We know that Sarbanes-Oxley and other compliance regulations affect you as an IT manager. That's why editors and contributors at IT Business Edge walk the beat. We offer definitions to get you starte... More >
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Good meetings are three-fourths preparation and one-fourth theater. —from Gail Godwin Meetings can be every bit as tedious and inefficient as they are essential to and convenient for business communi... More >
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Planning on migrating to Windows 7 in the near future? Then you'll want to have a game plan in place to make sure you communicate clearly, punctually and consistently with all involved personnel. Che... More >
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Businesses, academic institutions and other organizations rely on Requests for Proposals when it comes to bidding for goods or services from vendors. Those vendors (usually businesses, academic insti... More >
Academic institutions, businesses and other organizations can't function without using e-mail as a primary way to stay connected. Appropriate usage policies, however, haven't always matched pace. Tha... More >
Count on IT Business Edge and the Knowledge Network partners to provide the resources you need to help evaluate whether virtualization (the creation of a virtual data center, that is) is right for yo... More >
Is your company evaluating an upgrade from Windows Vista or Windows "Until the Wheels Fall Off" XP to Windows 7 ? Have you just begun the migration and are you looking for references and checklists... More >
Agile and lean development can't be forced to happen solely as the result of top-down mandates or according to rigid plans with sharp end-dates; nor can it ever stop happening in order to be truly "a... More >
You may know what an API is, but you may not know just how critical they are becoming in the rapidly expanding world of mobile computing. Open APIs are, well, opening up new possibilities when it com... More >
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Risk management needs to become a standard part of IT governance, with IT and the business discussing it on a regular basis, not just when the business pushes it, author Michael Harris told IT Busi... More >
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