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Mid-Market CIO Panel: Tips and Techniques for Improving Vendor Relationships
July 15, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
We'll highlight relationship priorities and best practices identified in a Council study, and we'll interact with a CIO panel on the approaches they've used to improve strategic vendor partnerships.
Secrets of Successful Vendor Contract Negotiations for the Mid-Market
Sept. 10, 2009, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM U.S./Eastern (GMT-4)
On this free public Council teleconference, Matthew A. Karlyn, attorney at Foley & Lardner in Boston, will share tips on negotiating tactics and new, creative contract terms to help mid-market CIOs make better deals.
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November 01, 2001 — CIO —
A recent survey of 86 IT managers conducted by support automation software company Support.com of Redwood City, Calif., revealed that 80 percent of IT staff hates Mondays. While it may be that a large percentage of any staff has some Monday aversion, for IT workers it’s more than just readjustment from the weekend. It turns out that on Mondays IS staffers get the highest number of support calls from users regarding PC and application problems. Other support inquiries tend to be spread out over the week, the survey reports. Nonetheless, 6 percent of IT support staff cites "every day" as the worst day for IT queries.