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PC Crashes More Stressful Than Queuing
News According to the research -- dubbed IT Day from Hell -- nearly 70 percent find computer crashes more stressful than having to spend a weekend with a partner's parents and nearly 80 percent would rather spend hours queuing in a bank or bar than...
[August 24, 2000, 12:01]
IT Reduces Stress - Except For Bankers
News IT and mobile communication technologies are making our working lives less stressful, according to a study out on Monday. The majority of the 300 IT decision-makers in medium-sized UK businesses said IT has made their jobs less stressful, although...
[December 2, 2003, 9:20]
IT Burnouts Work Less To Escape Stress
News British workers in highly stressful fields such as IT are increasingly opting to leave their careers behind in favour of leading a simpler life, according to a new report. The report from analysts Datamonitor estimated that, in 2002, 1.9 million...
[April 23, 2003, 10:25]
IT Consultants: The Most Stressed People In Britain?
News Senior IT consultants believe they have the most stressful job in the country, as they struggle to deal with system breakdowns and virus attacks. Seventy-one percent of these put-upon people reckon their working lives are extraordinarily stressful...
[September 18, 2002, 13:05]
What Makes You Stressed?
Leader Why should working in IT prove so stressful? Constant distractions are stressful and counter-productive, but our workplaces throw an increasing number of distractions at us. Some professionals, such as doctors, are often in stressful jobs that they...
[May 15, 2006, 15:45]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog While it's undoubtedly true that people do reflect their mental state in the tone of their voice, it's also true that any confrontation with authority is going to be stressful -- so what does the test show?
[August 15, 2003, 16:50]
Email Failure 'worse Than Divorce'
News Keeping email systems running is stressful for IT managers, according to the study. For many information technology managers, a weeklong failure of the corporate email system under their control would be more traumatic than a divorce, according to...
[July 29, 2003, 8:31]
HP Makes It A Happy New Year For London's City University
White Papers The start of a new academic year should be an exciting event but for City University, London, it could be stressful and frustrating. The teaching process was often brought to a halt when increasing demand caused failures in the university's PC...
[September 6, 2007, 0:00]
If Only It COULD Be Silent
Talkback It's already stressful enough - we all know why: delays; large, confusing airports; too many people in too many queues; luggage going missing; US custom officials. This is probably the worst thing that could happen to air travel.
[March 27, 2008, 13:52]
Teleworking 'is Good For Your Health'
News In a separate report by Amicus, the trade union for skilled and professional people in public and private sectors, research revealed that workplaces are becoming more stressful every year. The results are in: ditch the office and work at home if...
[October 14, 2002, 18:17]
Retail Banking: Helping Lenders Generate ROA And Improve Credit Quality
White Papers Unusually stressful economic conditions as well as increased regulation and heightened competition underline the need for powerful business intelligence solutions. Complex. That's how most people would describe the situation for many of today's...
[October 13, 2005, 0:00]
Avaya Case Study: Cendant Mobility
White Papers Two of the most stressful situations a person can face in life are changing jobs and moving. Relocating employees of client organizations who are dealing with these activities simultaneously contact Cendant Mobility with multiple issues and...
[September 5, 2006, 0:00]
ERoom Helps Wilmington Trust Make Cyberclosing The Deal Closer
White Papers Closing any business deal, from the issuance of bonds and other financial instruments, to mergers and acquisitions, can be a risky, highly stressful event in this business environment. Participants cite a lack of control as a primary frustration...
[May 31, 2005, 0:00]
Follow These Eight Procedures To Reduce Termination Trauma
White Papers Delivering the news of a termination is an unpleasant part of your job, but these eight tips can help smooth the process and make it less stressful for everyone involved. Terminations are a fact of life for managers.
[May 20, 2006, 0:00]
Managing Complex, Continuously Changing IT Environments
White Papers Rolling out enterprise applications, patches, service packs, fixes and updates over the weekend can make Monday mornings more stressful than necessary. Do IT changes on the weekend cause Monday morning stress?
[March 21, 2006, 23:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Due to some mysterious combination of London air, bad living and the stressful business of being, my face has taken to occasional bursts of extreme blotchiness. Monday 2/12/2002I'm staring unhappily into the bathroom mirror, and it's not a good...
[December 6, 2002, 16:20]
London Olympics To Develop Local Tech Talent
News There are typically around three applications for every volunteer role across each Olympic Games — not just in IT — and Price said it is a dynamic but stressful environment to work in. The Olympics is a complex environment — difficult [and] stressful.
[October 15, 2007, 14:30]
Broadband Misses Its Connection
Leader Bereavement, divorce and moving house: famously, life's most stressful events. The British broadband industry is keen to change this: it wants to make 'changing ISP' the equal to any of those more established happenings.
[August 30, 2006, 15:50]
Prevent Stressing Over An Upgrade From Windows 2000 Professional To XP
News An upgrade from Windows 2000 to XP need not be stressful, particularly when you consider that your machine is already familiar with the technology. First, understand that Windows XP is similar to Windows 2000, because the core technology shares the...
[August 2, 2006, 16:30]
December Inboxes Clogged With Junk Mail
News Spam continues to make computer users lives more stressful - clogging up even more inboxes in December than ever before. According to anti-spam firm Brightmail the amount of spam being sent worldwide is still increasing month-on-month, with...
[January 10, 2003, 14:06]
