Thursday, March 27, 2008
ITAA: Percent of federal CIOs on the job less than two years nearly doubled in 2007, survey says
ITAA :: Newsroom :: Press Release: "Washington, February 27, 2008 - Information security remains the greatest challenge facing federal Chief Information Officers (CIOs) according the 18th Annual CIO Survey, released today by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and Grant Thornton LLP. Standardization and consolidation of the federal IT infrastructure also is high on the list of to dos for 2008, according to survey respondents."
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Techman 10th Anniversary Gala Celebration
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All Techman alumni are also invited to join us during the day Hotel offer: The Marriott at Fair Oaks --just across the parking Event Gold Sponsors include: tttttttttttttttttttttt |
Monday, March 24, 2008
Announcement for B2B Marketing Excellence Professional Development Courses
[from Clodagh]: I'm excited to tell you about a new business venture by two of our own GMU Techman adjunct professors, Marybeth Fraser and Dana Theus, who teach the TM 740 Marketing in the High Tech Age. They are taking their teaching skills on the road and offering professional education courses for B2B and B2G marketers through a new company, B2B Marketing Excellence.:
"Early next month, ministers in Britain are expected to give the final go-ahead for two new £4bn ($7.9bn) aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. The 65,000 tonne ships will be the most powerful ever to sail in the navy but there is growing concern that delays to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme in the US mean they will be setting out to sea without their intended aircraft."
The new company is responding to employers' growing need for business marketers who have more highly specialized skills than can be "learned on the job." With lively training courses and a topical blog, B2B Marketing Excellence will provide business marketers direct and ongoing support in adapting tried-and-true techniques to new market challenges such as Web 2.0 and the need for stronger brands in the government space. The company’s professional development courses will address subjects covered in their GMU marketing course, but go into greater depth on Branding, Product Management, Marketing Communications and Sales Enablement. The first course, Corporate Brand Strategy: Accelerating Company Growth, will be held May 8, 2008 in Arlington, VA.
As a part of their close association with GMU, Marybeth and Dana are offering our students and alumni a special offer which you can use for yourself and pass on to staff, colleagues and friends. Please use the special price code GM11 worth $100 to sign up for a course and/or forward it to your network of business and government marketing contacts. This discount code expires on August 1, 2008 and can be used with the early registration fee for a total of $200 off. Early registration for Corporate Brand Strategy closes April 10, 2008, so act now!
We want to wish Marybeth and Dana the best of luck in their new business venture
"Early next month, ministers in Britain are expected to give the final go-ahead for two new £4bn ($7.9bn) aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. The 65,000 tonne ships will be the most powerful ever to sail in the navy but there is growing concern that delays to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme in the US mean they will be setting out to sea without their intended aircraft."
The new company is responding to employers' growing need for business marketers who have more highly specialized skills than can be "learned on the job." With lively training courses and a topical blog, B2B Marketing Excellence will provide business marketers direct and ongoing support in adapting tried-and-true techniques to new market challenges such as Web 2.0 and the need for stronger brands in the government space. The company’s professional development courses will address subjects covered in their GMU marketing course, but go into greater depth on Branding, Product Management, Marketing Communications and Sales Enablement. The first course, Corporate Brand Strategy: Accelerating Company Growth, will be held May 8, 2008 in Arlington, VA.
As a part of their close association with GMU, Marybeth and Dana are offering our students and alumni a special offer which you can use for yourself and pass on to staff, colleagues and friends. Please use the special price code GM11 worth $100 to sign up for a course and/or forward it to your network of business and government marketing contacts. This discount code expires on August 1, 2008 and can be used with the early registration fee for a total of $200 off. Early registration for Corporate Brand Strategy closes April 10, 2008, so act now!
We want to wish Marybeth and Dana the best of luck in their new business venture
Overseeing More Employees With Fewer Managers - WSJ.com
Overseeing More Employees With Fewer Managers - WSJ.com: "Since the 1930s, business researchers have maintained that bosses optimally should manage about seven to 10 people. But many companies have boosted that average substantially -- and scholars and consultants are reconsidering their views of maximum team size."
