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March 16, 2010

Collabortive Application Development in the Cloud

With the formal rollout today of IBM’s cloud computing service for application developers, the nature and scope of application development projects in the enterprise is on the cusp of major change. I... More >

Capgemini to Bring SAP to the Cloud

As one of only two official resellers of SAP software, Capgemini has developed a tremendous amount of ERP expertise. Now the IT services company, in partnership with its Sogeti subsidiary, is gearing... More >

March 15, 2010

The Wisdom of Corporate Crowds

There’s a lot of relevant information flowing through any organization that never really surfaces in a timely or relevant way. But a new approach that leverages the concept of “crowdsourcing “ on the... More >

Rethinking Storage Virtualization with the HP SAN Virtualization Services Platform

This white paper examines how a properly implemented virtualized storage infrastructure can enable you to meet business challenges while satisfying your data growth requirements — without injecting complexity into your infrastructure.

Pen-based Computing in Higher Education

This video takes a look at the impact pen-based computing with tablet PCs is having on higher education and why IT professionals in higher education should introduce this technology to key decision makers.

The Need for Cloud Computing Brokers

As cloud computing evolves, it’s becoming clear that there will be just as much, if not more, incompatibility in the cloud as in on-premise applications today. Cloud computing standards that might ad... More >

March 12, 2010

When Exceptions Are the Business Process Rule

The biggest issue with business process management is not all the rules, but rather the exceptions. In fact, there can be so many exceptions that it’s a wonder that anybody can discern any rules at a... More >

Enterprise Software Licensing Gets Cloudy

Software licensing has always been something more akin to an approximation rather than an exact science. The price companies usually paid for software was tied to the number of processors used. More ... More >

March 11, 2010

GM Revamps Manufacturing Systems for the Volt

Sometimes the better part of valor is to just start over again. General Motors appears to be taking that approach when it comes to setting up the manufacturing systems for its battery assembly operat... More >

Financial-Planning Applications as a Service

In the wake of a recent IBM survey of chief financial officers that found major gaps in the distribution and processing of financial information, Adaptive Planning CEO Bill Soward contends that the... More >

March 10, 2010

The Real Value of a Google Apps Marketplace

While all the buzz (pardon the pun) today is about the launch of the Google Apps marketplace , the launch of such an offering from Google is arguably overdue. After all, Apple pioneered to concept a... More >

Simplifying Data Governance

While there’s general agreement that there is a much greater need for data governance , there’s not much agreement on the best way to go about it. A lot of that disagreement stems from the manual na... More >

March 9, 2010

Cloud Computing Forces Data Governance Issue

With security positioned as the number-one issue holding back the adoption of cloud computing by luminaries such as RSA president Art Coviello in his recent RSA Conference 2010 keynote , there’s obv... More >

New Crossbeam CEO Sees Wave of Security Consolidation

Crossbeam Systems , in the wake of the untimely passing of former CEO Peter Fiore , today named Mike Ruffolo, most recently CEO of Liquid Computing, as its new CEO. Crossbeam makes an X-Series platf... More >

March 8, 2010

Free Windows 7 Training Raises Cost Issues

As part of an effort to help get more IT professionals trained on how to deploy and manage Windows 7, the folks at The Training Camp have partnered with Microsoft to make available one day of free ... More >

Application Lifecycle Management Gets Agile

What started as a new application development methodology favored first by independent open source developers and then commercial packaged application vendors is now making its way into enterprise IT... More >

March 5, 2010

Google Breaks Down Microsoft Office Door

Google is moving toward its goal of becoming a universal service for storing and managing documents by acquiring DocVerse , which allows users of Microsoft Office applications to share documents onl... More >