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March 18, 2010

Knowledge Management Morphs into Collective Intelligence

The concept of trying to manage knowledge on a corporate level is hardly new. Knowledge management applications have been around in one form or another for years. The trouble was first getting people... More >

IBM Takes Customer Service to Another Level

Everyone can relate to this customer predicament. You need help with a particular product or service, but you wind up having to call customer service multiple times. Each time, however, you have to t... More >

March 17, 2010

Learning from Application Testing

When it comes to testing applications , IT organizations spend a lot of time going over the same old ground. This is because each set of testers basically starts from scratch. But many applications ... More >

Management Excellence: Leveraging Technology and Techniques

This white paper describes the techniques and technologies that organizations should master on their way to management excellence.

HP SiteScope Software Security Essentials

This white paper outlines how an agentless monitoring solution can securely transmit data and restrict access to satisfy even the most demanding security officer.

March 16, 2010

Collaborative Application Development in the Cloud

With the formal rollout today of IBM’s cloud computing service for application developers, the nature and scope of application development projects in the enterprise is on the cusp of major change. I... More >

Capgemini to Bring SAP to the Cloud

As one of only two official resellers of SAP software, Capgemini has developed a tremendous amount of ERP expertise. Now the IT services company, in partnership with its Sogeti subsidiary, is gearing... More >

March 15, 2010

The Wisdom of Corporate Crowds

There’s a lot of relevant information flowing through any organization that never really surfaces in a timely or relevant way. But a new approach that leverages the concept of “crowdsourcing “ on the... More >

The Need for Cloud Computing Brokers

As cloud computing evolves, it’s becoming clear that there will be just as much, if not more, incompatibility in the cloud as in on-premise applications today. Cloud computing standards that might ad... More >

March 12, 2010

When Exceptions Are the Business Process Rule

The biggest issue with business process management is not all the rules, but rather the exceptions. In fact, there can be so many exceptions that it’s a wonder that anybody can discern any rules at a... More >

Enterprise Software Licensing Gets Cloudy

Software licensing has always been something more akin to an approximation rather than an exact science. The price companies usually paid for software was tied to the number of processors used. More ... More >

March 11, 2010

GM Revamps Manufacturing Systems for the Volt

Sometimes the better part of valor is to just start over again. General Motors appears to be taking that approach when it comes to setting up the manufacturing systems for its battery assembly operat... More >

Financial-Planning Applications as a Service

In the wake of a recent IBM survey of chief financial officers that found major gaps in the distribution and processing of financial information, Adaptive Planning CEO Bill Soward contends that the... More >

March 10, 2010

The Real Value of a Google Apps Marketplace

While all the buzz (pardon the pun) today is about the launch of the Google Apps marketplace , the launch of such an offering from Google is arguably overdue. After all, Apple pioneered to concept a... More >

Simplifying Data Governance

While there’s general agreement that there is a much greater need for data governance , there’s not much agreement on the best way to go about it. A lot of that disagreement stems from the manual na... More >

March 9, 2010

Cloud Computing Forces Data Governance Issue

With security positioned as the number-one issue holding back the adoption of cloud computing by luminaries such as RSA president Art Coviello in his recent RSA Conference 2010 keynote , there’s obv... More >

New Crossbeam CEO Sees Wave of Security Consolidation

Crossbeam Systems , in the wake of the untimely passing of former CEO Peter Fiore , today named Mike Ruffolo, most recently CEO of Liquid Computing, as its new CEO. Crossbeam makes an X-Series platf... More >

Tape Storage

Disaster recovery and business continuation that includes encryption, all at a manageable TCO.

Security Software Solutions

Security software and strategies to protect valuable company information and insure compliance with global, federal, and state regulations.

Greening IT with Server Consolidation

Learn how virtualization reduces the TCO of managing your date, while contributing towards your sustainability efforts.

Database Management

Data management tips and techniques that insure ease of access, comprehensive security and absolute privacy for your invaluable company information.