I saw an interesting article, the Best Kept Secrets of Successful Business People, but found many of its ideas fit anyone who seeks success. And there is a purely selfish reason they are kept secret. However, the question for trainers is: Can you train someone to be successful? I have to answer: Not really. IRead… Read more »
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New DoE Energy Center, Flaw found in Cisco IP Phones and more
By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Four cybersecurity items that need less talk and more action – Jaikumar Vijayan of Computerworld has outlined four cybersecurity items that need less talk and more action in the new year. They are federal cybersecurity legislation, SCADA security, data encryption and strongRead… Read more »
RFP from the National Institute for Civil Discourse
Here’s an important Request for Proposals from the National Institute for Civil Discourse (an NCDD organizational member, directed by Carolyn Lukensmeyer). The Institute is looking to create a collection of essays that they will make available that decide to convene discussions around gun violence, and we encourage NCDD members to think about what kinds ofRead… Read more »
Ryan’s Tech Predictions on consumer IT and mobility for 2013
By RyanKamauff With this post we dive deeper into technology trends associated with consumer IT, especially mobility in 2013. These flow from our earlier overview of the seven shapers of technology in 2013, but have a bit more fidelity. We offer some predictions on how we see the mobile and technology world over the nextRead… Read more »
Big Data, MarkLogic, and Tableau = Greatest Possible Insights
By RyanKamauff This presentation at the recent Tableau conference was so popular, we just had to repeat it! Fernando Mesa, Chief Technologist, Enterprise, will reprise the presentation in this special webcast. Join Fernando in a discussion on how to combine the power of Tableau against a NoSQL Database that is able to perform analytics againstRead… Read more »
Launching the Canadian OGP Civil Society Discussion Group
Dear colleagues, We are Canadians who have been actively involved with the Open Government Partnership (OGP) process, including by participating in the OGP meeting in Brasilia in April 2012. The OGP is a joint government – civil society initiative to promote greater openness, participation and accountability in countries which have already attained a minimum standardRead… Read more »
CfP: Transformation of Citizenship and Governance in Asia (Special Issue)
Call for Papers (Special Issue) Transformation of Citizenship and Governance in Asia: The Challenges of Social and Mobile Media Guest Editors: Marko M. Skoric (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Nojin Kwak (University of Michigan, USA), Ines Mergel (Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University), and Peter Parycek (Danube University Krems, Austria) The proliferation ofRead… Read more »
Government Mandate for e-Procurement Expected to Bring Savings
As a part of the “Campaign to Cut Waste,” the president has required that the Internet Payment Platform (IPP) go live for all government agencies by the start of the fiscal year. This means that as of October 1, 2012, businesses will have to use e-procurement to send bills to the federal government. While theseRead… Read more »
Expense Management: Trading Paper For Best Practices
Did you know that more than 2 out of 3 American businesses still mail receipts to their accounting departments? It doesn’t make for fast or reliable expense management, but it’s been ingrained in established business processes for so long, some companies are reluctant to put aside what they know for what’s new…even if what theyRead… Read more »
Spend Management: Why Automating Makes Sense
It’s no surprise that business is becoming more and more automated: as it goes for the world, so it goes for financial data. The stress of corporate spend management is paving the way for a more automated perspective, from spend analysis to policy enforcement and compliance. Being unable to access up-to-date financial data can seriouslyRead… Read more »