<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438498442018129169</id><updated>2010-02-22T00:55:23.792-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Advanced IT &amp; Business Management</title><subtitle type='html'>A blog where some advanced information technology topics along with business management are posted and discussed. 

This effort is raised from my current studies and previous experiences.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sina Ghazi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01910038850192096151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438498442018129169.post-5681694324032160889</id><published>2007-12-09T08:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-09T08:24:19.657-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Green IT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Infrastructure'/><title type='text'>Green IT: Do it for the money, if nothing else</title><summary type='text'>Earlier today, I found this post interesting on news.com which I would like to share.By: Will Sturgeon, November 22, 2006While the welfare of the planet may not top their agenda, the vast majority of businesses are still shooting themselves in the foot when it comes to energy savings.Eighty percent of businesses have never conducted an energy audit and only 29 percent of businesses are investing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/feeds/5681694324032160889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6438498442018129169&amp;postID=5681694324032160889' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/5681694324032160889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/5681694324032160889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/2007/12/green-it-do-it-for-money-if-nothing.html' title='Green IT: Do it for the money, if nothing else'/><author><name>Sina Ghazi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01910038850192096151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06125993598544785987'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438498442018129169.post-6391957093307885135</id><published>2007-12-04T20:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T23:37:50.979-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IT Trends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Green IT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Metadata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business Process Modelling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virtualization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Unified Communications'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle East'/><title type='text'>Gartner's top 10 strategic technologies for 2008 &amp; Middle East</title><summary type='text'>Gartner analysts have highlighted the top 10 information and communications technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations during the coming year. This list is mainly a global list and is derived from international market demands and maturity levels. What I do like to analyse the first 5 strategies within using this post and result into what degree each of this strategies </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/feeds/6391957093307885135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6438498442018129169&amp;postID=6391957093307885135' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/6391957093307885135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/6391957093307885135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/2007/12/gartners-top-10-strategic-technologies.html' title='Gartner&apos;s top 10 strategic technologies for 2008 &amp; Middle East'/><author><name>Sina Ghazi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01910038850192096151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06125993598544785987'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438498442018129169.post-5764773035268542238</id><published>2007-11-29T14:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-29T14:50:47.431-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why American Managers Might Have Trouble in Cross-Cultural Negotiations</title><summary type='text'>I found this interesting while reading some materials ..."Italians, Germans, and French don’t soften up executives with praise before they criticize. Americans do, and to many Europeans this seems manipulative. Israelis, accustomed to fast-paced meetings, have no patience for American small talk.British executives often complain that their U.S. counterparts chatter too much. Indian executives are</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/feeds/5764773035268542238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6438498442018129169&amp;postID=5764773035268542238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/5764773035268542238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/5764773035268542238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/2007/11/why-american-managers-might-have.html' title='Why American Managers Might Have Trouble in Cross-Cultural Negotiations'/><author><name>Sina Ghazi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01910038850192096151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06125993598544785987'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438498442018129169.post-494288964006083726</id><published>2007-11-28T02:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-28T02:29:14.265-08:00</updated><title type='text'>IT Service management outsourcing</title><summary type='text'>Today I was asked by a friend to recommend him a few companies that could offer support and assistance to them in order deploy new stuff from hardware servers (SUN and HP servers with Linux, Solaris10 and Windows) to software (CRM, VMware, Exchange, SQL, Banking Software, Oracle, SharePoint, …) and the phone system.The IT service management outsourcing requires strong contract management and risk</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/feeds/494288964006083726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6438498442018129169&amp;postID=494288964006083726' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/494288964006083726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/494288964006083726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/2007/11/it-service-management-outsourcing.html' title='IT Service management outsourcing'/><author><name>Sina Ghazi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01910038850192096151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06125993598544785987'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438498442018129169.post-3742710181795826470</id><published>2007-11-10T11:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-15T01:40:03.402-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Business Motivation Model - Service Oreinted</title><summary type='text'>This post summarizes my understanding of Reward Systems from an Individual and Team perspective and initiates the topic of Service Oriented Reward Systems for Service Oriented Enterprises.Reward Systems are actually business rules and policies strategically defined by chief directors and  maintained by managers within an organization with aim of creating attraction for individuals to join a team </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/feeds/3742710181795826470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6438498442018129169&amp;postID=3742710181795826470' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/3742710181795826470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/3742710181795826470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/2007/11/business-motivation-model-service.html' title='Business Motivation Model - Service Oreinted'/><author><name>Sina Ghazi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01910038850192096151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06125993598544785987'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NB8ZTnmeoGY/RzYLtOB1VhI/AAAAAAAAABo/npkgd8YQ8lQ/s72-c/business-motivation-model.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438498442018129169.post-7004549554045619462</id><published>2007-11-09T09:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T09:18:57.623-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Rewards?</title><summary type='text'>While studying today, I remember one one my previous readings from a book called Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond.The book is about civilizations. An explanation of possible reasons of why some societies did grow faster and some didn't.Quote from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_SteelThe prologue to the book opens with an account of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/feeds/7004549554045619462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6438498442018129169&amp;postID=7004549554045619462' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/7004549554045619462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/7004549554045619462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/2007/11/why-rewards.html' title='Why Rewards?'/><author><name>Sina Ghazi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01910038850192096151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06125993598544785987'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438498442018129169.post-5441896615961134013</id><published>2007-11-09T09:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T09:10:13.502-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Organizational Reward Systems</title><summary type='text'>By reading the "ORGANIZATIONAL REWARD SYSTEMS" article we realize that we have faced the concepts in action or maybe implemented a few of them during our career paths.We usually forget how we were motivated in early years of our work and by looking back we see different techniques and methodologies that had their own characteristics and respective impact.By looking what my previous organizations </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/feeds/5441896615961134013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6438498442018129169&amp;postID=5441896615961134013' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/5441896615961134013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/5441896615961134013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/2007/11/organizational-reward-systems.html' title='Organizational Reward Systems'/><author><name>Sina Ghazi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01910038850192096151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06125993598544785987'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438498442018129169.post-8418622079666696958</id><published>2007-11-09T09:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T09:03:23.739-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Advanced IT &amp; Business Management</title><summary type='text'>I have started this blog to share what I learn from my professors and classmates at University of Wales - Robert Kennedy College.I am extremely happy that after eleven years of working experience it became possible to spend some quality time for academic studies.At the moment I am enrolled in the MSc Advanced Information Technology and Business Management programme at Robert Kennedy College, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/feeds/8418622079666696958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6438498442018129169&amp;postID=8418622079666696958' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/8418622079666696958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438498442018129169/posts/default/8418622079666696958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.sinaghazi.com/2007/11/advanced-it-business-management.html' title='Advanced IT &amp; Business Management'/><author><name>Sina Ghazi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01910038850192096151</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06125993598544785987'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry></feed>