Executives Find Ways To Keep Moving Ahead Despite Economic Fears
"The collapse of financial titan Bear Stearns last week heightened concerns among executives across industries that the U.S. economy is in a recession. The mess on Wall Street has made it difficult for companies to get financing to do deals; slowed sales of cars, clothing, other consumer goods; and prompted managers to scuttle hiring plans and consider layoffs.
The worst thing business leaders can do, however, is panic, especially because the length and severity of a slowdown is impossible to predict. Here are some management lessons gleaned from recent events to help executives navigate successfully in coming months.
Seize opportunities while you can. That is what J.P. Morgan Chase Chief Executive James Dimon did when he and his senior investment bankers reached an agreement -- in just two days -- to acquire Bear Stearns for a mere $2 a share."
The worst thing business leaders can do, however, is panic, especially because the length and severity of a slowdown is impossible to predict. Here are some management lessons gleaned from recent events to help executives navigate successfully in coming months.
Seize opportunities while you can. That is what J.P. Morgan Chase Chief Executive James Dimon did when he and his senior investment bankers reached an agreement -- in just two days -- to acquire Bear Stearns for a mere $2 a share."
Thursday, March 20, 2008
A WiMax Breakthrough in India
A WiMax Breakthrough in India: "Tata Communications unveils an ambitious plan to become global leader in wireless broadband by launching the world's largest commercial network"
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Executive Educational Series: “On the Leading Edge”
EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE in Spatial Business Intelligence (SBI)
A Series of Executive Seminars
April – May, 2008
Introduction
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology offers innovative, ground-breaking customer intelligence solutions that lead to better governmental and business decisions.
Leveraging the availability of vast geospatial digital data, power of GIS technology and IT tools, Executive Educational Programs at the School of Management (SOM) in George Mason University tailored to meet the scheduling demands and career advancement needs of experienced executives and professionals, is launching a NEW Executive Certificate in “Spatial Business Intelligence” (SBI)
SOM Executive Programs through a Certificate in SBI provide executives and working professionals the opportunity to earn world-class business education coupled with GIS Technology - without the career interruption associated with traditional academic programs.
Certificate Outline
There will be five seminars in a Certificate Executive Program offered on Fridays once a week in 2008 academic year.
1. Application of Spatial Intelligence to Enhance My Decision Making in Business & Government.
2. GIS in Marketing application for Decision Making
3. Executive GIS Decision Support System: Advanced Spatial and 3D Analysis for Better Decisions and Visual Interpretation
4. Design and implementation of GIS Enterprise. Value of investing in GIS.
5. Competitor Analysis and Business Strategy through DSS & Computer Simulations
The seminars are designed so that they can be taken in a sequence or as a single class to better fit the participant’s needs and skill level.
Participants can get a Certificate for attending any three of the five one-day seminars.
No prerequisites are required to register and attend the seminars
Who Should Attend
o Government Executives, Department Heads, Directors, Managers of any rank;
o GIS professionals, anyone involved directly or indirectly in Geospatial Technology;
o Those, who want to learn more how the currently accumulated digital geospatial information and available GIS resources (based on ArcGIS software with extensions as: Business, Spatial, Network and 3-D Analysts) can help the governmental managers and executives to leverage GIS tools and data to make more informative administrative decisions to improve and enhance government operation;
o Academic educators and students are welcome. Discount student passes are available.
Why to Attend
Such a Certificate through five seminars equips with innovative GIS solutions applicable to many aspects of Executive Decision Making in business and government operations. After completing the courses a participant will learn to integrate and save valuable resources, visualize organization's assets, streamline workflow processes, minimize risk and enhance business and government decision-making.
By incorporating GIS technology with accumulated digital data and tools into business and government operations a Manager, Director and/or Executive can productively and innovatively utilize an information base to share departmental resources, reduce data redundancy, increase decision accuracy, perform in-depth project analysis, provide multi-level decision support, analyze and simulate competitors and operational business strategy to increase efficiency, automate and visualize tasks, workflow, obtained results, and finally, save time and money.
