<P> Rather than recycle the same shopworn execs, companies sometimes hire outside their industry. For instance, Effective Networking, a Boston-based consulting firm that specializes in business partnerships and social networking, recently hired former Filene's Department Store chairman and CEO Jerry Socol, who will serve as one of Effective's advisers. Along with Socol, the company's advisers include Ilene Lang, the founding CEO of AltaVista Internet Software and a former Lotus exec, and Jennifer Potter-Brotman, former president and CEO of Forum, sales management and leadership development consultant.</P> <P> <P>
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10 Challenges That HP Wants Partners To Tackle Right Now CRN speaks with HP's business unit chiefs to get a sense of where they'd like partners to focus in the coming year, as well as how CEO Meg Whitman is making a difference. |
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VAR500: IBM Strikes Deal With Ukraine Bank; HP Bolsters Health-Care Practice CRN VAR500 solution providers win health-care contracts, work on European banking solution, create a platform for microlending, sharing info on cloud computing and more. |
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Five Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week For the week ending Feb. 3, CRN looks at five companies that were either asleep at the wheel or just didn't make good decisions. |
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