Topics
Follow developments in key areas of business technology with our Topic pages. Drill down to find our best articles, blogs, interviews and community resources on your key issues, collected for quick and easy reference.
Business Alignment and Management
Keep all eyes on business goals to ensure IT serves the bottom line, making work easier and more fruitful
- [ Blog ] What's Wrong with Selling Facebook Fans?
- [ Article ] Why Enterprise Architecture Is an Opportunity for IT
- [ WhitePaper ] Magic Quadrant for E-Commerce
Business Integration
Business integration aims to facilitate a company's functions
- [ Blog ] Is Integration Key to Microsoft's Success in the Cloud?
- [ Article ] The Cloud Is Your Friend: Answers to Misconceptions of Cloud Computing
- [ WhitePaper ] Driving Business Agility Through SOA Connectivity and Integration
Governance
Policies, processes and management theories by which your business operates
- [ Blog ] House Subcommittee Weighs Data-Collection Trend Against Consumer Privacy
- [ Article ] Managing Return on IT
- [ WhitePaper ] Not Just Words: Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies
Infrastructure
Optimizing every aspect of your company's technology, from laptops to ERP systems
- [ Blog ] What's Wrong with Selling Facebook Fans?
- [ Article ] Don't Complicate Data Recovery with DIY Fixes
- [ WhitePaper ] The Greening of SaaS
Mobile Technology
At the desk is the last place to find the modern employee
- [ Blog ] The Sad State of Security
- [ Article ] The Increasingly Popular, and Segmented, UMB Segment
- [ WhitePaper ] Breaking New Ground: Increasing the ROI of Mobility by Moving Complex Data
Security
There are hundreds of tools to do two simple things: Keep bad stuff out and good stuff in
- [ Blog ] McAfee Releases Q3 Report on Threats
- [ Article ] Don't Complicate Data Recovery with DIY Fixes
- [ WhitePaper ] Bullet-Proofing Instant Messaging
Sourcing
Due to its impact on the bottom line, sourcing is an important function at any company
- [ Blog ] Can't CFOs, CIOs Just Get Along?
- [ Article ] Managing Return on IT
- [ WhitePaper ] Mobile Device Management for Dummies
Vendors and Markets
Some vendors sell anything anywhere; others are limited by location or market segments
- [ Blog ] What's Wrong with Selling Facebook Fans?
- [ Article ] ‘Tis the Season ... to Abandon Your Shopping Cart
- [ WhitePaper ] Keeping it Simple: How to Protect Growing VMware Environments
- Apple
- Business Intelligence Vendors
- Cable Operators
- Cisco Systems
- Client Hardware Vendors
- CRM Vendors
- Database Software Vendors
- Dell
- Enterprise Software Vendors
- Fujitsu
- Global Markets
- Hitachi
- HP
- IBM
- Internet Service Providers
- IT Market Analysts
- LG
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Microsoft
- Middleware Vendors
- Mobile Device Vendors
- Networking Vendors
- Open Source Vendors
- Operating System Vendors
- Oracle
- Processor Vendors
- Resellers
- Samsung
- Security Vendors
- Server Vendors
- Services Vendors
- Sony
- Storage Vendors
- Sun Microsystems
- Symantec
- Technology Markets
- Telecommunications Vendors
- Web Platform Vendors
- Yahoo
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