Profound understanding of the capability of GIS technology at the Executive and Managerial level to manage, correlate, predict, model, and share business and government project-related geospatial information boosts up the ability to use GIS as an innovative essential analytical decision making tool to manage the business operations efficiently and accurately allowing your business to succeed and thrive.
Executive Certificate Logistics and Fees
o Participants will get a GMU Certificate in Spatial Business Intelligence for attending any THREE of the FIVE seminars.
o Seminars are held at the George Mason University Executive Programs state-of-the-art facilities located at the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) Building near the Dulles airport: CIT Building, suite 406; 2214 Rock Hill Rd. Herndon, VA.
o All seminars are accompanied by hands-on exercises with the top-notch GIS software, ArcGIS 9.2, with extensions as: Business Analyst, Spatial Analyst, 3-D Analyst, and Network Analyst to reveal SBI concepts and demonstrate the power of spatially integrated analysis and visualization tools to enhance decision-making and risk management.
The seminar begins at 9:00 and ends at 4:00 on Friday.
The seminar fee includes tuition, breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, NEW ESRI Book: “GIS Tutorial for 9.2”, 2d edition with ArcGIS Tutorial-exercises CD, and 6 months ArcGIS software CD. The fee is subject to change and payable in advance to confirm registration.
If an agency registers 3 persons, the 4-th person is registered for FREE!
A one-time corporate fee for an Agency could be also determined.
For More Information
Sergei Andronikov, PhD, MBA Roy Hinton, PhD, MBA
Executive Programs, SBI Certificate Associate Dean of Executive Programs
School of Management, GMU School of Management, GMU
703-993-9801 703-993-1662
sandroni@gmu.edu rhinton1@gmu.edu
Lynda Carmichael
Executive Programs Coordinator
School of Management, GMU
703-993-4457, fax: 703-733-2809
lcarmic1@gmu.edu
REGISTER TODAY!
Registration Form
2008 Executive Series “On the Leading Edge”
EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE:
Spatial Business Intelligence
Seminar 1: Application of Spatial Intelligence to Enhance My Decision Making in Business & Government
Preliminary Date: April 11
Seminar 2: GIS in Marketing Application for Decision Making
Preliminary Date: April 18
Seminar 3: Executive GIS Decision Support System: Advanced Spatial and 3D Analysis for Better Decision and Visual Interpretation
Preliminary Date: April 25
Seminar 4: Design and implementation of GIS Enterprise. Value of investing in GIS
Preliminary Date: May 2
Seminar 5: Competitor Analysis and Business Strategy through Decision Support Systems and Business Computer Simulations
Preliminary Date: May 9
TIME: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
LOCATION: CIT Building, Room 406; 2214 Rock Hill Rd. Herndon VA
Name and Title:
Company:
Address:
Telephone(Fax):
Email:
Additional Name/Title:
Payment Amount*
Single Seminar $ 445 person**
Three Seminars $ 1195 person
Four Seminars $ 1575 person
All Five Seminars $ 1945 person
* Includes tuition, breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, NEW ESRI Book: “GIS Tutorial for 9.2”, 2d edition with ArcGIS Tutorial-exercises CD, and 6 months ArcGIS software CD
** When prepaid
Register 3 persons and get the 4-th person FREE!
Participants can get a Certificate for attending any THREE of the FIVE one-day seminars.
Method of payment: [ ] Credit Card [ ] Check
(Make Check Payable to Executive Series, School of Management, GMU)
Credit Card Information: [ ] Visa [ ] Master Card
Card Number_______________________________ Expiration Date ___/__/___
Card Member Signature ____________________________ Date ___/__/___
Remit Registration and Payment to:
Executive Programs
School of Management,
GMU,
4400 University Drive,
Fairfax, Virginia 2203
Refund Policy: 100% refund if cancelled one week before the seminar
============================================================
Executive Series are also providing in–house deliveries of these seminars
to complete GMU Certificate in SBI at your agency
A Series of Executive Seminars
April – May, 2008
Introduction
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology offers innovative, ground-breaking customer intelligence solutions that lead to better governmental and business decisions.
