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June 30, 2010

SaaS to the Rescue Against E-Mail Viruses, Malware?

The "bad guys" who write viruses and push malware are constantly changing their tactics to try to get you to reveal personal or business info they can exploit for their gain.   E-mail and e-mail... More >

June 29, 2010

Virtualization Coming to Mission-Critical Apps

As Arthur Cole points out, the conventional wisdom on virtual infrastructure technology has been that it's just not stable enough to entrust with an enterprise's "crown jewels": mission-critical ap... More >

June 28, 2010

Deploying Six Sigma? Open 'Treasure Chest' of Tools, Best Practices

IT departments striving to eliminate waste, increase capacity, reduce cost and improve process quality through Six Sigma should take a look at two recently uploaded book excerpts from Knowledge Ne... More >

June 25, 2010

Project Management Workbook, Capacity Planning Tools Tame Complex Projects

IT managers looking to maintain a firm grasp on their projects should take a look at the Project Management Templates Workbook provided by IT Business Edge contributor IAPPM . This collection of m... More >

June 24, 2010

Social Media Policies for YouTube, Flickr and LinkedIn Added to Knowledge Network

Knowledge Network contributor Colorado State University added three more social media policies this week. Like the previously added policies aimed at Twitter and Facebook, these documents provid... More >

June 23, 2010

Successful Agile Software Development Requires Customer Feedback, Team Buy-In

Several years ago, as a technical writer for another company, I was part of one of the first project teams to use agile software development methods. My job was to document the software graphical... More >

June 22, 2010

Clear, Complete Job Descriptions Crucial as Hiring Outlook Improves

Whether it's a "retentionless recovery" or not, and despite some discouraging, high-profile job cuts , the IT hiring outlook continues to improve in the third quarter. Regarding Robert Half Techn... More >

June 21, 2010

Get the 'Blueprint' for Successful eDiscovery in the Cloud

Just last week, I expressed some reservations I had about moving so much of my digital life off of hard drives in my home and onto remote servers . Particularly, my worries about the security, acc... More >

June 18, 2010

Colorado State University Offers Social Media Best Practices

Colorado State University recently contributed three social media best-practices documents to the Knowledge Network . CSU encourages the use of social networking tools to connect with prospective... More >

June 17, 2010

Transition to Cloud Computing Slow, But No Fad

I've increasingly begun storing personal files off-site using services like Google Docs, Dropbox and Flickr, but I still don't quite feel comfortable doing so. Worries about security, availability an... More >

June 16, 2010

Six Sigma, IT Management Focus of New Book Excerpts

We've added two new book excerpts this week to help IT managers and decision-makers master management processes, maintain control over projects (and associated costs) and improve IT leadership. The... More >

June 15, 2010

Ball State University Social Media Policy Provides Clear Guidance

Ball State University has recently uploaded its Social Media Policy to the Knowledge Network , in which it spells out the institutional attitude toward all online behavior, whether personal or on ... More >

June 14, 2010

How Well Do You Manage Your Corporate E-mail?

E-mail seems pretty passé these days. It's been around a while, so, while it has suffered from some maladies like spamming, phishing and viruses that occasionally put us on high alert, we're all pr... More >

June 11, 2010

Business Intelligence Systems Help Maximize Profits, Propel Growth

The main goal of a business intelligence (BI) system is to assist in making good business decisions. These computer-based systems identify and analyze business data such as sales revenue and buying... More >

June 10, 2010

Disaster Recovery Planning Key Part of Maintaining Business Continuity

As IT Business Edge's Carl Weinschenk points out, it can be easy for IT managers to overlook disaster recovery planning when everything's running smoothly, especially with economic conditions con... More >

June 7, 2010

Windows 7 Resources Can Ease Transition, Shorten Learning Curve

Several years ago, I was assigned to work on a project writing help documentation for a printer driver that supported then-new Windows Vista . My main responsibility was to update old instructions t... More >

June 4, 2010

Social Media Authors Explore Technology, Business Value

We've created a handy, informative slideshow that rounds up eight of our most popular social media book excerpts in the Knowledge Network:   Web 2.0 and Social Networking for the Enterprise “Twi... More >

June 3, 2010

Mobility Drives Business Innovation, Increases Efficiency, According to Book Excerpt

With Apple's upcoming iPhone OS update and the popularity of Google's Android being bandied about so much, we're all hearing a lot about mobile technology and its potential for business.   A... More >

June 1, 2010

Web Application Migration Specialist, Lead Oracle DBA Job Descriptions Target High-Quality Candidates

Our partners at IT Staffing & Tech Recruiting firm G.1440 have recently contributed two detailed job descriptions to help IT managers locate top-notch candidates for Migration Specialist and ... More >

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