Some of the criteria for success are obvious, such as completing projects on time and on budget. More often than not, though, being a good manager has more to do with how you interact with your staff than with how smoothly various projects go. In this concise TechRepublic Premium guide, learn how to become an ...
As businesses expand globally and teams become more distributed, the ability to communicate seamlessly across borders and time zones has never been more vital. This is where Voice over Internet Protocol technology comes into play. VoIP helps businesses streamline their communication processes by integrating voice, video, and messaging platforms into a single, cohesive solution. Research ...
Building a resume that targets an upper-level IT position, such as architect or consultant, requires a different approach than creating a resume to land an entry-level tech job. Although many of the standard rules still apply, you need to follow some more specialized guidelines. In fact, a few of these tips from TechRepublic Premium may ...
Whether you covet a new job, a raise or a business deal, or you need to rectify a problem with a loved one, the ability to play dealmaker is your secret weapon to getting the result you want. Negotiating doesn’t need to be back and forth, point-counterpoint banter. The most proficient negotiators manage these conversations ...
If your country is in an economic slump, obtaining funding for IT projects will be more difficult than ever. How can you get budget conscious managers to loosen the purse strings and give you the money that you need to complete your pet project? TechRepublic Premium presents five tips that can help. Featured text from ...
Back in the golden days of IT, when companies had plenty of money to throw around, it didn’t matter so much if there was a little wastage here and there. Today, however, budgets are tight and there isn’t much money to spare. That means IT departments need to take a good, hard look at where ...
Payroll is an essential part of almost every business, whether you have one part-time employee or a staff of thousands of people. It is a complex topic that involves specialized vocabulary and numerous government acronyms that can be hard to decipher. Kara Sherrer, writing for TechRepublic Premium, presents this quick glossary of key concepts to ...
In our ever-fluctuating economy, one of the easy targets for a company is the IT budget. The computers are all running well, so why do we need to spend money to buy more? These are easy cuts to justify, and they seem inevitable. The best thing for an IT department to do is to control ...
You may have heard the phrase “Be proactive, not reactive.” It’s certainly appropriate when discussing how to best deal with mistakes. The idea, of course, is to prevent mistakes before they occur. But how exactly do you do that? In this guide, TechRepublic Premium will detail 10 ways you can pre-empt mistakes during project development. ...
From Web 1.0, marked by read-only static web pages, to our current version of Web 2.0, innovation is a constant theme in the tech sector. Despite whatever hyperbolic predictions you may have heard, Web 3.0 and blockchain are real technologies, and businesses of all types and sizes need to know about and prepare for them. ...
Business and systems analysts fill an interesting role in IT organizations: They straddle the gap between the users and the IT department, taking an active role in the development of IT solutions without performing much of the hands-on work of the users or the IT team. BAs and SAs often catch a lot of heat ...
At some point, your IT department may need to work with outside IT consultants. You may bring in a few developers to augment your staff. Or you might be managing or interacting with an entire team brought in to outsource a function. In either case, the following tips from TechRepublic Premium will help you keep ...
Whether you work from home occasionally for your standard full-time salaried job or work from home exclusively as a member of the growing gig economy, establishing a reliable, fast and secure connection to the wider universe of interconnected networks is vital to your success. For home offices, the basic network router is the primary hardware ...
Keeping team members motivated and performing at the top of their game is difficult. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, or it seems as though the job just keeps getting harder, think how some of your team members are probably feeling. If they’re worried about their own job, paying bills or the fate of a loved one, ...
Even though no technology can take the place of talking face to face, the following ideas from TechRepublic Premium can help you better manage a dispersed project team. Featured text from the download: 3: Plan the handoffs Sometimes, multiple people in different locations are working on the same, or related, deliverables. In these cases, the ...