We live in an age where flying business class means you can get a power socket to plug in your laptop and work away at 30,000 feet.
However, airports are full of lost and unclaimed laptops. It is also widely known that there are many laptops which have been lost in airports and they never turn up. This kind of security risk concerns thefts and external risks.
There is also another type of risk- security related- that makes most IT managers to admit their hatred of laptops. They get countless calls about why laptops don't work, constant demand for the best and the latest products and they have to cope with the cost of replacements when a machine crashes.
They are called by their CEO's to find the cheapest and most effective laptops for employees so as to save money for the company. On the other hand, companies have addressed this need offering cheap, high-tech, functional and effective laptops for companies and individuals.
With the prices set to be extremely low, laptop purchase has become a quick and easy decision.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Business cards win impressions!
While looking for random things few days ago, I stumbled upon a picture that caused me a lot of awe. Once more I blessed the creativity in some people's mind as well as how they use it to make money.
If you contemplate how much of creativity can be used in designing a business card you will probably come up with the answer ''limited''. Well if you look carefully at the picture above you can see that this is a business card of a person working in a security company. The break-out lock picking kit combined with the metallic material that the card is made by, is drawing lots people's attention who want to give a second closer look at this work of imagination.
The key thing of this business card is not the profession neither the card holder's name displayed onto the card but the design and creativity put into to make it.
Undoubtedly, business card is one of the most important first contact points that win people's impression. Thus, a card holder should have a business card suitable to his/her profession and profile as well.
There are many stores that specialize in designing and selling business cards tailored to your needs and your professional profile so as to win impressions just before going for perceptions.
If you contemplate how much of creativity can be used in designing a business card you will probably come up with the answer ''limited''. Well if you look carefully at the picture above you can see that this is a business card of a person working in a security company. The break-out lock picking kit combined with the metallic material that the card is made by, is drawing lots people's attention who want to give a second closer look at this work of imagination.
The key thing of this business card is not the profession neither the card holder's name displayed onto the card but the design and creativity put into to make it.
Undoubtedly, business card is one of the most important first contact points that win people's impression. Thus, a card holder should have a business card suitable to his/her profession and profile as well.
There are many stores that specialize in designing and selling business cards tailored to your needs and your professional profile so as to win impressions just before going for perceptions.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Work from home(ffice)!
A few years ago, the claim of owing a ''home-based'' business would definitely raise some eyebrows. Moreover, people often chose to refer to them as...''bogus'' companies. And I am sure there are still many people out there, who believe that if you don't put on a dress, a suit, or any other type of ''work uniform'', have proper offices- even if your business doesn't really need one- and generally, adjust your behaviour and appearance your peers, you are definitely NOT running a ''real'' business.
However, nowadays I daily come across people who run successful- sometimes even international- business, and they are not ashamed of admitting that they work from home. Possibly, mass media has played a vital role in making it possible for someone not only to work from home, but also manage and run a healthy company. As a result, home-based companies are gaining more and more respect even by more conventional companies, who do not believe that the model- although different to theirs- lacks in business substance.
And because it is normal for people to think that if they work from home, they might not be as successful- which is true, in some occasions-, here's a list of things to reconsider in case you ever have an offer to work from home...
- No boss, no board of directors or shareholders. Your only boss is your customers.
- You are free to set up your own priorities and therefore to be accountable to yourself to meeting them. You are also accountable to people you have chosen to be and not random people who got a promotion ahead of you.
- Healthier living. You can get to the gym or a lovely swimming pool whenever you like, in ten minutes or less.
- One of the latest technology advances, you can now work from home anywhere in the world with free local and international telephony via Voip. All you need is a laptop!
Put on your pyjamas and get to work.
However, nowadays I daily come across people who run successful- sometimes even international- business, and they are not ashamed of admitting that they work from home. Possibly, mass media has played a vital role in making it possible for someone not only to work from home, but also manage and run a healthy company. As a result, home-based companies are gaining more and more respect even by more conventional companies, who do not believe that the model- although different to theirs- lacks in business substance.
And because it is normal for people to think that if they work from home, they might not be as successful- which is true, in some occasions-, here's a list of things to reconsider in case you ever have an offer to work from home...
- No boss, no board of directors or shareholders. Your only boss is your customers.
- You are free to set up your own priorities and therefore to be accountable to yourself to meeting them. You are also accountable to people you have chosen to be and not random people who got a promotion ahead of you.
- Healthier living. You can get to the gym or a lovely swimming pool whenever you like, in ten minutes or less.
- One of the latest technology advances, you can now work from home anywhere in the world with free local and international telephony via Voip. All you need is a laptop!
Put on your pyjamas and get to work.
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