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  • 10 ways IT can prepare for an industrial revolution

    Established IT systems and operations are quickly becoming impractical and obsolete as technology complexities grow, combined with the realities of post-recession economics. To successfully respond to these changing forces, infrastructure and operations professionals must take action, by using the disruptive economic events of the recession to their advantage. How? By "industrializing" the infrastructure and operations department, following the lessons of other business movements that have industrialized processes to achieve more efficient business outcomes and sustainable competitive advantage. This means enhancing and innovating standard systems, services, automation tools, and other time-saving processes that will allow for increased productivity.

    Written by Glenn O'Donnell26 Feb. 11 02:57
  • What retailers can teach you about green IT

    A recent analysis by Retail Systems Research (RSR) sheds some light on how sustainability fits into corporate strategy at top-performing companies.

    Written by Elana Varon25 Feb. 11 07:24
  • Apple's iPad 2 one more thing

    Apple said earlier this week that it will hold an event on March 2 in San Francisco, with all signs pointing to an iPad 2 unveiling. This lit up the blogosphere with predictions about what might be in the iPad 2, whether or not Steve Jobs will be presenting, and, of course, what might be the "one more thing" Apple is famous for at these events.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige25 Feb. 11 09:20
  • Five things you need to know about LTE

    1. It really is fast. TeliaSonera, the Swedish carrier that in 2009 launched the first major commercial long-term evolution (LTE) service, delivered an average downstream speed of 33.4Mbps in informal tests last year. Verizon Wireless, which is using narrower spectrum bands, estimates that even on a fully loaded network, individual subscribers will get between 5Mbps and 12Mbps downstream and about 2Mbps to 5Mbps upstream.

    Written by Stephen Lawson25 Feb. 11 04:17
  • iPad app fills need for collaboration in the Cloud

    One reason that business people love the iPad is because it's so darn easy to use. Just whip it out and get a little work done on the iPad whenever there's a little downtime, which often means collaborating on projects, whether it's the presentations that look so good on the iPad display, or routine work documents.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige18 Feb. 11 04:55
  • Cloud Computing in 2011: 3 Trends Changing Business Adoption

    The business benefits of a cloud computing model have been well stated. You cut costs by switching to more flexible on-demand IT resources that can better handle the ebb and flow technology needs at a company.

    Written by Shane O'Neill10 Feb. 11 05:15
  • Transforming IT to show cost of services: Five best practices

    Recently, we brought together 60 CIOs and IT leaders from the Fortune 1000 for our bi-annual "CIO Technology Business Management Council" meeting. The purpose of this event was to provide participants with an opportunity to learn from their peers about how to transform their IT organization into a services oriented organization and run "IT like a business."

    Written by Sunny Gupta09 Feb. 11 07:10
  • The Cloud CIO: A tale of two IT futures

    This week I saw two articles that captured the two visions of IT that will dominate the future. Both were interviews with senior IT leaders, one a CIO of a major technology company, the other a senior executive with a leading system integrator. One article depicted a vision of IT as a future of standardized, commodity offerings, while the other portrayed IT as a critical part of every company's business offerings. Two visions of ITs role in stark contrast to one another. Each seems to obviate the other. But is that really true? My take is that both views are true, and the CIO of the future has to push one to make room to achieve the other.

    Written by Bernard Golden08 Feb. 11 04:36
  • Five new online security threats to avoid

    I don't spend a lot of time on Facebook, so when I got an e-mail from the social networking site telling me "you haven't been back to Facebook recently" and here are some messages you missed, it didn't seem odd. I clicked on the link, wondering what one of my friends was doing.

    Written by Bill Snyder01 Feb. 11 04:13
  • Three ways to find fresh IT ideas on the cheap

    Discovering IT innovations that you can apply to your business can be a disorganized and frustrating process. The hottest technology may be inappropriate for your business needs. It's time-consuming to identify and validate new technology with limited IT resources. In addition, traditional ways to learn about useful technologies, such as IT conferences and research reports, may not provide enough proven ideas that are good matches for your business needs.

    Written by Rick Swanborg28 Jan. 11 04:19
  • How secure is that Cloud vendor? Seven basics

    Cloud computing security is an incredibly broad (and deep) topic, so I can only scratch the surface in a short article. Even so, let's try to get the basics under control.

    Written by David Taber27 Jan. 11 05:00
  • Virtualization and cloud computing hiring outlook for 2011

    Despite so many optimistic predictions from Gartner, IDC and other surveys about the growth of cloud computing that they're almost an industry in themselves, there's no better indication of real interest from real companies than spending on a new technology.

    Written by Kevin Fogarty14 Jan. 11 06:40
  • Is your private cloud defensive or responsive?

    A strong minority of enterprise IT shops are prioritizing the development of a private cloud, but Forrester surveys suggest these moves will fail. The reason lies in the motivation behind these efforts and the focus. Most are building private clouds to keep their developers from going to the public cloud and are focused on the physical aspects of the cloud, not the operations - and it's the operations that make the cloud.

    Written by James Staten13 Jan. 11 08:23
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