management - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Would you hire a liar?

  ​Nobody likes a liar. Except if you are hiring for sales-orientated jobs, a pilot study by researchers at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business has indicated.

• Mind your metaphors: Why CIOs’ choice of corporate jargon counts

  We often use them without thinking, but they should be used with care.

• Why CIOs should listen to the most annoying person on their team

  One of the problems CIOs face when they are seeking to innovate and bring about change in their companies, is the fact IT leaders all think alike.

• How to manage your vendors strategically

  Here are 6 tips for managing your suppliers

• Psychopaths work well under abusive bosses: study

  Psychopaths get a bum rap. For most of us the term brings to mind the axe-wielding, Huey Lewis and the News fan Patrick Bateman of American Psycho, but in psychological terms, we all sit on the spectrum of this personality trait.

• Beyond Alerts: Using orchestration to realize network self-healing

  Managing modern networked systems and applications is daunting because infrastructure is complex and things can go wrong in so many parts of the technology stack -- servers, storage, network devices, applications, hypervisors, APIs, DNS, etc. How can you address the challenge?

• Hacking PingPlotter, Part 2

  In the previous column on hacking PingPlotter I discussed how you can use the tool's Web interface and the curl utility to add targets to be tracked, for example, to add a single host you would enter the following on the command line:

• Understanding How SDN and NFV Can Work Together

  As software-defined networking and network function virtualization begin to take hold in the enterprise, it's worth examining each concept to see how they complement each other. The end result: More generic network hardware and more open software.

• How to script: A Bash crash course

  An easy step-by-step guide to the Bash command-line shell and shell scripting

• Optimize your router for VoIP and video

  We're at an awkward stage as the age of network-streamed multimedia matures. Broadband and cell providers have only recently realized the public's enormous appetite for streaming video, VoIP, and the combination of both.

• How to prepare for the IT department of the future

  In the IT industry, change is the only constant. So how can IT professionals best prepare themselves for the future? Follow these steps.

• How college CIOs brace for back-to-school (with video!)

  To some, the job of a higher-education CIO might seem downright cushy. After all, unlike their corporate counterparts, these IT leaders don't have to answer to shareholders, cater to business-line leaders or survive acrimonious mergers.

• Network infrastructure cost optimization services can save millions

  <em>This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.</em>

• Three critical considerations when optimizing infrastructure for application performance

  <em>This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.</em>

• Is your company culture driving away women tech workers?

  How long would you stay at a job, or in a career field, in which --regardless of your passion for the work and your talent, skills and achievements -- you were consistently bombarded with both overt and subliminal messages that you just did not belong?

Whitepapers about management

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  How to protect against today’s #1 security risk: employees

  Today’s workplaces are becoming increasingly complex and fluid – particularly when it comes to security management. The modern worker expects to be able to work from anywhere, on any device, and at any time. Office spaces are no longer centralised with singular technology and protected by a robust firewall. They’re now wireless, with hot-desks, hybrid infrastructure (both cloud-based and on-premise), and all kinds of connectivity scenarios. Unless your flexible, digital workplace is designed with security as top of mind, security issues can very easily occur – and can have a lasting impact on your business’ overall safety.

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  7 simple ways to motivate your team

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  Shifting district culture to deepen student learning

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  Mobile Devices in Education: A Comprehensive Management Approach