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Is outsourcing social media a smart strategy? Back in December, I spotlighted a couple of E-Commerce Times articles that attempted to walk companies through the particulars of doing so. Like... More >
Remember back in November, when IDC scaled back its expectations of IT global spending growth from an original estimate of 5.9 percent to just 2.6 percent? What, you blocked it out along with ... More >
Remember Marlon Brando's quote from the early biker flick "The Wild One"? When he's asked what he's rebelling against, he replies, "Whaddaya got?" That's great if you're a nihilist, but not so great ... More >
I've long been intrigued by the idea that the booming services markets in emerging economies like China and India are creating a new class of consumers, a burgeoning class that the North American com... More >
Back in 2007, I wrote about a Harvard Business School professor's contention that the shrinking number of U.S. college students studying engineering and computer science, along with a growing number ... More >
When it comes to newish technologies, it's often difficult to separate truth from exaggeration. On one side you have vendors and their marketing materials telling prospects that whatever they're sell... More >
Over on IT Business Edge's Knowledge Network, our forum where readers can collaborate with colleagues and industry experts and (bonus) download useful tools such as ROI and TCO calculators and job-de... More >
Way back in 2007, I wrote about the tension between sophisticated analytics and human judgment. No matter what data tells people -- and it can tell us a lot -- many of us are uncomfortable relying ... More >
All too often technology and business processes remind me of those vintage commercials for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Maybe you know the ones I mean, in which it always takes some kind of a happy ... More >
Last month, when I spoke to several companies that had switched all or most of their enterprise applications to a software-as-a-service delivery model, a couple of my sources mentioned that SaaS co... More >
Is offshoring good or bad for America? It may be a moot point. In this highly charged debate, many experts conclude that broad business trends will make it extremely difficult for U.S. companies to r... More >
Last month Gartner predicted that the economic downturn would increase interest in software-as-a-service as companies looked for ways to reduce capital spending. The same thinking led IDC earlier t... More >
When I wrote about Google Apps' readiness for business use last month, I had no trouble locating converts among small companies using the free basic edition. It was a tougher task to find companies... More >
There certainly hasn't been much positive news on the IT job front lately. Earlier this month, we shared reports that the computer sector became one of the top three industries eliminating workers ... More >
Microsoft appears to be making good use of the search technology it gained when it bought Norway's Fast Search and Transfer last year. As ZDNet' s Mary-Jo Foley reports, Microsoft just anno... More >
One of the fastest-growing areas in enterprise software is search. It's no surprise really, given the huge piles of data being accumulated by companies of all sizes and their sense that somewhere i... More >
Are there any business applications for Google's new location service, called Latitude? Well, sure. As Dan Olds, principal analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group, tells Computerworld : ... More >
When I wrote about the recession's impact on Web 2.0 back in November, I included a quote from Gartner analyst Adam Sarner, who said Web 2.0 would emerge as a true differentiator, separating compan... More >
IT Business Edge blogger Carl Weinschenk last week wrote about the still largely unrealized potential of unified communications. As Carl notes, the current economic conditions certainly won't help ... More >
Several months ago, I wrote about the importance of gearing business communications to your intended audience. Essentially, that means it's OK -- recommended, even -- to throw around terms like Saa... More >
The outlook on IT salaries seems to be declining, right along with the economy. In a post about the IT hiring outlook from last month, I noted that half of IT hiring managers responding to a ... More >
When wikis have been mentioned on IT Business Edge, the coverage generally has been of the "this is an incredible way to get employees collaborating" variety. In Carl Weinschenk's interview with Pat... More >
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