Sun's N1 initiative, for example, is aimed primarily at automating data centre operations, as is HP's Utility Data Center products. For customers, support for standards would allow a business to automate management of hardware and software from...
Those opposed to such monitoring would doubtless argue that this will do little for staff retention or morale. However, this is a technology which is likely to raise serious concerns about a growing 'Big Brother' culture within business.
The result can be strained relationships, lowered morale and reduced efficiency. Once employees are regularly checking with the portal, all those boring staff manuals full of rules and regulations can be put online too, saving huge printing and...
But for others who may not have gotten the same share allotments or were hired at later stages, there's a sense of inequity that can lead to a falloff in morale and job performance while increasing strains on employee relationships, he said.
Just over half of respondents (51 per cent) said the long-hours culture in the UK affects productivity and 42 per cent said excessive working hits morale. Working long hours is having a negative impact on many UK tech workers as it hits morale and...
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