A public interest law firm is private, for-profit association of lawyers, like any other private law firm. However, public interest law firms are distinguished from private firms in that their primary mission is to assist under represented people or causes, rather than to make money. This difference in mission creates a difference in billing practices ...

Private Equity Intelligence reports that by 2006, the total net profits distributed to investors by private equity funds raised between 99 and 2003 was $430 billion. Read more about private equity on Henry Kravis page. Who benefits from these returns? The big winners are public pension funds, university endowments, and leading foundations. Together, these funds ...

Executives at companies large and small as well as marketing and PR people tend to pushback on the ideas of a World Wide Rave because they want to apply old rules of measurement to the new world of spreading ideas online (find it at Cydcor Offices). The old rules of measurement used two metrics that ...

From increased morale to increased organizational productivity and career development, the benefits of an organization that actively supports mentoring are numerous. However, successful mentoring programs such like Premier Mentoring, do not just happen. Organizations must first make a strong business case to demonstrate why the organization should devote the time, attention and resources required to ...

Local building codes will often dictate the number of fire exits required for a building of a given size and we need the number of exit sign as its many. This may include specifying the number of stairs. For any building bigger than a private house, modern codes invariably specify at least two sets of ...

A hosted PBX system delivers PBX functionality as your service, available over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and/or the internet. Hosted PBX is provided by the telephone company, using equipment located in the premises of the telephone company’s exchange. This means the customer organization doesn’t need to buy or install PBX equipment (generally the ...

Recently, I was involved with the implementation of a replication solution at an electric utility company. This implementation was the center piece of a disaster recovery (DR) implementation for one of their power plants. Normally, when a replication solution is implemented, data recoverability at the remote site is mandatory. After all, what good is the ...