Orsu Announces Board Changes Nov 12, 2009
"We are extremely grateful to Mr Takhirzhan Baratov for his past contribution to the group, primarily as Chairman of the Board of Varvarinskoye and we look forward to continuing our successful collaborative working relationship with Mr Takhirzhan Baratov on Orsu's remaining and potential future exploration and development projects in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Dr Alexander Yakubchuk's new position on the board reflects Orsu's focus on its exploration and development portfolio and its pursuit of... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
HCL Technologies plans to hire 2,000 people Oct 3, 2009
"When the whole world spoke about 'customer first', our motto was and still is 'employee first and customer second'. We have been promoting collaborative working, inclusiveness, sharing of tools and technologies through 'Directions' over the years. This has helped our employees develop lateral thinking and leadership qualities," Srivatsava said. This positive employee factor, he says, has given HCL the courage and confidence to take bold decisions like venturing into mega merger and acquisition... (India Times)
How to Structure and Mature the Business/IT Relationship Sep 12, 2009
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E-mail is ruining my life! Sep 2, 2009
" Electronic mail was born. Businesses realised the potential of this paperless, near-instant form of communication. And changing the way we communicate changed the way we worked. This technology also has its downside. It's too easy to write an e-mail and hit the send button. Is e-mail the appropriate tool for collaborative working? And when an e-mail goes wrong, it can be around the world in 80 seconds and headline news the next day. On average, we spend 52 hours a year just dealing with our... (BBC News -- Technology)
Operation INFRA Launched June 1st Around the World Aug 14, 2009
SOCA's Deputy Director of International Affairs, David Armond, said that "the success of Operation INFRA demonstrates how joint collaborative working across the globe raises the risk to criminals who believe that they can evade capture. A number of extremely dangerous criminals who were at large in the UK will now face justice as the result of this operation.". Among those arrested worldwide during Operation INFRA was Bruce Vito Veniero, an American citizen wanted for drug trafficking who went... (PR Newswire)
New super plans to tackle achievement gap, special ed (1) Jun 30, 2009
"Cuneo came to SMMUSD in the midst of an overhaul of the district's special education program after an independent evaluation revealed many of its shortfalls, including having parents of special education students sign confidentiality agreements prohibiting the disclosure of the services the district was providing their children.Cuneo has been credited with spearheading initiatives such as producing a parents' special education handbook, hosting a fall forum and starting a collaborative working... (Malibu Times, CA)
Vietnamese drug authority teams with United States standards-setting organization Jun 30, 2009
The MOU is focused on building a collaborative working relationship through such activities as developing new and updated written standards; mutual testing of potential reference standards; scientist exchange programs, joint participation in planning and policy meetings, and identifying specific projects to improve drug quality that will benefit from the expertise of both parties. USP is based in the United States and has offices and laboratories in Shanghai, China; Hyderabad, India; So Paulo,... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Lawmaker wants insurance head to quit May 22, 2009
"Honestly, given your office's preference for knee-jerk press releases instead of thorough communication and collaborative working relationships, it seems no small wonder to me as to why property insurers are leaving this state.". Bennett said McCarty did send a hand-written apology and said he would withdraw the press release from the OIR's Web site. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
Transportation secy hints at aid for airlines May 1, 2009
"As the president made clear, a resolution to the dispute is critical to stabilizing the controller workforce, restoring a collaborative working relationship between controllers and the FAA and successfully installing the Next Generation Air Transportation System needed to spur economic development and increase the safety, efficiency and effectiveness of air travel," he said in a statement. Type Size. (AZCentral -- Business)
TANDBERG Selects Verizon Business to Support Advanced Global Collaboration Feb 26, 2009
Torbjorn Eeg Larsen, chief information officer for TANDBERG, said: "We practice what we preach. Our employees rely on our visual communications tools as a natural way to collaborate. We needed a network that could support our internal and external communications needs, and Verizon Private IP has the global reach, scalability, capacity and security to meet our evolving IP communications needs. The network enables us to bring together our employees face-to-face, no matter where they are located,... (PR Newswire)
Mozilla Labs lands on Bespin Feb 17, 2009
Bespin is a project to create a new cloud and web based development environment which will act as a collaborative working space for coders. The project has been incubating for some months and in it's debut the Mozilla developers show web based editing and project browsing using features, such as Canvas, to create a clean and stylish interface, which is already quite responsive. (Heise Online)
Guardian Moves 2400 users to Google Apps Feb 12, 2009
Andy Beale, Guardian s technology director of Enterprise Operations, said that "Google Apps delivers on the promise of collaborative working and is so straightforward and familiar that we knew our users would embrace the technology". Apart from the cost of licenses, GNMG is also expected to slash costs by literally outsourcing storage, server and application maintenance and freeing more than 30 percent of the time normally spent by the IT support department. (ITProPortal)
