It’s common practice for companies to use contractors to offload work to specialized individuals or reduce costs associated with certain tasks and responsibilities. This can free up in-house staff to focus on more complex and valuable initiatives. The purpose of this contract work policy from TechRepublic Premium is to establish guidelines for retaining, overseeing and ...

Point of sale systems present a wholly different challenge compared to just deploying a new PC. While managed service providers must remember all the same details as with a PC when deploying a new POS workstation, there are a host of additional complex and sensitive elements that must be properly addressed with a POS installation. ...

Retail technology, a.k.a. retailtech, continues to be the driving force behind the changing retail landscape today. Some of the newest developments include scan-and-go checkouts, visual outfitting software and digital price tags. In this glossary, TechRepublic Premium presents more than 90 key retail tech concepts to help your understanding. From the glossary: Brick and click Brick ...

Third-party cloud-based file storage applications such as Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive have all contributed to the success of business cloud data storage. The purpose of this policy from TechRepublic Premium is to provide guidelines for secure cloud data management to ensure the integrity and privacy of company-owned information. This policy can be customized as ...

Every company’s communications needs vary, but specific standard messages are required for most IT operations. To take some of the effort out of writing (and rewriting) emails to share with company staff and executives, TechRepublic Premium has assembled basic templates to handle the most common types of communications. Simply copy the text into your favorite ...

The overall success of a business is often dependent on its ability to effectively share, transfer and process vast amounts of data. Much of this shared data is sensitive and must be protected wherever it travels on and outside the enterprise network. The best way to accomplish the important task of securing business data is ...

Accurately calculating an IT project’s costs and benefits is among the most challenging of professional tasks. The practice requires expertise in planning and executing projects, developing budgets, and understanding how both costs and benefits change over the life of a technical initiative. The accompanying IT Project Cost/Benefit Calculator, from TechRepublic Premium, provides a customizable spreadsheet ...

For SMBs, hiring a service to handle payroll calculation, processing and documentation can save valuable time and resources. This comparison chart from TechRepublic Premium provides a framework for comparing potential services. From the download: CHOOSING A PAYROLL SERVICE Payroll processing: This is the primary reason a business will contract with a payroll vendor. The system ...

Effective product managers oversee the development of a company’s products and act as a liaison between the business, technical and design teams. They help guide cross-functional initiatives and manage activities, tools and relationships across the product development process, from product planning to launch and beyond. This hiring kit from TechRepublic Premium provides a comprehensive framework ...

It’s an unfortunate event when an employee becomes severely ill and requires an extended sick leave from work, but companies should have a plan in place for these situations. This plan needs to ensure that both the employee and the company have a set of duties and responsibilities and provide a fair arrangement for all ...