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OK, we all know e-mail can be an incredible compliance hassle. As IT Business Edge's Lora Bentley wrote about a month ago, employees can thwart e-mail management and retention policies , either th... More >
In an enterprise version of "West Side Story," the "decentralized" and "centralized" gangs would fight it out instead of the Sharks and the Jets. (And with fewer knives and less dancing.) IT w... More >
I'm intrigued by the possible uses for Google Wave , which is why I've been writing about it even though I haven't actually tried it. (I hope that changes soon, as two people took pity on me and sen... More >
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My 75-year-old father will probably never stop working. He "retired" several years ago, but it never took. His current job involves driving checks and other documents to bank branches across central ... More >
When I wrote about the evolving standards for cloud computing yesterday, I linked to a post by Frank Ohlhorst on our CTO Edge site because I thought he offered some great tips on vetting cloud pr... More >
With the exploding popularity of the iPhone , enterprises will have to deal with it sooner rather than later. In the pro column: At least some analysts, most notably Gartner, have given the ... More >
I've submitted a request for a Google Wave invite but haven't yet received one. (I'd beg, but I think Google might find that undignified. If not, then pleeeeaaase send me an invite.) Based on the dem... More >
Earlier this month, when I wrote about the state of Virginia's troubled outsourcing initiative , I wondered why public agencies continue to up the ante with mega-contracts like Virginia's 10-year, $... More >
A while back, I wrote a post about how IT might be more interested in a broad adoption of cloud computing rather than simply purchasing a bunch of cloud-based applications because of the cloud's in... More >
When I wrote an article about cloud computing earlier this year, one of the issues I mentioned was vendor lock-in. With the cloud's vaunted commitment to Web-based technologies, it doesn't seem as ... More >
As a writer, you might think I'd be pleased my 8-year-old is turning out assignments that show a predilection toward writing. And sure, it's nice to see paperwork coming home with enthusiastic remark... More >
Just last week, IT Business Edge's Loraine Lawson wrote a fine post on the idea of using mashups for business intelligence applications , freeing business users to produce BI reports using data from... More >
When I wrote about the idea of "good enough" technology earlier this month, it was in the context of buying enterprise software and hardware. The idea is to buy technology that might lack some feat... More >
When I read the earliest excited reports on Google Wave, my first reaction was "sounds like IM on steroids." My opinion hasn't changed much since then. Google may call real-time collaboration within ... More >
A few months ago I opined that collaboration was shaping up as the cloud's killer application , thanks to the cloud's ability to make it easy for anyone with a Web browser to view, comment on and mo... More >
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