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March 17, 2010

Knowledge Network Tools Make Learning About, Upgrading to Windows 7 Easier

Is your company evaluating an upgrade from Windows Vista or Windows "Until the Wheels Fall Off" XP to Windows 7 ?  Have you just begun the migration and are you looking for references and checklists... More >

March 15, 2010

Go See for Yourself (And Your Business): "Agile Adoption Needs Agile Adoptees"

Agile and lean development can't be forced to happen solely as the result of top-down mandates or according to rigid plans with sharp end-dates; nor can it ever stop happening in order to be truly "a... More >

March 12, 2010

New Definition Delivered for API; More to Come

You may know what an API is, but you may not know just how critical they are becoming in the rapidly expanding world of mobile computing. Open APIs are, well, opening up new possibilities when it com... More >

Social Media Policies Toolkit

Define the rules at your company for the proper use of social media platforms such as Blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. Ensure your users are spending their time productively and company resources are being used for the business.

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Strategic IT Planning & Governance Best Practices Guide

Use this guide — along with the more than 60 templates included — to ensure the overall success of your entire IT department.

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Hello, Knowledge Network Community!

I'm John Storts and I'll be your friendly, neighborhood Moderator here in the Knowledge Network. At IT Business Edge, we're always looking for new partners to help spread the word about the latest to... More >

March 10, 2010

Does Your Company Struggle with Facebook? Check Out This User Policy

Here at IT Business Edge, we've found that writing about corporate policies for dealing with social media to be good for traffic. Former moderator Patrick Avery found social media policies to be amon... More >

March 4, 2010

Track Risk from Identification to Control

Risk management needs to become a standard part of IT governance, with IT and the business discussing it on a regular basis, not just when the business pushes it, author Michael Harris told IT Busi... More >

Definitions Help You Communicate Clearly

Some IT terms, such as service-oriented architecture and cloud computing , tend to mean different things to different people. That's why the Knowledge Network tries to help you sort things out wit... More >

February 25, 2010

What's Your Policy on Wireless Networking?

Despite the proliferation of mobile and wireless devices used for business, few companies have a plan to adequately manage them, wrote IT Business Edge's Carl Weinschenk last September. He refers... More >

February 22, 2010

Effective Policy Manages Devices that Extend the Network

In his post last September, "Mobile Policy Wonks Needed," blogger Carl Weinschenk makes the point that smaller businesses are adopting mobile technology beyond their ability to keep it secure. And ... More >

February 19, 2010

Put Your Project to the Test

IT Business Edge's Ann All writes that companies increasingly are picking some aspects of agile development to follow in their projects, but not them all.   Forrester analyst Dave West is qu... More >

February 11, 2010

Diagram Your Project Leadership

Project management expert Michael Taylor has provided yet another tool to the Knowledge Network to help you keep your projects on track. With his Taxonomy of a Project Diagram, Taylor lays out who ... More >

February 5, 2010

Excerpt Offers Insight into Intelligent System Automation

Automation will overtake offshoring as the "next big thing" as companies continue to look for more ways to cut their expenses, Ken Jackson, president of Americas for automation specialists UC4 wri... More >

When It's OK for Someone Other Than Account Holder to Gain Access

In a guest opinion piece, Mark McClain, CEO and founder of SailPoint Technologies , discusses the evolution of identity-management tools toward business intelligence software for compliance.  ... More >

February 1, 2010

Skip Luck and Plan for IT Service Quality

In their new book, “ Achieving IT Service Quality: The Opposite of Luck ,” co-authors and IT experts Chris Oleson, Mike Hagan and Christophe DeMoss make clear that service quality has nothing to do w... More >

January 28, 2010

Plan Your Hardware or Software Release To Keep Everything Running Smoothly

Before you're ready to let new hardware or software "go live" in your organization, you need to protect the existing system until everything is properly configured. That calls for a plan.   A ne... More >

Increasing Return on Investment with Data Services

This white paper addresses data services implementation and the role of Oracle Data Service Integrator in that process. It describes the technical benefits of a data services implementation within the context of initiatives to promote business process management (BPM), service-oriented architecture (SOA), portal projects, and business intelligence (BI).

Application Server Choices: Important Considerations in Selecting an Application Server

This white paper examines the role of the application server, reviews some of the more notable offerings available, and suggests which criteria and considerations are most important in the selection process.