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Business Blunders of the Bathrobe Brigade (or 'Working at Home May Not Live Up to the Hype')Wouldn't it be great to work from home? You could come and go as you pleased; you'd always be available for your family; you could work in your bathrobe. No boss to yank your chain, no office politics, nobody stealing your Diet Coke from the company fridge. Just you, merrily toiling away in your bunny slippers, totally in control of your time and your life. Yeah . . . right. ...continue |
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Sierra Pacific Resources Wins EEI Supplier Diversity Innovative Approaches AwardThe Sierra Pacific Resources Supplier Diversity Program will receive the Supplier Diversity Innovative Approaches Award for 2007 from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) during the EEI Supplier Diversity Conference's host company event and awards dinner in Denver, Colo. ...continue |
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IBM Kicks Off Summit to Address Shortage of Hispanic Students in Technology CareersIBM on Monday convened an inaugural summit titled "America's Competitiveness: Hispanic Participation in Technology Careers," an effort to bring together leaders in business, education, government, and community organizations to find ways to increase the number of Hispanic students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math in the United States. IBM said the effort is aimed at a looming problem resulting from the significant decline in the numbers of Hispanic students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. ...continue |
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Server Farms Becoming a Cash Crop in the MidwestA new kind of farm is popping up. Tucked away on small plots on America's back roads, the computer server farm -- huge banks of computer servers -- do the heavy-lifting logic of Internet giants like Google, Yahoo and Amazon. Moving inland means quicker connections by getting closer to customers. Spreading hubs across the continent makes networks more dependable. And tax breaks await. But server farms also guzzle electricity. So finding places where the light bill is, well, lighter goes a long way toward pleasing stockholders. ...continue |
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Do Reputation Management Services Work?Google the name of your company right now. See anything you don't like? If you do, at least a dozen services promise they can make it disappear. An industry of online fixers is sprouting to defend clients against damaging information on the Web. With potential customers increasingly heading online to research products and services, bad reviews or complaints that turn up in a search can mean lost business. Reputation management services promise to highlight positive pages and bury offending sites deep in search resul ...continue |
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Nonprofits Weighing Green Technology OptionsU.S. nonprofits are increasingly considering "green" technology options such as refurbished computers and eco-printing software. According to a survey of nonprofits conducted by San Francisco-based technology resource and assistance provider TechSoup (http://www.techsoup.org), nonprofits list environmental impact, cost, and the availability of credible information as major considerations when making purchasing decisions. ...continue |
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Canal Internet Reaches 1 Million Viewers since Launching in MarchCanal Internet, Inc., the online video entertainment company for Hispanics, announced today that it has reached over 1 million unique viewers since its official beta launch less than two months ago. The site offers free on demand video content, ranging from major Latin American television shows, like Fear Factor, to independent and exclusive online videos. ...continue |
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Web Service Limeade Addresses Workplace Health, Wellness"Maximizing the number of healthy and happy and productive employees" is a thought we can all get behind. A new Web-based service, launched Monday, seeks to do just that--assist in making corporate workplaces more healthful, productive and fun. The service, Limeade, aims to radically transform the health assessment programs that corporations operate in order to reduce health care costs, making those programs easier to use and more engaging. ...continue |
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Microsoft's Small Business Summit Offers Entrepreneurs Valuable Tips for Building a Successful CompanyHispanics in the U.S. are opening businesses at a rate three times faster than the national average, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. At next week's Microsoft Small Business Summit, issues including access to capital, marketing, and technology solutions be discussed. The free four-day summit is available online and will feature some of the country's leading small business experts who will offer key tips on how to create and maintain a successful business. ...continue |
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Betting on LoveQuieroLatino.com, a new online dating Web site for U.S. Hispanics, is hoping to lure single Hispanics away from mainstream dating sites by offering what it says is a "culturally friendly" environment for meeting other Hispanic singles. The San Francisco-based company is targeting Hispanics, both bilingual and English-only speakers, between the ages of 21 and 45. ...continue |
