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January 17, 2012

BPM Is Key to Proactive CRM

As useful as business process management has been in helping companies improve and streamline their internal processes, I think it holds even more promise as a way for them to perform the same kind o... More >

January 6, 2012

Analysts Air Concerns Over Salesforce.com's Outlook

Wall Street analysts usually welcome news of acquisitions, seeing them as a sign that companies are gearing up their growth plans. CRM giant Salesforce.com has been gobbling up smaller companies for ... More >

December 21, 2011

SaaS ERP Making Inroads

There's no question companies drop a lot of money on ERP systems. But I've always gotten the sense they look at ERP investments in much the same way I view the several thousand dollars I spent last y... More >

The Benefits of Cloud Computing

This white paper examines a cohesive strategy for the development of a dynamic infrastructure that can support today's IT demands, while also laying the foundation for an agile business environment that can fully leverage cloud computing.

The Seven Types of Power Problems

This white paper describes the most common types of power disturbances, what can cause them, what they can do to your critical equipment, and how to safeguard your equipment using the IEEE standards for describing power quality problems.

December 12, 2011

Momentum Continues to Grow for Mobile Business Intelligence

For years now, business intelligence vendors have been talking about making BI accessible to employees throughout companies and not just senior executives, based on the idea that BI is more effective... More >

November 30, 2011

The Cloud's Role in Standardizing Business Processes

A few months ago, I wrote a post about cloud computing's possible impact on business process outsourcing , in which I mentioned Indian outsourcing giant Infosys' introduction of Infosys Edge, a seri... More >

November 28, 2011

No More CIO? At Forrester, New Title Signals New Approach to IT

Back in 2009 I wrote about Forrester Research CEO George Colony's suggestion that the information technology (IT) function should be renamed the business technology function . I cited an interview w... More >

November 23, 2011

CIOs Focusing Less on Infrastructure, More on Innovation

In last week's post in which I  wondered whether the dedicated CIO was an anachronism , I shared a column written by executive recruiter Tim Cook, who said new roles combining key business functions... More >

November 21, 2011

Making Hadoop Accessible to End Users

Data management professionals would have to have been hiding under a pretty big rock for the past year or so to avoid hearing about Hadoop, a framework that's being used for a wide range of data mana... More >

November 18, 2011

ROI for Social Technologies? In a Word, Squishy

A few months ago, I wrote a post in which I cited a survey administered by Jive Software that found both executives and knowledge workers believe social software will become a necessary part of doin... More >

November 16, 2011

IT Organization Can Be Strong Partner for HR Function

As I've written several times over the past few months, some industry experts are predicting CIOs increasingly will shift their focus from improving internal business processes and boosting product... More >

November 15, 2011

Is the Dedicated CIO an Anachronism?

There's no question the CIO role is changing. Most folks seem to agree on the importance of CIOs whose expertise extends to the broader business, not just technology. In a post I wrote earlier this y... More >

November 14, 2011

Cloud Can Boost Innovation for Companies of All Sizes

Cloud computing has long been seen as a slam-dunk for small companies. As IT Business Edge's Paul Mah wrote in September: "Given the many inherent disadvantages faced by fledgling small businesses or... More >

November 9, 2011

How CIOs Can Build Bridges with the Board

Getting boards of directors interested in and actively involved with IT issues has long been seen as a challenge for CIOs. But it's an imperative as IT has become such an integral part of overall cor... More >

November 4, 2011

CRM Cloud Activity Likely to Cause Near-term Confusion

Earlier this year I shared Gartner's bullish predictions for software-as-a-service growth in 2011. Gartner expects SaaS revenue to reach $12.1 billion this year, up 20.7 percent from $10 billion in... More >

November 2, 2011

Rural Sourcing the Right Option for Some

I just read a silicon.com story that discusses the growth of BPO business in rural areas of India . The story presents this as an all-around win. BPO customers enjoy costs up to 50 percent lower t... More >

NAS & SAN Storage

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Cloud Computing

Resources for establishing, maintaining, and leveraging cloud computing platforms for more cost-efficient, scalable, and secure applications, storage, and networking.

Data Center Management

Indispensable technologies and best practices to maintain your organization's most valuable asset.

Converged Storage Solutions

Storage systems to more easily manage exponential data growth, improve data accessibility, and decrease storage TCO.