The Scoop on Hadoop: A Quick Look at the 2013 Hadoop Summit

Both the “briefcases” and the “backpacks” were out in force at the Hadoop Summit at the San Jose Convention Center June 26–27. Marketing types (the “briefcases”) and data scientists and hackers (the “backpacks”) showed up to discuss and show off all things Hadoop. The exhibition hall was a mix of established veterans, such as Salesforce, Yahoo, and Dell, as well as startups of varying degrees of maturity. Like many conferences focused on technology—and especially with enterprise-class server technology like Hadoop—nearly everyone was showcasing ways to make things easier to use and more accessible.

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Managing Change And Transition Toolkit

This toolkit showcases three of Linkage’s best practice tools to help prepare your managers to implement successful change. Linkage’s approach to change focuses just as much on the organizational change process, as on your employees’ ability to successfully transition to the new state. (After completing the form, click “Read full article” to access toolkit.)

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E-Mail Etiquette Best Practices

One time I sent in a helpdesk ticket and the helpdesk person would not answer it because I did not have anything in the subject line. I called him all upset but then he explained that they get so many e-mails they need to know quickly who to distribute them to. That same year I was having my yearly review and my manager at the time told me that one of the things I needed to work on was putting a topic in the subject line. I was telling a coworker about that and he said he has issues with me not doing that too. Wow! From then on I always made sure to write in the subject line, so much so that my husband pointed out that I write too much in there and sometimes my whole e-mail is in that line.

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This toolkit showcases three of Linkage’s best practice tools to help prepare your managers to implement successful change. Linkage’s approach to change focuses just as much on the organizational change process, as on your employees’ ability to successfully transition to the new state.

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