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January 2008
Can You Really Achieve a Four-Hour Workweek? How Mind-Boggling IT Helps the Oil and Gas Industry Thrive Hottest Stories of 2007 from Profit Online Avoiding Cultural Danger Zones in Global Project Management Streamlining the Federal Government’s IT Strategy with Hosted Solutions

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Can You Really Achieve a Four-Hour Workweek? Timothy Ferriss doesn't want you to work harder; he wants you to work smarter—and free up your time to do all those things you really want to do. (Hint: it's probably not spending your day in meetings.) Ferriss talks to Profit about his best-selling book, The 4-Hour Workweek; why results matter; and his next global adventure. More. How Mind-Boggling IT Helps the Oil and Gas Industry Thrive Michael Heagney, research director for the oil and gas practice at Energy Insights, believes the industry needs scalable infrastructure to manage information overload—one of the biggest challenges facing oil and gas companies. The solution: smart analytics tools coupled with a robust database to solve data management problems. More. Hottest Stories of 2007 from Profit Online Read Profit Online’s hottest stories of 2007, from a celebration of Oracle’s 30th anniversary to Celona CEO Tony Sceale’s vision for green data centers. More. Avoiding Cultural Danger Zones in Global Project Management Global project management is difficult enough without the potential for cultural missteps and misunderstandings. Learn what kinds of communication and cultural snafus can derail global projects and how to solve them. More. Audiocast: Streamlining the Federal Government’s IT Strategy with Hosted Solutions In Profit’s new Executive Briefing Audiocast, public sector expert Richard Cirigliano discusses trends in government IT practices and Oracle's role in bringing software as a service (SaaS) to Washington DC. More. Agilent’s Competitive Edge Stays Razor Sharp with Oracle On Demand Oracle On Demand gave Santa Clara, California-based Agilent the flexibility it needed to move from a traditional fixed-cost center to a flexible sourced model, achieving a return on equity of 17.9 percent in 2006. Read how the company has benefited from a multisource approach to IT outsourcing with Oracle On Demand. More.

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