Leveraging the availability of vast geospatial digital data, power of GIS technology and IT tools, Executive Educational Programs at the School of Management (SOM) in George Mason University tailored to meet the scheduling demands and career advancement needs of experienced executives and professionals, is launching a NEW Executive Certificate in “Spatial Business Intelligence” (SBI)
SOM Executive Programs through a Certificate in SBI provide executives and working professionals the opportunity to earn world-class business education coupled with GIS Technology - without the career interruption associated with traditional academic programs.
Certificate Outline
There will be five seminars in a Certificate Executive Program offered on Fridays once a week in 2008 academic year.
1. Application of Spatial Intelligence to Enhance My Decision Making in Business & Government.
2. GIS in Marketing application for Decision Making
3. Executive GIS Decision Support System: Advanced Spatial and 3D Analysis for Better Decisions and Visual Interpretation
4. Design and implementation of GIS Enterprise. Value of investing in GIS.
5. Competitor Analysis and Business Strategy through DSS & Computer Simulations
The seminars are designed so that they can be taken in a sequence or as a single class to better fit the participant’s needs and skill level.
Participants can get a Certificate for attending any three of the five one-day seminars.
No prerequisites are required to register and attend the seminars
Who Should Attend
o Government Executives, Department Heads, Directors, Managers of any rank;
o GIS professionals, anyone involved directly or indirectly in Geospatial Technology;
o Those, who want to learn more how the currently accumulated digital geospatial information and available GIS resources (based on ArcGIS software with extensions as: Business, Spatial, Network and 3-D Analysts) can help the governmental managers and executives to leverage GIS tools and data to make more informative administrative decisions to improve and enhance government operation;
o Academic educators and students are welcome. Discount student passes are available.
Why to Attend
Such a Certificate through five seminars equips with innovative GIS solutions applicable to many aspects of Executive Decision Making in business and government operations. After completing the courses a participant will learn to integrate and save valuable resources, visualize organization's assets, streamline workflow processes, minimize risk and enhance business and government decision-making.
By incorporating GIS technology with accumulated digital data and tools into business and government operations a Manager, Director and/or Executive can productively and innovatively utilize an information base to share departmental resources, reduce data redundancy, increase decision accuracy, perform in-depth project analysis, provide multi-level decision support, analyze and simulate competitors and operational business strategy to increase efficiency, automate and visualize tasks, workflow, obtained results, and finally, save time and money.
Profound understanding of the capability of GIS technology at the Executive and Managerial level to manage, correlate, predict, model, and share business and government project-related geospatial information boosts up the ability to use GIS as an innovative essential analytical decision making tool to manage the business operations efficiently and accurately allowing your business to succeed and thrive.
Executive Certificate Logistics and Fees
o Participants will get a GMU Certificate in Spatial Business Intelligence for attending any THREE of the FIVE seminars.
o Seminars are held at the George Mason University Executive Programs state-of-the-art facilities located at the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) Building near the Dulles airport: CIT Building, suite 406; 2214 Rock Hill Rd. Herndon, VA.
o All seminars are accompanied by hands-on exercises with the top-notch GIS software, ArcGIS 9.2, with extensions as: Business Analyst, Spatial Analyst, 3-D Analyst, and Network Analyst to reveal SBI concepts and demonstrate the power of spatially integrated analysis and visualization tools to enhance decision-making and risk management.
The seminar begins at 9:00 and ends at 4:00 on Friday.
The seminar fee includes tuition, breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, NEW ESRI Book: “GIS Tutorial for 9.2”, 2d edition with ArcGIS Tutorial-exercises CD, and 6 months ArcGIS software CD. The fee is subject to change and payable in advance to confirm registration.
If an agency registers 3 persons, the 4-th person is registered for FREE!
A one-time corporate fee for an Agency could be also determined.
