As the UN peacekeeping force reels from a recent terrorist assault on a guesthouse in the Afghan capital Kabul, leaving five UN peacekeeping staff dead.A terrorism expert outlines the difficulties of combining peacekeeping & countering terrorism in volatile regions.The British American security expert advocates increasing the personal security of all UN peacekeeping terrorist targets as terrorism threats & the terrorist alert status increases.In...more
Business owners and directors should take careful notice of recent terrorist incidents in Afghanistan as the ripple effect will continue to spread across the world.Terrorism and counterterrorism tactics come under the global spotlight this week after the slaying of 5 British soldiers by what the UK military call a rogue Afghani Police officer.This unprovoked and cowardly attack saw the 5 soldiers shot by one of the Afghan police officers who had...more
In today's business world you'll be hard pressed to find any manner of successful firm that doesn't make use of computers. For the last ten years the number of companies that do business on the Internet has grown exponentially and that means that a number of necessary remote IT support companies have grown up alongside.Online computer support has taken the place of the repairman that frequented the office to fix the fax machine and tend to the typewriters and these remote computer support specialists help Internet business stay on top of any problems they might encounter.The benefits of using this outsourced IT support are many. First and foremost the firms save the cost of having expensive technicians onsite. As well, there are a growing number of these outsource firms to choose from.The Right Remote Desktop SupportIt's important to keep in mind that time is money on the Internet. When you've got a computer network that stretches across the globe, having one point of contact for all of the problems that can bring an individual computer or an entire network down is essential. Most of these remote IT support companies can access your server and send the necessary patches or other...more
More and more individuals are setting up home offices and workplaces in order to save money by running their businesses from home. Instead of making the daily commute to an outside workplace, many small business owners are operating right out of their place of residence. In these troubling economic times, running a home office makes good sense...more
Mentors have a long and respected place in the world of work. In fact, that role is growing in importance.Usually, older and more experience, mentors provide coaching and serve as role models for neophytes who turn to them for advice on how to build and manage careers. This role is important to the success of individuals and organizations.Mentoring...more
Legatum Institute: India more Prosperous than ChinaThe Legatum Institute, an academic investment group think tank based in London, has just released its latest global prosperity report. The 2009 Prosperity Index values prosperity in a number of ways, and not purely based on economic indicators. They include personal freedoms, quality of life, entrepreneurship, health, education, innovation, governance and social capital in addition to economic fundamentals.In the results, India scored 45th on the index, while China ranked low in 75th place, below even pariah state Venezuela. The reasons for this have to do in the way Indian governance contributes to its economy according to Ryan Streeter, of the Legatum Institute. Coupled with that other key measurements of governance, such as freedoms and social capital, India is far more prosperous than China.According to the institutes web site, the Legatum Prosperity Index is the worlds only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing; unlike other studies that rank countries by actual levels of wealth, life satisfaction or development, the prosperity Index produces rankings based upon the very foundations of prosperity those factors that help...more
An investor will naturally need to be convinced to give money to any business. Of the dozens of deals that come across their desk, they can choose only a few to fund, if that. This makes investors skeptical of plans that promise easy money and...more
Starting a web-based business is no longer as inexpensive as it used to be, as the web has become crowded with competitors providing content, e-commerce, and other services. It takes investment in marketing and skilled website development to...more
Considered an aggressive mode of marketing, telemarketing is related to making calls to majority of people and turn them into prospective clients. But at the same time, this is one of the most argued marketing strategies. Some marketing...more
The present economic disaster has produced huge problems in the real estate market. What is "distressed real estate"?Any property that is under foreclosure or is advertised for sale by its mortgage holder can be described as distressed property, or...more
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A dedicated server or the dedicated hosting service is a kind of internet hosting or web hosting in which the clients will not the server with any one and leases the entire server. This is more flexible when compared with shared hosting as the...more