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Recent Articles about Information Technology

How to Choose a Data Center

Business owners need to be knowledgeable about the potential risks and rewards of using the services of a data center to back up their files.  Read more

The Next New--Potentially Illegal--Thing

In part one of Inc .'s interview with Larry Downes, the author of the forthcoming The Laws of Disruption , he explains why the legal system is th...  Read more

Visibility: The Strongest Link in the Supply Chain

How strong is your supply chain? You won’t know until it fails. Reducing your risk of failure depends on visibility -- your ability to see any aspect of th...  Read more

Forget Green: Google's Blue Energy Plan

It's one of those ideas that is just so crazy, that it just might work. I Read more

Postponing IT Projects While Money is Tight

Gartner continues to predict drops in IT spending for this year, yet they have also found, to their surprise, that Read more

Thinking Like Enterprise IT

What's the difference between small to midsize business IT and enterprise IT? Most would quickly answer; size! Enterprise IT is clearly bigger. Th...  Read more

Seamless IT Integration for Mergers & Acquisitions

As they emerge from the recession, many companies are gun shy when it comes to major transactions. But mergers and acquisitions are the lifeblood of growth. ...  Read more

Brocade Launches New Router

The Brocade 7500E SAN Router is designed and priced for smaller businesses.  Read more

Spare Backup to Expand Data Center

The move boosts storage capacity for home offices and small businesses.  Read more

SAP, IDS Scheer Deliver Enhanced Virtualization

The move offers a process-centric approach to service-enabled business applications.  Read more

Citrix, Akamai Offer Joint Solution

The new solution aims to eliminate performance bottlenecks.  Read more

Has the Greening of IT Gone Too Far?

When companies go green, how do the cost savings measure up against server agility? What should companies be aware of when vendors want to sell them energy-e...  Read more

How to Fill IT Jobs in Hot Categories

Demand for experienced IT professionals is high, so small businesses have to be creative to fill open positions, including tapping existing employees, using ...  Read more

Good Match: Choosing an IT Services Vendor

Choosing the right outside IT services provider for your business involves knowing what you need, rounding up a qualified candidates, asking the right questi...  Read more

Tech to Track Workers: Pros and Cons

A growing number of wireless technologies -- such as GPS and RFID – let businesses to track workers, deliveries of time-sensitive information, and even com...  Read more

Recovery after the Storm

Protecting one of your business' most critical assets -- data -- just in case disaster strikes doesn’t have to be difficult. Here are some steps to getting...  Read more

Technology Managers Stressed, Overworked

A new survey reveals the challenges IT departments face -- and why their bosses might be the cause.  Read more

Oracle, Retail Pro Offer Business Intel Solution

Embedding an Oracle database with RetailPro  Read more

Survey: CEOs Rank IT Risks Above Terrorism

Natural disasters and terrorism don't worry CEOs as much as an IT systems collapse, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The S...  Read more

NetApp and Oracle To Offer New Enterprise Grid Software

Network Appliance has teamed up with Oracle to develop Direct NFS Client, a new enterprise grid software tool  Read more

Oracle and HP to Offer Combined Solutions

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) and HP (NYSE:HPQ)  have teamed to offer a complete suite of software, hardware, and service solutions aimed at midsize businesse...  Read more

Cisco WebEx, Oracle to Deliver CRM On Demand

Cisco and Oracle team up  Read more

Hardware Goes Green

With energy costs rising and data center servers using more energy, technology makers are giving businesses a choice of more energy-efficient hardware.  Read more

Intelligent Devices Help Smart Businesses

The use of 'smart' technologies -- such as sensors -- can help businesses keep better tabs on temperature, chemical composition, and other environmental fact...  Read more

Why IT Projects Fail

Small and mid-size companies should consider a project management office approach to managing complex information technology projects.  Read more

Tech Tools to Manage the Back End

From barcoding to "smart" tags, a host of new technologies has become available to help small and medium-sized businesses manage inventory and supply chains.  Read more

Is IT Pushing Your Growth Off Course?

Technology can’t be an afterthought in forming business strategy. It's either a driver that helps achieve business goals or it holds the company back.  Read more

What ITIL Can Do for Small Businesses

Information Technology Infrastructure Library sounds bureaucratic -- it was developed by the British government -- but these best practices can help business...  Read more

IT and Finance: A Business Clash of the Titans?

The technology operation in a business can often be at odds with the finance division. Finding a balance through which IT investments help drive business ini...  Read more

Time to Consolidate Your Data Center

Old, overgrown dinosaurs of data centers may be costing your business more than you realize. Here’s what to know if you’re considering consolidating them.  Read more

Software Integration for Non-Dummies

Software projects done in-house often tend to fail, but integrating new applications can be easy with the help of new vendors or architecture choices.  Read more

Time to Accept Contactless Payments?

Large chains the likes of Exxon Mobil, Arby's, CVS, and other top retailers now accept contactless payments. But should small and mid-sized retailers also sp...  Read more

Transforming In-Store Advertising

Using existing technology in a new way, companies can better test store displays.  Read more

Is RFID Right for Your Business?

Radio frequency identification -- a tracking technology -- can help some small companies get a leg up on supplying large enterprises, such as Wal-Mart.  Read more

Even Billionaires are Pestered By Their Accountants

If you hit it big--really big--how would you spend your money? We've known for years that the answer for Oracle's Larry Ellison is "Lavishly." But new cou...  Read more

Larry's Kids

NetSuite, Oracle, and SalesForce.com- all spawned by Larry Ellison- are entering a high-stakes battle to sell you software that gives you unprecedented contr...  Read more

Larry's Kids

NetSuite, Oracle, and SalesForce.com- all spawned by Larry Ellison- are entering a high-stakes battle to sell you software that gives you unprecedented contr...  Read more

New Technologies to Thwart Laptop Theft

As laptops become hot items on the black market and to perpetrate identity theft, notebook computers are increasingly being targeted. Here are some new tools...  Read more

How to Develop Your 2011 Tech Budget

Businesses are expected to spend more money on their IT departments next year. Here's how to decide where to put your dollars.  Read more

What's Next : Talking to the Tech Department

They're not just nerds -- they're your nerds. Help them help you.  Read more