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Budget tips for the new year
IT budgets in 2010 will look a lot like 2009’s. CIO strategies for getting the biggest bang for the same amount of bucks include everything from further streamlining and consolidating the IT infrastructure to plugging in iPhones, Google Apps and netbooks.
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DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together
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Data visualization can lead to greater business insights
Data visualization technology will help business execs and analysts make better decisions from the ocean of available data, says consultant John Sviokla.
Open-source BI going mainstream, Gartner says
Deployments of open-source business intelligence software are doubling every year because the tools are deemed “good enough” for routine applications, a Gartner report says.
Goodbye, chargeback: Reinventing the IT funding model
The CIO Executive Board proposes a radically new, business-centric way of allocating IT costs to the business units.
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Making IT Your Competitive Advantage
Examine the four areas an organization must focus on in order to become a real-time enterprise, enabling IT and business – to react to events in real time. Discover the steps you need to take to make IT a competitive advantage for your enterprise.
Cloud computing still raises security, reliability concerns
An IDC survey on cloud computing finds that users remain concerned about security, reliability and vendor lock-in issues.
House immigration bill would overhaul H-1B visa program
A new House immigration bill would increase the supply of H-1B visas and create a new agency to examine labor and skills needs. But it’s a long way from passage.
TSA document release show pitfalls of electronic redaction
The public exposure of a TSA security manual illustrates the need for using robust redaction tools that will thoroughly hide sensitive text in electronic documents.
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Golden Rules: Here’s How To Buy That First Server
Independent experts have made the decision of whom to buy from an easy one. According to IDC, Dell has led the small and medium-sized business (SMB) category for PC and laptop supplies in the U.S. for 10 consecutive years. Top independent research firms like Frost & Sullivan and Technology Business Research Inc. (TBR) have given Dell their highest seals of approval for customer satisfaction and best brand. TBR has ranked Dell No. 1 in Server Customer Satisfaction.
Top 10 IT stories of 2009
As the recession continued in 2009, the IT industry struggled somewhat but still fared better than many others while acquisitions and new products like Google’s Chrome OS and Windows 7 from Microsoft helped the tech business maintain its dynamic nature.
Cloud computing: Love it or hate it?
IT executives on both sides of the cloud computing debate explain what they like, or don’t like, about the hosted technology.
Opinion: IT’s future lies in sharing resources
Gartner’s Howard Rubin envisions a time when organizations leverage global technology capacity for the “basics” of technology-related services — everything from simple consumables such as connectivity, desktop services and e-mail to processing power to data storage.
Innovative tech projects won’t slow down for some
Despite tight IT budgets and a gloomy economic outlook, most companies aren’t hesitating to invest in emerging technologies. Computerworld examines the types of budding technologies that organizations are testing and how IT leaders are able to persuade other decision-makers to take the plunge.
11 daring predictions for 2010
Six industry pundits put it on the line with some thought-provoking predictions for 2010.
Servers get a makeover in 2010
As virtualization takes over, enterprises are ordering more systems fully loaded with maximum processing power, memory and I/O capabilities.
6 hottest skills for 2010
As the economy takes its first tentative steps toward recovery, organizations surveyed by Computerworld said they will work first to replenish their ranks of programmers and help-desk technicians to meet the demands of new projects and growing staffs.
Opinion: Time for a little ‘era awareness’
Thornton May thinks too many of us in IT lack a sense of where we’ve been and where we’re heading. He suggests three areas of focus for 2010.
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