For More Information
Sergei Andronikov, PhD, MBA Roy Hinton, PhD, MBA
Executive Programs, SBI Certificate Associate Dean of Executive Programs
School of Management, GMU School of Management, GMU
703-993-9801 703-993-1662
sandroni@gmu.edu rhinton1@gmu.edu
Lynda Carmichael
Executive Programs Coordinator
School of Management, GMU
703-993-4457, fax: 703-733-2809
lcarmic1@gmu.edu
REGISTER TODAY!
Registration Form
2008 Executive Series “On the Leading Edge”
EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATE:
Spatial Business Intelligence
Seminar 1: Application of Spatial Intelligence to Enhance My Decision Making in Business & Government
Preliminary Date: April 11
Seminar 2: GIS in Marketing Application for Decision Making
Preliminary Date: April 18
Seminar 3: Executive GIS Decision Support System: Advanced Spatial and 3D Analysis for Better Decision and Visual Interpretation
Preliminary Date: April 25
Seminar 4: Design and implementation of GIS Enterprise. Value of investing in GIS
Preliminary Date: May 2
Seminar 5: Competitor Analysis and Business Strategy through Decision Support Systems and Business Computer Simulations
Preliminary Date: May 9
TIME: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
LOCATION: CIT Building, Room 406; 2214 Rock Hill Rd. Herndon VA
Name and Title:
Company:
Address:
Telephone(Fax):
Email:
Additional Name/Title:
Payment Amount*
Single Seminar $ 445 person**
Three Seminars $ 1195 person
Four Seminars $ 1575 person
All Five Seminars $ 1945 person
* Includes tuition, breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch, NEW ESRI Book: “GIS Tutorial for 9.2”, 2d edition with ArcGIS Tutorial-exercises CD, and 6 months ArcGIS software CD
** When prepaid
Register 3 persons and get the 4-th person FREE!
Participants can get a Certificate for attending any THREE of the FIVE one-day seminars.
Method of payment: [ ] Credit Card [ ] Check
(Make Check Payable to Executive Series, School of Management, GMU)
Credit Card Information: [ ] Visa [ ] Master Card
Card Number_______________________________ Expiration Date ___/__/___
Card Member Signature ____________________________ Date ___/__/___
Remit Registration and Payment to:
Executive Programs
School of Management,
GMU,
4400 University Drive,
Fairfax, Virginia 2203
Refund Policy: 100% refund if cancelled one week before the seminar
============================================================
Executive Series are also providing in–house deliveries of these seminars
to complete GMU Certificate in SBI at your agency
How to Tap IT's Hidden Potential - WSJ.com
Tip of the hat to Pradeep (Class of 2009) for pointing out this article...
How to Tap IT's Hidden Potential - WSJ.com: "Some of the biggest names in the business world have used information technology to their competitive advantage: Merrill Lynch, American Airlines, FedEx, Barclays, to name a few. Despite their example, such companies are still exceptions."
How to Tap IT's Hidden Potential - WSJ.com: "Some of the biggest names in the business world have used information technology to their competitive advantage: Merrill Lynch, American Airlines, FedEx, Barclays, to name a few. Despite their example, such companies are still exceptions."
Monday, March 10, 2008
Web 2.0: Choice of the Next Generation
Web 2.0: Choice of the Next Generation: "What surprised Capgemini management is how employees used the flexible collaboration features and customization options to share information—sometimes in violation of corporate policies. Rather than clamping down and stifling this innovation, the company embraced it and found that it resulted in productivity and efficiency gains."
Defense Contracting: Additional Personal Conflict of Interest Safeguards Needed for Certain DOD Contractor Employees. GAO-08-169, March 7
Defense Contracting: Additional Personal Conflict of Interest Safeguards Needed for Certain DOD Contractor Employees. GAO-08-169, March 7
Full Report
Full Report
Monday, March 3, 2008
Microsoft Expands Online Services - WSJ.com
Microsoft Expands Online Services - WSJ.com: "Microsoft Corp. today plans to begin new tests of business programs offered as online services, in the latest attempt by the software giant to adapt to the changes being wrought by the Internet on the traditional software business."
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