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No matter how good of an employer you are and how perfect the working conditions in your environment are, you are going to have employees resign. It is just a simple fact of business. It is important as a manager or business owner that you handle the resignation of an employee the right way so … Read more

Do you have an idea for a product or service that you would like to see hit the market? You are not alone. Today more and more start-ups are forming in an attempt to bring a new take on existing products in all markets or they are creating new, unique products that have never before … Read more

One of the biggest personnel challenges faced by all companies is not just recruiting the top talent but keeping those talented people once they decide to join the company. Many businesses create programs designed to nurture these high fliers and teach them the advanced skills they need in order to climb the ladder and succeed. … Read more

Managing an Enterprise IT environment is a very serious business and today there are a wide range of tools to help IT professionals maintain their networks to ensure maximum up-time and efficiency. While there are tons of commercial options available, the truth is some of the very best tools for the trade are completely open-source … Read more

When using the phrase “disaster recovery plan,” it is important to distinguish between different types of plan. IT recovery plans are unique in that their importance in the 21st century has been raised to the level of mission critical. Few businesses that exist in the global marketplace can successfully operate without IT being involved in … Read more

Businesses are bought and sold all the time with more and more businesses going up for sale each and every day. If you want to own your own business, one of the easiest ways to accomplish this is to buy an already established business instead of starting at the beginning and working to build it … Read more

In the second policy change in just a few short weeks, Facebook reversed its experimental policy on researching how users would react to changing news feed posts on their Facebook pages. Obviously, like the real name policy that the LGBT advocates shouted down and which was the subject of the first Facebook apology issued this … Read more

If you could join a social network that pledged to never mine and sell your data or serve up ads to you, would you join? The new social network, Ello, hopes your answer is yes. Now dubbed the “anti-Facebook” network, Ello has been attracting as many as 31 thousand new users per hour due to … Read more

Though the power of Linux is rarely contested, the usability of Linux is often criticized and in many cases the appearance of Linux just doesn’t compare to modern Windows or Mac systems. The creators of the Linux distribution, elementary OS, plan on changing these opinions with their next version of the distribution, Freya. First released … Read more

News of data breaches in companies large and small has been regularly making the weekly headlines over the last few months. One survey estimates that 43 percent of all companies have experienced some type of data breach in 2013. The spate of bad news is getting under the skin of consumers who want more to … Read more