Practical Research That Drives Measurable Results
August 30, 2008
Operate and Optimize
July 28, 2008
Compatibility issues with older versions of Office may have serious repercussions on the integrity of Excel spreadsheets that are shared between...
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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has the potential of making branch office computing much easier to manage. Multi-site en...
IT departments should take an active role in managing their corporate cellular phone policies and practices. Implementing a c...
SAP is rationalizing its BI portfolio. The technology direction is towards the functionality it acquired from Business Object...
A Data Protection and Recovery Management (DPRM) solution provides visibility into backups that goes well beyond standard pas...
Application development is a well-researched area and there are no shortages of articles, books or blogs written about it. Ye...
Although earlier versions of Microsoft SharePoint suffered from poor backup and recovery functionality, the 2007 release has ...
Enterprises with multiple buildings in close proximity often struggle to provide the required bandwidth to users in the remot...
When enterprises encounter unacceptable e-mail client performance, finding the root cause can present a challenge. This chall...
Usability benefits can be gained without going to the full extent of formal usability testing. Use t...
Once you have defined the tasks for usability test participants to complete in the “Informal Usabili...
Regardless of where analysts come from, they share certain characteristics that transcend training i...
Xandros aims to join Red Hat and Novell SUSE as a familiar Linux brand. Recent moves include volume ...
Hewlett-Packard (HP) held its Technology Solutions Group (TSG) Worldwide Analyst conference in April...
Strategy and Planning
Open source Business Intelligence (BI) suites offer increasingly robust functionality – so much so that they are beginning to threaten their...
Implement and Integrate
There are several ways an organization can benefit from using Web conferencing services to collaborate in real-time with both internal and external...
Months of successful project planning and execution during the early stages of a project can be nullified by inadequate attention to project closure....
The process of selecting an enterprise software solution is complicated. Requirements are messy and RFP preparation is complicated and political. The...
Code inspection is a powerful technique for identifying code defects early in the development cycle when they are inexpensive to remove....
Trends and Predictions
If IT is unable to deliver on the DRP when it truly counts, the enterprise will fail to recover technical services and IT professionals will lose...
Selection Advice
Free, or nearly free hypervisors are not the same thing as free virtualization. As hypervisor competition between Microsoft and VMware heats up,...
For hype alone, 2008 will be the year of "the cloud." Among those jumping on the cloud computing bandwagon will be the major players in enterprise...
Technology Insights
Data deduplication has become a mainstream component of backup software and disk-to-disk backup appliances, such as Virtual Tape Libraries (VTLs). It...
Enterprise IT staff often find themselves looking towards high availability (HA) to ensure key applications are up and running. Before beginning the...
Many network organizations strive to deliver quality services to their clients, but fail to grasp the value of continuous quality improvement...
There seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the marketing hype surrounding current 3G and the forthcoming 4G cellular networks. In fact,...
Renegotiating an existing telecom services contract requires careful planning, strong negotiation skills, and the use of best practices. It may also...
Network organizations are working to complete their 2009 budget process. The typical budget categories, including staff salaries, costs of telecom...
The point of an Active Directory deployment is to facilitate efficient and consistent management of an enterprise’s users and resources. Building the...
The closing process is the last phase in the lifecycle of a project and formally terminates all project activities, hands off project deliverables,...
There are several ways small enterprises can benefit from using Web conferencing services to conduct virtual meetings with both internal and external...
If Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) fails to recover technical services in the event of a catastrophe, enterprise business will suffer and IT...
Small enterprises require outside expertise to successfully design and implement an enterprise cabling infrastructure. Use this fully editable...
Unified Communications and workforce mobility are becoming key priorities for a growing number of organizations. Small enterprise IT leaders...
Organizations planning a LAN refresh will likely purchase LAN equipment from a Value Added Reseller (VAR). In many cases, companies will look to a...
