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February 8, 2010

Obama's 2011 Budget Suggests Agencies Use Cloud to Cut Costs

I'll be honest. When I wrote about last month's summit conference that brought together federal government officials and executives from technology-savvy firms like Southwest Airlines, I wondered i... More >

SaaS Is Outsourcing Alternative for Some Companies

  It's been about two years since I wrote about Gartner's prediction that software-as-a-service could be "a viable alternative" to more traditional outsourcing arrangements for at least some c... More >

February 4, 2010

Microsoft Fiefdoms Are the Enemy Within

A little more than a week ago IT Business Edge contributor Rob Enderle wrote about what he believes is at the core of why Apple is outperforming Microsoft . He mentions Microsoft's lack of focus, wh... More >

2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report

In this report, Gartner helps organizations interested in WAN Optimization Controller capabilities truly understand their options.

Pen-based Computing in Higher Education

This video takes a look at the impact pen-based computing with tablet PCs is having on higher education and why IT professionals in higher education should introduce this technology to key decision makers.

Tech Execs Can't Agree on iPad's Business Potential

I've already yammered about the iPad's not-so-usefulness as a business tool . If I can't multitask, I just can't see using it for work. (That doesn't mean I don't want an iPad for personal use .) I... More >

February 3, 2010

No Fear of Failure at Google

In October I wrote a post about the unwillingness of many organizations to risk failure . I cited an article by a silicon.com columnist who made the point that a proper project portfolio managemen... More >

Salesforce Tool for Building Business Processes: So Easy, Even a Business User Can Do It

Back in 2008, in a post about mashups, I cited some articles in which several experts expressed their belief that emerging technologies would allow business users to create their own applications, wh... More >

February 2, 2010

Are Social Channels 'Ultimate Expression of Procrastination'?

Last week I wrote about a couple of time-management applications that purport to help people become more productive by showing them how much time they fritter away on unproductive management of onlin... More >

Is Business Intelligence Too Boring for Social Media?

Is applying business intelligence to data generated by social channels such as Twitter about to become the "next big thing" in enterprise BI? Some folks seem to think so. Earlier this month Dyke Hens... More >

February 1, 2010

Is Enhanced Collaboration, or Something Else, Behind Boeing's Relocation of Engineers?

Even in an age where it's possible to collaborate with people across the world, some business processes work best when coworkers are in relatively close proximity to each other. E-mail, instant messa... More >

Agile Development Requires IT/Business Communication

Agile software development isn't the most polarizing issue I've ever written about. (That "honor" goes to the H-1B visa .) But agile seems to provoke some pretty heated reactions among developers. W... More >

January 29, 2010

Did Lean Manufacturing Contribute to Toyota Recall?

A column by the Toronto Star 's David Olive makes an interesting point about Toyota , the automaker which recently suspended production at five of its North American factories due to problems with ... More >

January 28, 2010

Seeing Is Believing: Time Management Services Worth a Try

Being aware of bad habits can sometimes make it easier to jettison them, at least those with no physical addiction involved. I have a bad tendency to interrupt folks when they are speaking, probably ... More >

iPad for Business? Not Without Multitasking

After all the hoo-ha died down, I've got to give the edge to Moses. The biblical figure, not Apple's Steve Jobs, made the greatest tablet announcement of all time.   (Thanks to Twitter users for... More >

January 27, 2010

Apple's iPad: Looks So Amazing, Even This Neo-Luddite Wants One

Twitter's reaction to Apple's new iPad? It's "stressing right now." (I'm assuming the volume of tweets about Apple's new tablet have something to do with the lack of certain Twitter functionality. Tw... More >

U.S. Engineering Jobs, Present and Future

Talk about stories that seem diametrically opposed to each other. Just this morning I read a Computerworld article in which the IEEE-USA, part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Enginee... More >