Virtualization 101: a path to safe backups

Corporate data virtualization is the trend for almost 10 years by now… The bigger the extent of the data your company has, the more likely is the fact that you actually need it too. We’re gonna go through why certain ways to virtualize are more popular…

How long before the exit you must be planning it?

The ideal timing for planning an exit strategy is at least 5-10 years beforehand. That kind of a diligent approach is proven to help you in accumulate as much of an assets as possible, whilst taking their price to the highest level possible, for a future sale. But unfortunately, that kind of diligent approach is not always applicable. So how does a CEO or an owner in a hurry can perform a quicker exit strategy, say in 1, 2 or 3 years?

Is it viable now for IT companies to file an IPO?

It’s no dotcom bubble burst today as it was at the verge of the last century and the beginning of the new millennium. But still, though Internet and the IT industry are not that young and volatile anymore, with so many different trends attracting investment funding, is it wise for a company to file an IPO at this time in the stock’s history or not? We’ve delved into the latest cases of IT IPOs to see whether it is a smart decision to do for anyone beyond the Google or Tumblr’s scale…

Bringing a new CFO at the time of crisis?

There are many different approaches for saving a company during a period of a financial meltdown. Hiring a new Chief Financial Officer may seem like an obvious managerial solution from that list. But actually, is it the best decision? The question is so controversial as it’s rooted deeply into what causes the crisiss themselves… Oftentimes the main issue lies not within the bookkeeping or investment sectors, but rather in an R&D and marketing departments.

IT: using visual “hotzones” for market research among customers

There are many practical and experimental ways nowadays to get the customer’s mind analyzed. This “hotzones” trend lets us all see a much wider scope on how people react and interact with the web and hardware these days. So let’s try to analyze, which marketing researches can employ such a feature? An industry which jumped the bandwagon of that niche first was advertising, public relations and marketing…

HR management using Big Data is on the rise!

In our days human resources are the most vital thing that any company, whether it’s working in IT or not, has. Thanks to our modern culture, the value of each employee’s input is highly valuable, and hence becomes a subject for an in-depth analysis and optimization. With big data getting into every field these days, we took it into account as well and tried to incorporate it into our HR and recruiting management methods…