have two tools at hand to help resolve a client's problems: product vendors and newsgroups. In this IT Consultant Journal entry, a consultant uses both to resolve problems with a CRM software installation.

IIoT software assists manufacturers and other industrial operations with configuring, managing and monitoring connected devices. A good IoT solution requires capabilities ranging from designing and delivering connected products to collecting and analyzing system data once in the field. Each IIoT use case has its own diverse set of requirements, but there are key capabilities and ...

Recruiting an Operations Research Analyst with the right combination of technical expertise and experience will require a comprehensive screening process. This Hiring Kit provides an adjustable framework your business can use to find, recruit and ultimately hire the right person for the job.This hiring kit from TechRepublic Premium includes a job description, sample interview questions ...

The digital transformation required by implementing the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a radical change from business as usual. This quick glossary of 30 terms and concepts relating to IIoT will help you get a handle on what IIoT is and what it can do for your business.. From the glossary’s introduction: While the ...

leontribe

Quick Tip: Crystal Reports’ three-formula trick

Keep your client and yourself happy: Avoid dangerous overquoting

Cold calling can work if you follow these steps

Documenting work keeps clients informed of and satisfied with your performance

Don’t slow down when your contract does

Four career networking reminders for consultants

Review annual reports to uncover future work

Windows Scheduler automates Outlook Express and newsgroup downloads

IT Consultant Journal: Make the most of your relationship with your client

IT Consultant Journal: Newsgroups and vendors can resolve problems

Industrial Internet of Things: Software comparison tool

How to recruit and hire an Operations Research Analyst

Quick glossary: Industrial Internet of Things

Software Procurement Policy