At least in America, entitlement programs, once enacted, are so popular they have been impossible to remove, as most recently evidenced by the attempts to get rid of obamacare. See also social security and medicare.
I am beginning to think, somewhat uncomfortably, that due to industry consolidation most big corps don't have to worry about having great talent anymore. They are squeezing more money out of an established business model in a market that no longer has real customer choice, as long as they have good enough people to keep things going it's not a problem.
Any big sudden change will have winners and losers. Managers that have gotten by measuring butt in seat time and command and control can no longer rely on these skills, of course they would prefer to go back to the old way vs the much harder work of trying to figure out which team members are really providing the best results.
Hello it's me a software developer. In my experience sprints can be beneficial when managing executives- they understand only so much can fit into 2 or 3 weeks, when you get into months the temptation is too great to keep adding tasks. I also find it useful to avoid the developer temptation to do major all at once re-writes that involve a total changeover deployment day. Instead force developers to pick off smaller parts that can go live (and thus actually get used) sooner. Similarly, sprints challenge developers to think of what they can get done and show to stakeholders quickly and get feedback.
All that being said if the executives want to operate on totally fixed deadlines and ever expanding must haves for phase 1, sprints will not save you.
I feel like the author answers his own question- Government is happy to use existing platforms and avoid diverting tax dollars to compete with the private sector.
Many other great replies, I would add- If courses have to get bigger for long hitting pros, that increases cost overhead for the course all year long, when players that can't even hit that far are the normal players/customers. Golf is very expensive as it is.
I believe the $250k limit is intended to encourage large accounts to invest in assets directly, and to have a limit to the FDIC liability in case of bank failure.
Looks like Management has decided that immediate 5 day RTO will cause too many resignations all at once. Start with 3 days, then 6 months later 4 days, and finally full time RTO will spread the resignations out and reduce business disruption.
From the article it says their cable had four landings- Togo, Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa. In my opinion the location isn't really the interesting part of the article, it points out how the other major cloud players are already set up in Africa. What took Google so long?
"It’s a way to really just focus on the results" is a wild quote from someone just making sure a mouse is moving and keyboard buttons are pressed the correct number of times per day.
I believe the plan is to increase the rate in steps over time as to not shock the marketplace and also be able to see how market conditions change between steps.
Generally speaking as interest rates go up peoples purchasing power goes down as they try to keep the monthly payment manageable, which in theory could decrease demand and prices could go down.