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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

Of course, software firm 37 Signals has been operating four-day work weeks over the summer since 2008. Menlo Innovation carefully schedules software production in predictable two-hour, four-hour, and eight-hour blocks.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

It is because human-coded software is full of bugs, which create points of weakness that hackers can exploit. Malware refers to malicious software such as spyware, viruses, ransomware and worms. If you are an IT company that creates software, hiring developers to check code can be a good defensive strategy. Zero-day exploits.

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Consultant Ninja: Who Knew SEC accepted Decks for filings.

Consultant Ninja

Thursday, November 6, 2008. What do you think is saddest about this Yahoo Filing with the SEC from June 2008 : That its a word document translated into bullet point format in the worst possible way That it argues "Microsofts offer for $31 per share. Thursday, November 6, 2008. Joel on Software. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Jim Whitehurst on the Open Organization: A Conversation with the CEO of Red Hat

BCG

Whitehurst strongly advocates using open-source software as a catalyst for business innovation. Since joining Red Hat in January 2008, Whitehurst has helped grow annual company revenue from more than $500 million at the end of February 2008, to more than $2 billion for the company’s 2016 fiscal year.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Jewel Food Store Amazing.

MishTalk

Jewel Food Store Amazing Software Glitch; Purposeful Action or Programmer Stupidity? It appears to me that Jewel software assumed the price on the sticker. More importantly, what about the inane software program that changes the weight on the receipt to match the price on the label? December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78).

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Consultant Ninja: There goes BearingPoint: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Tuesday, November 18, 2008. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Joel on Software. There goes BearingPoint. at 10:45 AM.

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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.

Consultant Ninja

In both 2008 and 2007, an increase in jet fuel prices was the primary reason for higher mainline and United Express fuel expense and aircraft fuel cost per gallon, as highlighted in the table below. billion in 2008. billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009. at 8:30 PM.