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December 2008

December 23, 2008

People Skills Vital to Security Arsenal

When IT Business Edge's Rob Enderle wrote in October that we could see major strikes and riots before this financial mess is over, it seemed a bit far-fetched.   But since, there have been ki... More >

Outsiders Pose a Risk of Insider Threat, Too

A company’s every partner and every supplier could be the weak link in protecting the company’s data, as well as all its outsourcers, according to Harshul Joshi, director for IT Risk and Advisory Ser... More >

December 22, 2008

Turbulent Economy Adds to Risk of Insider Threat

  If the turbulent past few months have taught us anything, it's that everything has changed. And that has to include companies' efforts to defend themselves against even their own employees. &n... More >

Creative Alternatives to Layoffs May See a Resurgence

The news of layoffs in the IT industry keeps coming, with Yahoo, Alcatel-Lucent, Sony, AT&T, Adobe and Sun making staff cuts in recent weeks. Recruitment specialist Challenger Gray & Christma... More >

December 18, 2008

Better Together: Virtualization and the Cloud

The two major trends sweeping the enterprise right now are virtualization and cloud computing. Both build on the same technology sets and offer new levels of flexibility and scalability, not to menti... More >

December 16, 2008

Fuzzy Definition Doesn't Stop UC Growth

Since it is part concept and part technology, UC always has been difficult to define. Most broadly, it can be called a means of working within an application to identify a desired person, instantaneo... More >

Microsoft Readying for the Cloud, but Are Its Users?

What Is a Microsoft PDC?   There is no lack of public Microsoft events for a "Gates groupie." There are events for Office users, administrators and developers; IT professionals (called TechEds);... More >

In 2009, Is Your Favorite Enterprise Software Supplier Desirable, Distressed or a Candidate for Divestment?

For over a decade, software market consolidation has been near the top of IT trends lists. For IT management and staff, the acquisition or merger of a favorite software supplier previously meant simp... More >

December 12, 2008

Government IT Finds out Through the Grapevine that Open Source Works

Open source works in a down economy , observers say. Businesses are looking to it to save money on licensing and development costs, among other things. But does open source work in a government IT ... More >

December 10, 2008

Technology Helps Make Telecommuting Work

When Dan Demaree, CEO of public relations company the DPR Group , first began letting employees telecommute , the technology they used was somewhat primitive.   Knowing that they planned to wo... More >

December 9, 2008

Employers Find Telecommuting Brings Savings Plus Productivity

Telecommuting is often touted as a way for folks to save money by cutting down on their drives to work, thus saving on gas and vehicle maintenance. But it yields savings for employers as well, which ... More >

December 2, 2008

How Anonymous Do Businesses Need to Be?

If you remember one thing, let it be that nothing your company does online is anonymous, no matter how hard you try to hide.   When word got out in 2006 that AOL had released "massive amounts" ... More >

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