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Regardless of which party holds office in the U.S., my true hope is for its success, because I have this twisted view that if we have successful president, we'll have a better quality of life. Unfortunately, both of the U.S. parties seem to be competing as to which can screw up the country more effe...
Since the latter days of the 20th Century, business and political leaders have moved between each others' fields with increasing ease. Vice President Dick Cheney was one; Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is another. Right now, two former leaders of high-tech companies are running for office: former ...
Over the past several years, as enterprises have been deploying voice over IP with more frequency, many have learned that the first step in the VoIP lifecycle process should be a complete assessment of network readiness. This is just one of the common stumbling blocks that organizations will want to...
As we should probably realize by now, not all tasks are created equal -- especially when it comes to making mistakes. For most of the things we do -- from brushing our teeth to typing an email -- making a mistake is usually relatively innocuous. Sure, we might have to clean a bit of the toothpaste ...
When the pulse of the global economy slowed -- or, as some would have it, virtually flat lined -- in 2009, IT felt it. Even though IT serves as the heart of global business, the indispensable systems without which companies simply wouldn't work, layoffs and cutbacks still wracked the industry. More ...
Those guiding a major IT transformation will find their jobs easier -- and be rewarded with better results -- if they adhere to 10 best practices, or "commandments," along the way. The first five: 1) The program management office must be independent and empowered; 2) Methodology must be clearly defi...
Google has introduced a new image format to help speed up the performance of websites. WebP (pronounced "weppy") reduces the file size of images by 40 percent, the company claims. Images make up 65 percent of the bytes transmitted per Web page, according to Google. WebP was designed to improve the c...
There are 10 basic principles that can have a substantial influence on the successful implementation of a large IT transformation program. These recommendations, or "10 Commandments," will help direct energies toward the most fundamental aspects of program management. First, the Program Management O...
The White House is working with several federal law enforcement agencies to draft legislation that would make it possible to monitor all Internet communication services, including social networking sites, peer-to-peer messaging and encrypted email systems, according to a New York Times report. "Soci...
Website developers and localization experts who help ready international websites in multiple languages know that the quality of source content is a major factor of success in website translation and localization -- but often they just have to work with whatever source content comes through the door...
A Fortune 100 company decided to revamp its IT application landscape to improve profitability. It embarked on a business and IT transformation that was a massive undertaking, requiring hundreds of dedicated individuals not only from within the organization but also from external service providers. A...
Working with data and the cloud were the topics of choice for keynote speeches delivered by Intel and Oracle executives at Oracle OpenWorld 2010 on Tuesday. "I'm going to talk about harnessing the data footprint in terms of delivering services to IT users and consumers -- but more importantly, busin...
A lot of folks have been making a big deal the past few days about Google employee David Barksdale. If you haven't caught the coverage, the fuss is centered around this one employee -- a mid-twenties "site reliability engineer" -- who (allegedly) inappropriately used his position of authority and c...
Google Apps has announced added security and authentication to the online application suite's fee-based Premier edition as well as its Education and Government versions. The two-step enhanced verification system will be added to all versions of Google Apps in coming months. The goal is to help overc...
With smartphones becoming ubiquitous and more and more people using mobile devices both at work and at home, enterprises are increasingly looking to make use of mobile applications. Small and medium-sized businesses are apparently beginning to pick up on this trend, and many of them are turning to d...
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