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Stop curling up like a porcupine Get accountable	20 November 2007
... customers. Solicit feedback from others. The ancient Egyptians had a saying: "Hear like a porcupine," ... about it. When you need to purchase clothing or furniture, you know there are many ... such as a wedding gown or a business suit, then you'll likely choose the store ...
Microsoft goes mod with campus expansion	14 November 2007
Microsoft is in the midst of a massive expansion to its Seattle area campus and has a new strategy for the design of its buildings that reflects the software giant's changing business."It's not just Office and Windows anymore," said Martha Clarkson, a designer on Microsoft's staff who spearheaded the new direction.Microsoft has decided to put more thought into the design of its buildings to reflect new businesses, such as the consumer-focused Xbox and Zune groups. It hopes that the added cost required to create the new look, which features open lobbies, colorful carpets, and mod furniture, will pay off in productivity gains."We used to build generic buildings," said Chris Owens, general manager for real estate and facilities at Microsoft. Going forward, managers of businesses that will be in the buildings will have a say in the way the interior is laid out in order to support their business objectives, he said.The new options are the result of a project that Clarkson undertook. She and her colleagues traveled to 26 Microsoft facilities around the globe, interviewing executives and studying the way employees work.Some of their findings were surprising. For example, while employees estimated that they spent 75 percent of their work time in their offices, in reality they were in their offices only 41 percent of their time. The rest was spent in meetings or working from home, Clarkson said.Clarkson and her team also discovered that even though Microsoft has a positive reputation for a policy that allows the majority of workers to have their own offices rather than cubicles, some teams prefer an open, collaborative work environment, she said.Building 99, the first building created from the ground up to reflect the new design environment at Microsoft, has plenty of space for on-the-fly collaboration. The building, which officially opened Nov. 12, houses Microsoft Research and contains many small meeting rooms with comfortable chairs that workers can relax into and discuss ideas."We want serendipitous meetings," said Kevin Schofield, general manager for Microsoft Research. He wanted an open design that lets people see each other across the building or in another room and allows them opportunities to grab a nearby space to sit down and discuss ideas.One group in particular should like the new available spaces. The theory group within Microsoft Research includes physicists, economists, and mathematicians. They meet for afternoon tea every day, Schofield said. It's a social get together, but they gravitate into conversations that end up relevant to their work, he said. In their old building, they met in nondescript conference rooms that might not have windows or a white board.In building 99, they'll be spoiled for choice of comfortable rooms to have their tea. Some rooms can't be reserved, so that they're more likely to be available for spur-of-the-moment meetings. Many have comfortable chairs surrounding a coffee table, more like a sitting room in a home than an office conference room. Also, most of them feature glass walls that workers can treat like white boards, writing diagrams or ideas on them and then erasing the drawings.The building features a central atrium in the lobby topped with a glass roof and with conference rooms overlooking the space. Open staircases flank the atrium, which has a café in its center. The space was built to be able to accommodate a meeting of all 650 people who work in the building and all future buildings on campus will have a similar feature.Schofield used a relatively new Workplace Advantage Lab on campus to see the ideas that Clarkson's team had come up with and choose what would work best for the group. The lab shows off options such as offices with moveable walls that can be converted into larger, shared office spaces and conference rooms that are flanked by offices.Sliding doors will be one feature that will come standard in all office buildings, as opposed to hinged doors that take up more space. Also, lights in offices will have sensors so they turn on when someone walks into the room and off when the room is empty. All new buildings will also feature under-floor cooling systems, which save energy because they blow cool air from the ground up, rather than forcing cool air from the ceiling through warmer air that naturally rises.The new office design is more expensive than the old way of doing things, said Owen. But when 90 percent of the cost of running a building is paying for the people inside of it, it's easy to pay off investments that drive productivity, he said.Microsoft, which already employs over 36,000 people in the Puget Sound region, continues to grow at a fast rate. Last year, the company said it would spend $1 billion on a three-year campus expansion plan. But in mid-November this year it said it would add five more buildings to the previous plan, so now the expansion will support 19,000 new workers. The new plan includes an area of campus planned for completion in early 2009 that features a central outdoor commons, a post office, mini-spa, bookstore, and 12 food venues.
EFO blames strip club for move	14 November 2007
In an ad flyer sent to customers, EFO Furniture Galleries owner Joe Rinkunas said business has been hurt by the store's proximity to the Gentleman's Club 10, right, so it will move to the former Circuit City ...
Discount store Tuesday Morning opens in New Bern	07 November 2007
A new discount home furnishings store opened Tuesday on Glenburnie Road. Several hundred customers visited Tuesday Morning, a business that sells linens, toys, kitchen appliances, wood furniture and other items ...
