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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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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