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Earth Day 2010-Forest, paper and printing facts

Here you can find a few numbers about forest, paper and printing. There are interesting facts that everybody should consider before hitting the “Print” button. Let’s give a helping hand and let’s save the planet.

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Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy – new version coming soon

Happy New Year everyone! Cyclope-Series team is pleased to announce that a new version of Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy will be soon released.

Our developers have worked really heard to a new version and their work will be rewarded when the new version will be launched. I don?t want to spoil the surprise, telling you many details about this new version but I can assure you that you will like it. A complete new interface, modern and fresh, a new overview page providing better organized information and new profiles for better control over Internet content. Other details related to the features will soon when the new version will be made public. Then you will be able to test and take advantage of it. Until then, have a nice week.

Study: 54% of companies ban social networks at work

Some month ago, researchers said that allowing social networking (used with moderation) at work could increase productivity. It seems that this study did not impressed managers too much because there was an increasing number of companies that blocked access to social networks.

Robert Half Technology, an IT staffing firm conducted a study revealing that:

How to refocus on work after vacation

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For most of us summer means mountains, sea and sunshine, in one word ?vacation. Most companies reduce their activity due to the fact that their employees are taking these well deserved breaks. But as all good things come to an end so it happens with our vacation. And after two weeks (more or less) of sleep and rest when we turn to our offices we feel like being in another world.

Hundreds of e-mails flooding the inbox and important things that remained unsolved for over a week are now your priority. But how can we handle with all these when your colleagues are asking you to share your experience from the vacation and to share photos? So here are some steps you have to follow in order to refocus on your work and to increase your productivity at maximum.

  1. Analyze the week. Take a quick view of all the events and activities that took place while you were on vacation and which one must happen in a very short time and cannot be delayed. Try to integrate one important activity per day.
  2. Organize the day. You must have a plan for each day and well organized work sessions. Take small breaks after every task finished. In the morning, it?s better to deal with the e-mails and only after that to get on other projects. As I said in first paragraph, schedule one important activity per day and other secondary activities. Continue reading ‘How to refocus on work after vacation’