Three Portuguese Stocks Worth Investigating	25 October 2007
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Internal Sales Executive - Croydon	17 October 2007
Internal Sales Executive - Croydon 17k Base + 23-25k OTE plus additional benefits Over the past 30 years our client has grown to become a leading national supplier of office, computer and printer consumables, furniture and technology based products. Due to continued growth and internal promotions they are now seeking to add an additional internally based sales executive to compliment an already successful team. As an internal sales executive you will be responsible for developing new and existing relationships with both SME and Corporate clients throughout the UK. With access to a complete portfolio of products you will seek to become the supplier of choice and one that offers an end-to-end consumable solution. Business is generated through a mix of lead generation and account management in both public and private sector accounts. This is not a call centre type environment and requires applicants to posses a minimum of 3-6 months previous sales experience. You will be a graduate or of graduate caliber and posses exceptional communication skills, computer literacy and the desire/commitment to work for an industry leading company. Applicants must also be highly motivated individuals looking to develop their career in a professional business to business sales environment where promotion is an every day possibility. The successful candidate can expect a base salary of 17k with an uncapped OTE of 23-25k plus Benefits. Certus Sales Limited is a specialist sales recruitment consultancy with an impressive client portfolio covering opportunities in the following areas: Telecommunication, Business Information, Media, I.T and many more. Vacancy levels recruited include Sales Director, Sales Manager, Senior Sales Professional, Account Manager, Account Management, Sales Executive, New Business Development, Field and Telesales opportunities. To find out more about us please visit certussales.com
Sony Vaio Vgnn170GT 154 Notebook Pc (Notebook, Price: £244)	01 January 0001
Designed to complement your modern design aesthetic the Sony Vaio Vgn-N170G T balances beautiful form with highly functional computing features. The N170G T features a Wenge brown (a creamy coffee-color made to resemble wood furniture) and silver case for a cool contemporary accent. Beyond its eye-catching good looks this laptop offers a bright 15.4-inch Xbrite-Eco Lcd screen that provides brilliant colors from photos and videos while helping to save drain on the battery. This affordable notebook Pc is powered by Intel s powerful Core Duo T2050 which provides an optimized multithreaded architecture for improved gaming and multitasking performance and a more efficient power consumption. The dual execution core T2050 has a 1.6 Ghz processor speed fast 533 Mhz system bus and generous 2 Mb L2 cache. It features an 120 Gb hard drive 1 Gb of installed Ram (2 Gb maximum) dual-layer multi-format Dvd drive that also burns Cds tri-mode 802.11a b g wireless connectivity Intel Gma 950 graphics processor with 128 Mb of shared video memory an ExpressCard slot and Memory Stick slot. And it s loaded with the Microsoft Windows Media Center operating system featuring powerful easy-to-use digital entertainment functionality. This is a Windows Vista capable Pc and it s also Windows Vista Premium ready. The Basics Hard Drive The 120 Gb hard drive (5400 Rpm) is above average in size for notebook Pcs and it s befitting of such an entertainment-centric Pc. It offers more than enough capacity for storing documents and productivity software for road warriors. You ll also be able to store a good-sized digital audio library. Processor The Intel Core Duo T2050 processor is built with the Mobile Intel 945PM Express chipset and it has a 1.60 Ghz processor speed fast 533 Mhz front-side bus (Fsb) and large 2 Mb L2 cache An L2 or secondary cache temporarily stores data and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system s performance. The Fsb carries data between the Cpu and Ram and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance The Intel Core Duo processor has two computational execution cores in a single processor providing greater system response when running multi-threaded applications simultaneously with no significant increase in power consumption. It s optimized for multitasking and is ready to support the next version of Microsoft Windows code-named Vista. It can simultaneously run multiple demanding applications-such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching business productivity applications-while downloading music or running virus-scanning security programs in the background. It s more efficient thanks to Intel s Power Coordination and Deeper Sleep which help to transfer power only to those areas of the processor that need it. It also features Intel s Digital Media Boost which delivers enhanced performance on floating point-intensive applications such as Cad tools 3-D and 2-D modeling video editing digital music digital photography and gaming. Memory The 1 Gb of built-in memory (Pc4200 533 Mhz Ddr2 Sdram 2 x 512 Mb) is a good start out of the box but you ll want to maximize the 2 Gb capacity of this machine to make your multimedia hum along. Cd Dvd Drive The double-layer Dvd drive is compatible with a wide range of formats including both Dvd Rw and Dvd-Rw discs Cd-Rw discs and dual-layer (Dl) Dvd -R discs which can hold up to 8.5 Gb of data-great for backing up your Mp3 collection or your most important documents. It features the following speeds 4x for Dvd R Dl 4x for Dvd-R Dl 8x for both single layer Dvd R -R 8x for single layer Dvd Rw 6x for single layer Dvd-Rw and 24x 24x for Cd-R Rw. It reads Dvd-Rom discs at 8x and Cd-Roms at 24x. Keyboard Mouse This notebook has a standard 86-key keyboard (2.5mm stroke and 19.05mm pitch) and electro-static two-button touchpad.
The shoes make the man, and the country too	21 September 2007
... bashing out or lovingly crafting clothing, furniture, toys, fancy writing papers, leather goods, ... cheap imports from Asia and, increasingly, North Africa. That's why the smart ones are moving ... though. In effect, he runs a global business from a shop with a mere four ...
Begg: I'll be off to the third world	28 November 2007
ABTA Travel Convention special report: Global founder plans to swap business for charity
QinetiQ to cut 400 despite profit jump	29 November 2007
QinetiQ, the defence research business in which the chairman and chief executive made more than £35 million on the flotation of the business, will eliminate 400 jobs across the UK.