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March 26, 2010

Failure to Tweet

The world got turned on its head the other day when a man was arrested for failing to tweet. According to the Associated Press, Justin Bieber's manager was arrested on charges of reckless endangermen... More >

IT Automation Without Version Control: Like Tugging on Superman's Cape

The late and great Jim Croce shared a few truisms most of us can easily recite:   You don’t tug on Superman’s cape You don’t spit into the wind You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger An... More >

Social Media - Where's the Revenue?

Examples of a real-dollar return on investment (ROI) from social media marketing programs are rare. Unfortunately for most e-commerce teams, having hundreds of thousands of fans often doesn’t trans... More >

March 25, 2010

Business Intelligence - Secret Weapon to Successful Business

  Business intelligence is a technique utilized by the world's largest and most successful companies to maximize profits, minimize risk, harness untapped potential and make educated, sharp strat... More >

March 24, 2010

Agile Development Calls for a 'Best of Breed' Agile Solution

  Agile software development is paving its way into organizations as a beneficial software development approach. What began as a movement in 2001 has now become a regular part of many engineerin... More >

March 22, 2010

Windows Run and Command Prompt 101

  Using Windows XP run commands is an interesting alternative to navigating through Windows to find a pretty icon to click on. Next time you're running a presentation or you have a coworker star... More >

Defining Continuous Controls Monitoring: A Holistic Approach

  Norman Marks, a well-respected evangelist of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) often provides useful insights on topics of interest to auditors. I concur with his assertion that a universa... More >

March 19, 2010

Successfully Planning for a Windows 7 Migration Is Half the Battle

For most IT departments, a Microsoft Windows 7 migration is inevitable. More than 80 percent of businesses never migrated from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows Vista, and now XP’s days are numbered. A... More >

March 16, 2010

Mobile Apps Mean Business

    Mobile phones aren’t just for talking anymore. With the release of the iPhone in 2007 and the App Store in 2008, Apple gave consumers the power to download and use all types of applicat... More >

March 15, 2010

The Valuation of Confidence

Corporate valuation is all about numbers — revenue, EBIT and the like. But what’s behind the numbers? In many cases, it’s confidence and specifically, confidence in the business. If companies want to... More >

Five Things You Didn't Know About VoIP

You’ve probably heard that voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology cuts telecommunications costs and improves productivity, among other benefits. It also provides useful features and capabilit... More >

March 12, 2010

IT Management 2.0: New Answers to New Questions

Today, most IT leaders have a relatively clear idea about what they must grow up to become — highly responsive, agile and lean service providers. Of course, they’ve known this for some time — only no... More >

The 5 Goals of a Project Manager

These goals are generic to all industries and all types of projects. Regardless of your level of experience in project management, set these 5 goals for every project you manage.   Goal 1: To fi... More >

What You Should Know When Evaluating a Managed File Transfer Solution

It’s a reality that the way organizations conduct business today has changed. The rise of technology has enabled companies to conduct business anytime, anywhere in the world. In addition, the adoptio... More >

March 11, 2010

Be Careful in the Custom Infrastructure Wasteland

    An interesting article was posted recently: “Cray Teams with Microsoft on Cloud Computing.” Apparently Microsoft and Cray plan to work together on cloud computing systems. Cray is a s... More >

March 10, 2010

Cast Iron Launches Integration Platform to Help Pull Hybrid Cloud Models Together

In a move to tackle a persistent cloud computing challenge, Cast Iron Systems just rolled out a new platform that aims to help companies large and small securely integrate public clouds, private ... More >

March 8, 2010

Wanted: Smartphones in the Enterprise* *No Training Required

    When introducing a new mobile device and accompanying application into the enterprise, training and support can be the first obstacle to adoption and realization of improved productivit... More >

Virtual Desktops and Flying Cars

In the 1950s, there was a widespread expectation that by now we would all be driving flying cars as a matter of routine. With the advances in aeronautics in the 1940s and 1950s, it would not have bee... More >

March 5, 2010

DevOps: Why Now?

There’s tremendous passion surrounding this burgeoning DevOps movement, which aspires to address the longstanding bottleneck between development and operations. It’s no surprise, because the cause is... More >

March 3, 2010

Calling All SMEs Who Need Help Understanding Their Business Assets

Business Change It is a fact that no business is allowed the "privilege" of being able to stand still and admire the view. Regardless of how successful you are at any point in time, all businesses ne... More >

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