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| Week of 17 Nov 2008 |
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Virtual servers present management challenges for midmarket firms
IT execs get major benefits by deploying virtual servers. But they're also discovering that virtualized environments are more difficult and complex to manage than anticipated. |
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| Week of 10 Nov 2008 |
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Ten imperatives for midmarket IT strategy in 2009
From IT security and compliance to IT staffing and IT portfolio management, here are 10 maxims for success in the coming year, spanning people, process and technology. |
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Business continuity plans for the midmarket: Overcoming the challenge
Will your business survive after a disaster? Learn what it takes to develop a business continuity plan -- and how to get everyone on board. |
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| Week of 03 Nov 2008 |
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Arts center's network infrastructure hits right note with Wi-Fi, FMC
A CIO used every penny of a budgeting windfall to build the network infrastructure for a nonprofit performing arts center while never wasting a dime. Wi-Fi and a fixed-mobile commu... |
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| Week of 20 Oct 2008 |
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Google Apps highlights midmarket business benefits
Hesitant about cloud computing, despite the benefits? Learn how Google addresses cloud computing concerns and points out the midmarket positives. |
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| Week of 13 Oct 2008 |
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Compliance management: How to keep the IT auditors away
With compliance regulations and legislation constantly changing, keeping up can be tricky. Find your way through the compliance confusion with our top five stories offering expert ... |
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| Week of 06 Oct 2008 |
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CIO careers: Wall Street's pain, IT's gain?
Pollyannas want you to think that this economic crisis can be good for your career. I have my doubts. |
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IT director re-engineers a legacy shop
Some guys have all the fun. Learn how one IT director challenged employees to share his vision of a modern, more efficient shop and how he got the job done. |
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| Week of 29 Sep 2008 |
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Forrester: IT industry demands better collaborative, integrated data
Forrester Research Inc.'s new "IT everywhere" concept predicts what enterprise architecture will look like in coming years. |
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MS software licensing, IT auditing tricky business
For one CTO, Microsoft client access licenses were inadvertently corrupted overnight (apparently by Microsoft), halting company productions for five hours. Could it happen to you? |
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| Week of 22 Sep 2008 |
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Electronic records retention: What's your company policy?
Going against conventional electronic records management wisdom, a group of records retention and information management experts admit to keeping everything. |
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Web 2.0: What it means for the midmarket CIO
Is Web 2.0 the way forward? Gil Yehuda, senior analyst at Forrester Reasearch Inc., discusses the Web 2.0 explosion and its place in the midmarket. |
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| Week of 15 Sep 2008 |
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IT, business alignment not a pipe dream
An annual survey finds -- yet again -- that CIOs don't think IT is in step with business units. |
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Disaster recovery plan: Finding the best solution for the money
Getting management to give its blessing to a disaster recovery plan was the easy part. Sorting through competing methodologies and staying on budget is a different story entirely. |
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| Week of 08 Sep 2008 |
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IBM, friends push 'Microsoft-free' world
IBM and its Ubuntu-toting partners say CIOs can boot Microsoft from desktops. Could their efforts work this time? |
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Disaster recovery planning off CIOs' plate -- sort of
A new survey finds fewer CIOs are involved in disaster recovery plans. Bad move. Here's why. |
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