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June 23, 2009

Quick Wins and the Long View

It's funny, the way your memory associates things.   As I was reading Loraine Lawson's post from last week about the wisdom of going after "low-hanging fruit," I could not stop thinking about ... More >

June 5, 2009

Homework Vital Before Kicking Off on the Road

I am preparing for a business trip next week.   I feel oddly guilty about it, since we opine on a weekly basis that technology is making physical locality a minor detail in getting work done. ... More >

May 19, 2009

Yep, Folks Are in No Rush for New OS

I am always jealous of our bloggers when I see them post something to the effect of, “A leading industry expert has just announced that she fully endorses an idea that I wrote about a month ago.” &n... More >

Breaking New Ground: Increasing the ROI of Mobility by Moving Complex Data

This white paper describes the business process automation and content management capabilities available in mobile device management and security solutions and illuminates their importance and value to today's enterprises.

Desktop Virtualization Solution Scorecard

Read this solution checklist to learn more about some of the critical challenges met and overcome by the most successful desktop virtualization initiatives.

May 13, 2009

Social Media Remains Frustratingly 'Soft'

I was talking with an old friend and business associate the other day about a product he’s developing to help companies track how their brands are faring on social networks.   As I’ve noted befo... More >

April 8, 2009

A Little Homework Goes a Long Way in Project Prioritization

One of the dirty little secrets of most development projects, particularly in smaller businesses, is that they often get pushed into the IT pipeline before anybody does any real homework to see if th... More >

April 3, 2009

Google and Twitter -- It's the Ads, Stupid

The top story at Google News Sci-Tech right now -- not surprisingly -- is heated-up rumors about Google either a) beginning serious work on, or b) being on the verge of buying Twitter.   For so... More >

April 1, 2009

Analysts Now Predict Decline in 2009 Tech Spending

Both Forrester and Gartner have revised their 2009 IT spending projections again, finally conceding that companies will actually lay out less money this year than in 2008 for technology initiatives. ... More >

March 16, 2009

Not Quite So Mad: Managing NCAA Distraction

The last few years, there's been a rash of coverage around this time in March about how the NCAA men's basketball tournament is a productivity killer. I haven't seen such a glut of coverage this year... More >

March 11, 2009

Twitter for Business: Smaller Is Not Always Better

  My staff told me during a meeting the other day that blogger Vinnie Mirchandani was told by a reader that he "sucks" because he's not on Twitter, which lead Mr. Mirchandani to detail exactly ... More >

March 2, 2009

When is Cheap Enough Good Enough for Client Hardware?

I like cheap stuff.   In fact, I like cheap stuff so much that I am tempted mortally to buy myself a new dual-core PC for $350 or so during the current processor sell-off as a new home media ser... More >

February 26, 2009

Social Media and B2B: We're Working on It

Forrester Research released its conclusion this week that many business-to-business marketers are not taking full advantage of social media to reach business technology decision-makers – code in our... More >

February 20, 2009

Business Drivers Must Get Immersed (Mostly) in Dev Projects

We at IT Business Edge are kicking off a review process of the development efforts that resulted in our new site design and re-launch.   The first step – and I think a fairly prudent one – in th... More >

February 12, 2009

Windows 7 Migration Same as Vista, So Why Hurry?

Microsoft is making a lot of noise with its public statements that for most large shops -- the kind that actually have portfolios of applications they have to test for a year or more before an OS mig... More >

January 25, 2009

Welcome to the New IT Business Edge

I’m happy (and more than a little relieved) to be able to welcome you to the new version of IT Business Edge, a major site redesign that we have been working on for the past few months.   It’s a... More >

January 14, 2009

A Personal Tale of Data Integration Woe

Our Ann All and Loraine Lawson do a much better job than I can in covering how technology – and particularly rapid to real-time data integration – should be improving the consumer experience, bot... More >