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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 >

Lowering Your IT Costs with Oracle Database 11g Release 2

This white paper identifies the key capabilities a database management solution needs to successfully deliver more information with higher quality of service, make more efficient use of IT budgets, and reduce the risk of change in data centers.

Software Forum: Information On Demand Virtual Experience

This interactive virtual forum presents leading IT experts providing the insights you need to turn your information into a strategic driver for innovation, business optimization and competitive differentiation.

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 >

September 3, 2008

Google's Chrome: Give Me More

When Apple released Safari for Windows last year -- remember really hard for a spell, and you'll recall that it actually did happen -- I blogged that all Web browsers are essentially the same, with... More >

June 30, 2008

Personal Data Theft Proves to Be No Fun

Sooner or later, it was bound to happen.   I just finished registering for a free year's subscription to Equifax credit monitoring services. This would be kind of cool were it not for the fact t... More >

June 26, 2008

The Elusive ROI of Improving Communication

One of those irritating, tactical quirks of doing daily business prompted a quick chat here at IT Business Edge that -- in my tactical, irritating world view -- shed some light on how many businesses... More >

June 11, 2008

A Crotchety Manager's View on Telecommuting

I've been reading with some great interest -- as I usually do -- our Ann All's recent posts on the apparent corporate withdrawal from telecommuting , and of course the reality that employees still ... More >

January 17, 2008

Trickle-Down Macronomics -- Nope

In the wave of post-Jobs decompression over the MacBook Air, its $1,800 price tag and implausibly short battery life, I found this post at ZDNet most entertaining.   The bloggers contend, ... More >

January 16, 2008

Keep on Pushing: Web 2.0 Still Needs to Nag a Bit

I posted a message yesterday to our team collaboration tool asking everyone to remember to push me an e-mail when they post a message or a file.   Of course, a big promise of this kind of softwa... More >