Alignment, staffing and culture are often more critical than software and apps
< Previous | Next >
Sign up now and get the best business technology insights direct to your inbox.
Not too long ago, while working on a freelance piece for a vendor that sells some pretty cool technology targeted to the financial services industry, I heard several interesting examples of automated... More >
In May I wrote about the social media guidelines that Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones issued to its employees, making the point that they were about control rather than collaboration. I agreed... More >
Earlier this month I shared what I thought was an interesting sentiment from the founder of a company that sold a software-as-a-service business intelligence application that SaaS vendors needed to ... More >
802.11n Drives an Architectural Evolution This white paper examines both the centralized WLAN switch architecture and the optimized WLAN architecture, so that the wireless network choice an organization makes today will protect its investment and allow it to experience the benefits of 802.11 for years to come.
The Fast-Payback SAP Projects for Saving Money in 2009Read this detailed research report to find opportunities to reduce the total business expenses associated with your substantial and mission-critical investments in SAP technologies.
About a month ago, I wrote a post in which I tried to convey some of the long-running angst about the role IT can and should play at most companies, especially the responsibilities of the CIO. In the... More >
When IT Business Edge reported Oracle's latest earnings , which were down but nonetheless beat Wall Street's expectations, it cited a San Jose Mercury News story that said, essentially, that Oracl... More >
People often mention Apple in the same breath as Google. Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, is famously an Apple board member, which recently attracted the unwanted attention of the Federal Trade Commissio... More >
Like many folks, I find it tough to focus on work on Fridays. It's an even bigger challenge than usual today, thanks to the Goverment Technology story sent to me in response to a call for sources f... More >
It's not you, Twitter. It's me. Or maybe it is you, at least a little. I've been on Twitter for several months now and still haven't warmed to it. For me, it's like dating a handsome, smart gu... More >
Any tenous investor confidence in technology stocks took a dive yesterday, as the World Bank said it expected the global economy to shrink 2.9 percent this year, an increase over the 1.7 percent co... More >
The troubled economy is leading lots of companies to reassess their business and conclude they need to make changes to survive. This self-examination trend may not be a good thing for offshore servic... More >
By most accounts, Vineet Nayar sounds like a very smart man. In a recent interview with BusinessWeek , for example, the CEO of HCL Technologies speaks of the importance of helping the outso... More >
Yesterday I wrote a post about eliminating waste in IT operations, noting that while cutting fat should always be something IT shops aspire to do, it becomes an imperative in budget-constrained times... More >
Next to keeping their jobs , one of the things that most IT folks want to do is save their employers money. And yes, maybe the latter can help with the former. When companies are forced to eliminate... More >
Cloud-based collaboration tools are becoming downright common. Yesterday I wrote about Adobe.com , a just-out-of-beta offering from Adobe, which joins similar solutions from Google, Microsoft, IBM, ... More >
It's beginning to look as if collaboration is truly the cloud's killer app , I wrote last month. (Although commodity back-office applications such as payroll may give collaboration a run for its mon... More >
< Previous | Next >
Service-Oriented Architecture is the catalyst that allows today’s companies to respond to business demands faster and more effectively than ever.
Tools, best practices and industry commentary that help you to comply with the growing number of regulations and safeguard measures.
Indispensable technologies and best practices to maintain your organization's most valuable asset.
Disaster recovery and business continuation that includes encryption, all at a manageable TCO.