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Many companies in the manufacturing supply chain use these agents. Manufacturers of electronic components, chips, board assemblies and similar items often have little or no sales talent on staff. Agents are different from resellers, functioning more like commission-only captive sales representatives. They get territories and quotas and work on contracts that frequently run for a year. Like a baseball pitcher, an agent can be yanked from the game in a flash -- all a manager has to do is walk out of the dugout and ask for the ball...

What infectious disease killed more adults and young people around the globe at the end of the 20th century than any other? What resurgent disease has become resistant to each new drug developed since the discovery of streptomycin in 1944? What disease kills one third of all people who die with AIDS? ...

"We've actually talked to a number of Ascential customers and we've heard that message loud and clear," she added. "The problem is that a lot of organizations aren't getting more staff and it really is a lot of work to manage a vendor relationship. If you can do more with one vendor, it saves a lot of time and resources."

After all, said Wilcox, Mozilla is powered mostly by volunteers while Microsoft has high-paid staff set on taking back what Mozilla stole. Smart developers typically put their resources where they see the greatest potential return on investment, and Firefox is a hot product these days, he said...

In South Asia, guesthouses are popular and often cheaper than hotels. Corporations and government agencies might have their own guesthouse. Guesthouses might be conventional apartments or homes, with staff that might leave in the evening How Safe Is Pakistan?...

"The portal can extend access to relevant CRM-related data across the enterprise or it can put selected data or self-service capabilities in the hands of partners, resellers, customers, field sales staff, etc.," he said Portal Governance...

Stephan Schambach, who founded Intershop in 1992, began Woburn, Massachusetts-based Demandware last year. Unlike a traditional ASP or outsourcing model, Demandware eCommerce was designed to give retail clients the tools they need to maintain control of their Web site's content and appearance, while removing the technical requirements -- hardware, infrastructure, security and support staff -- in-house sites demand...

Can you describe the three principal business models used by software firms? Before you invest in a software firm, buy products from one, or decide to work for one, look at their business model ...

In a working internship, you spend a summer at the firm as an employee, and the pay can be relatively good. You are often given the opportunity to work with both line and staff employees. This is an excellent chance to explore jobs without having to lock yourself into a position. Because you know you will be there for only a short while, you can spend a lot of time asking questions and learning about the firm...

Microsoft declined to disclose a time line for the two Xbox-only titles, but a spokesperson for the company told TechNewsWorld that Sakaguchi is already at work on the "rich story line" of the first game. The spokesperson, who asked to remain anonymous, added that Microsoft is "staffing up" with "the best talent" to build what it hopes will be next-gen blockbusters for Xbox...

The right set of tools can be a catalyst to increase your staff's productivity and reduce the time required for problem identification and resolution. The wrong tools can waste your time and money and potentially lead you down an unproductive path Before you shop, you should c...

The government will get the information from its NationalInfrastructure Security Coordination Center (NISCC), which will have staffdedicated to sifting through the many alerts issued by security companies toidentify the ones that have potential for the most widespread damage T...

"This takes a computer, a TV tuner card and open-source, freely availablesoftware and makes the PC into a TV recorder and home media center,"explained EFF staff attorney Wendy Seltzer She told TechNewsWorld that EFF has already received several inquiries for guidance on holdin...

Larry Rogers, senior technical staff member at the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University, believes failing to change default passwords is a symptom of a larger problem among system administrators "It seems that defaults of many kinds are not changed by system...

In India, the hype about IT drove countless entrepreneurs to engage in businesses in which they had no chance of success. In that country I've seen software firms open, maintain a full staff, and then close without ever implementing a single commercial contract. One in Chennai went on that way for three years. It's painful to watch and even more painful to try to work with people in those circumstances...

Corporate IT staff are now frequently developing open- and mixed-source solutions as well as consuming them. As a result, hundreds of new open-source software packages are now available -- some of which may be tied to existing software patents This, coupled with concern over i...

Megacities with populations larger than entire countries are changing the physical and economic landscape of the globe. Megacities have economic engines that are powering the future of the world. Megacities have larger markets than many developed countries ...

The agency then changed its mind, but put up a different regulatory roadblock involving an issue that a different commission had already ruled upon. Then, in April of 2004, following a petition and many staff hours of explaining, the PUC granted the request. Unfortunately, by then it was too late, as the fiber-optic company had filed for bankruptcy...

"We asked each marketing team to ante up one senior marketing staffer for a year to man the program management office," said Deborah Nelson, the HP executive responsible for the worldwide marketing of personal computers, technical workstations, personal digital assistants and handheld products...

Cisco, which disappointed investors by predicting sales would be flat or only slightly higher going forward, lost nearly 2 percent on the session. Krispy Kreme was another big loser after it announced plans to slash as much as 25 percent of its staff to cut costs One notable e...