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June 19, 2009

Improving Compensation Brings Important Benefits

  Take The motivating power of compensation is obvious, and managing it well can benefit an organization in a number of ways. Participants in this benchmark research rated aligning the workforce... More >

June 16, 2009

The Application Server as Efficiency Driver

  While technology investments are being made with ever increasing attention to efficiency and return-on-investment, lines of business are demanding more of their IT as a basis for differentiati... More >

June 11, 2009

Be Bold with Smart New IT Investments: 5 Valuable IT Investment Steps for Difficult Economic Times, Part 2

  Executive Summary   In response to the down cycle in which the global economy finds itself, businesses are doing everything they can to reduce expenses, conserve cash, and shore up their ... More >

Determining the ROI of Web Application Acceleration Managed Services

Web-based applications are virtually critical to business operations today. An understanding of the costs and benefits of managed services for web application acceleration can give your business a competitive advantage. Download this IDC white paper and discover the ROI that can be realized.

Creating Operational Efficiencies in Identity and Access Management

Learn how you can achieve simplified identity and access management, while also achieving compliance across the enterprise.

June 10, 2009

Be Bold with Smart New IT Investments: 5 Valuable IT Investment Steps for Difficult Economic Times, Part 1

    Executive Summary   In response to the down cycle in which the global economy finds itself, businesses are doing everything they can to reduce expenses, conserve cash, and shore up... More >

June 5, 2009

Incentives Can Help Improve Sales Forecasting

  Take Our benchmark research suggests some straightforward ways that companies can improve sales forecasting and demand planning. One is to offer incentives to improve accuracy of sales forecas... More >

June 1, 2009

Green and Beyond: The Hard and Soft Benefits of Telecommuting

Similar to the quality movements of the late 20th century, becoming a green enterprise today may provide your business a competitive advantage. Very soon, however, being a green enterprise will becom... More >

May 22, 2009

Replacing Spreadsheets with Task-Specific Software

Take Using spreadsheets causes problems in many collaborative enterprise activities, our benchmark research reveals. One way to eliminate them is to replace your spreadsheets in a given process or fu... More >

May 20, 2009

Software Vendors Ramp up XBRL

Summary In late 2008, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mandated that companies filing financial statements would have to make them available in an interactive format that us... More >

How to Evaluate Open Source Solutions

Is all open source software good? No, of course not. The pros of OSS are plentiful, but the cons are just as numerous. With often a myriad of competing OSS projects -- many not professionally support... More >

May 18, 2009

Four Ways the Conservative Enterprise Can Use the Cloud Today

Cloud computing is a scary word in some conservative enterprises, but it doesn't have to be. Here are some proven ideas on how the conservative enterprise can dip their toe in the water today, get co... More >

May 13, 2009

How IT Staffing Firm CEOs Are Dealing with the Recession – Part III

  Mitch Paioff, guest columnist for IT Business Edge, is the author of the book, “ Getting Started as an Independent Computer Consultant .” You can read an excerpt from the book in the Knowledg... More >

May 12, 2009

How IT Staffing Firm CEOs Are Dealing with the Recession – Part II

  Mitch Paioff, guest columnist for IT Business Edge, recently spoke with Mike Logan, president of Axis Technology , a Boston-based IT staffing firm. This is the second in a three-part series o... More >

May 11, 2009

How IT Staffing Firm CEOs Are Dealing with the Recession – Part I

  Mitch Paioff, guest columnist for IT Business Edge, recently spoke with Deborah Vazquez, CEO of PROTECH , an IT staffing firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This is the first of a three-p... More >

May 7, 2009

IT on a Shoestring: Stop Paying for Commoditized Technologies

  Tough times make you think hard about what you still can accomplish with fewer resources. But what about the resources you have yet to tap into?   When it comes to IT, there are a multitu... More >

April 27, 2009

The Best Ways to Find a Short-Term Consulting Project While Looking for a Full-Time Job – Part III

  Mitch Paioff has been an independent computer consultant for over eight years. He credits much of his success to using creative strategies to land lucrative consulting projects. This is the th... More >