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Real Analytics for Real Business

Savvy organizations are strategically applying analytics to their daily operations to outthink and outperform the competition. This Computerworld technology briefing illustrates how CIOs and their teams have a vital role to play in understanding the data needed for informed decision making - and establishing an analytical IT architecture with the...

Tags: Analytics, SAS Institute, Savvy Organization, Financial Planning, Finance

White papers 2009-04-01

Layered Enterprise Messaging Security: Protecting Business Communications Throughout the Network

While organizations are dependent on email as a primary communications channel, threats delivered by email are growing at an alarming rate. Not only are there a greater number of these threats than ever before, attacks and techniques are being combined to enhance their impact. Savvy organizations are minimizing threats to...

Tags: Network, Trend Micro Inc., Threat, Layered Technologies Inc., Messaging, Savvy Organization, E-mail, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Networking, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing

White papers 2007-02-01

Additional Resources

Office 2010: What Microsoft will and won't say

I've got a question..Maybe you can pass it along, but how long until we know the color themes available in Office 2010? The CTP only has 1 color, although it hints at others.Office 2007's color themes weren't set in stone until RTM, the Beta themes were drastically different than the...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 2010, ribbon, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Confusion over Windows 7 upgrade path

Poor MarketingMicrosoft should have removed 64bit from the chart all together and added a note that you can't upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit and vice versa.Other than the confusing 64bit chart, this is a non-issue, people are more likely to buy a new computer with 7 then to upgrade an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit, Windows 7 upgrade path, Windows 7 Upgrade, Home Premium, computer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

IE8 outperforms competing browsers in malware protection -- again

Well the credibility of the test is extremely...suspect since the winner is also the sponsor, why even print it. Well I guess according to these resultsNon-IE users are more gullible than IE users, but otherwise IE and Firefox are statistically tied.Another MS "study" proves that MS is...

Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Common-sense, IE8, malware protection, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malware, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Surgical decisions: How to change business executives' minds about information technology

Let's face it, without IT, there's no business. But, IT has always been viewed by business executives as a cost center, versus a strategic asset. A relatively new work published by Peter Weill and Jeanne Ross puts forth some ideas how to turn this thinking around. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Aetna Inc., Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Facebook at work: 'Social Notworking'?

I see you out there during the day - posting Facebook photos, writing on your friends' walls, uploading lists of 25 things I really don't care to know about you. But hey, aren't you supposed to be working during the day? A report issued today by Nucleus...

Tags: Facebook, E-mail, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Coca-Cola Teaches The World To....

"Participating in the community of the consumer." I love that phrase.  That's the way Jim Keyes, Blockbuster CEO described their Facebook group - which is for the most part, despite all our conversations to the contrary, is what most people think of when you say "community" or "social network"...

Tags: Facebook, Fan, Coca-Cola Co., Beverage, Customer, Machine, Coke, Coca-Cola Freestyle, Food & Beverage, RFID, Manufacturing, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-07-15

The Savvy IT Guide to ARRA and EHR - How to Build the Infrastructure for Your Initiatives

EMC has the solutions that enable the organization to create a solid information infrastructure for the EHR - one that stores, protects, manages, and shares patient information. These solutions provide high performance, highly scalable, and highly available storage, security, and integrated tools to virtualize and automate IT management, governance, and...

Tags: Information Technology, Infrastructure Inc., EMC Corp., EHR, Storage, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-06-16

The CIO is dead (long live the CIO)

TechRepublic's Patrick Gray takes on the changing role of the CIO, writing that a C-level position for IT will no longer be warranted unless it evolves beyond the operational, shared-service mentality. You can find more posts like this on TechRepublic's IT Leadership blog. With the...

Tags: CIO, Role, Information Technology, Technology, Service, C-level, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Transforming customer relationships with social media

* Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by John Yaggie Social media technologies have the potential to disrupt the traditional ways companies build and manage relationships with their customers. Customer relationships built on trust and loyalty are central to a company's reputation and...

Tags: Customer, Jennifer Leggio, John Yaggie, Relationship, Social Media, Social Media Technology

Blog posts 2009-05-27

Sansa SlotRadio

In the heavily saturated MP3 player market, sometimes it's best to choose a specific target audience and really go for it. One example of this can be found in the Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player, aimed at tech-savvy consumers with little time and patience for creating personalized playlists. SanDisk takes...

Tags: Flash memory, Digital music, Digital media, SlotRadio, card, SanDisk Corp.

Product reviews 2009-04-06

MG Technology Group - A user of Doyenz Automated Virtual IT

In the recent past, I spoke with representatives of Doynez, the developers of Doyenz Automated Virtual IT. I thought that hearing from one of their customers would be the best way to understand the benefits Doynez's product offers. Here are Grant Thompson's responses to the Kusnetzky Group customer profile questionnaire....

Tags: Solution, Information Technology, Smb/Sme, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-04-06

SOA without service-enabled applications?

"SOA Possible Even Without Service-Enabled Apps." This is a statement that goes against the conventional wisdom, so, being a fan of things that go against conventional wisdom, I checked out this Q&A interview with Shailender Kumar, vice president of Oracle Fusion Middleware for Oracle India, to see...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Will Android and Windows Mobile get squeezed as smartphone market shakes out?

While the iPhone has shown that there is a large consumer market for smartphones, the primary market-driver for the smartphone is - and will remain - enterprises and small businesses. This dynamic is similar to the PC operating system market. Think about Windows Vista. It has largely...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Platform, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Business, Microsoft Windows, RIM BlackBerry, Symbian Inc., Informa, BlackBerry Let, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Spotlight on Austin: Dachis Corporation's Peter Kim

South by Southwest Interactive SXSWi kicks off tomorrow in good ol' Austin, Texas. While a lot of companies from all over creation are heading down south to network and display and launch new technologies, there's a bevy of innovation and creativity coming out of the city as well. I...

Tags: Austin, Social Media, Endgame, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Preventing dashboard lust

Preventing dashboard lustNice Problem to Have!I completely agree that there can be issues with people getting wrapped up in the technology and missing the bigger picture. But for a savvy BI leader, this type of techno-lust is a great opportunity, and so I'd suggest that the title of the...

Tags: dashboard

Discussion threads 2009-02-10

Should Microsoft kick the Zune to the Island of the Misfit Toys?

Should Microsoft kick the Zune to the Island of the Misfit Toys?No real effortI don't understand MS on this issue, i see little effort on the advertising side. And they don't seem to want to support the community. I live in Canada, and i have had my Zune 8 since...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Word processors, Microsoft Office, Strategy, Market Place, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., media player

Discussion threads 2009-01-24

Successful Security Strategies for Retailers in a Challenging Economy

Off late economic environment has been challenging for many retailers. With increased unemployment and fewer customers, retailers have had to look for new ways to meet financial goals. At the same time, rising incidences of security breaches, credit card fraud, and identity theft are making retailers more aware of the...

Tags: Network, Retail Company, Security Strategy, Retail, Network Security, Networking, Security

White papers 2009-01-24

SonicWALL and Gartner Discuss Next-Generation Firewall: Driving Productivity, Security & Efficiencies Webcast

Network and application usage is dramatically changing the way networks are designed, managed and protected. The need for bandwidth is increasing and users are becoming more technically savvy. At the same time, the growth of unsecure Web 2.0, Software as a Service SaaS, Service Oriented ArchitectureSOA, social networking and streaming...

Tags: Security, Webcast, Network, SonicWall, Gartner Inc., Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Web 2.0, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software As A Service (SaaS), Digital Media, Networking, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Webcasts 2009-01-01