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What's behind enterprise insourcing of IT?
Some U.S. companies are making moves towards bringing formerly insourced jobs back in house. What’s behind this decision?
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Amazon to develop 3D smartphones. Why?
By Toni Bowers | May 21, 2013, 7:40 AM PDT
Amazon has plans to develop 3D smartphones. Somebody please give me a reason why this is a good idea.
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Are your tender requirements killing your IT project?
By Ben Evans | May 20, 2013, 6:23 AM PDT
Plenty of organizations have well-formed procedures for procurement on large projects, but when the projects are small, the contracts are short-term, or the budget is low, those same procedures can easily become a crippling overhead to both sides of the procurement process.
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Download TechRepublic Pro's Application/Project Development Policy
By Teena Hammond | May 20, 2013, 5:47 AM PDT
TechRepublic Pro has created a policy template that allows you to set the stage for guidelines to be used during a project.
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The business value of Google Glass and wearable computing
By Patrick Gray | May 15, 2013, 4:52 AM PDT
Wearable computing is an emerging technology that's affecting both the consumer and enterprise space.
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Big Data and the cloud throw down the guantlet for IT department
By Toni Bowers | May 12, 2013, 7:25 AM PDT
IT/business alignment has gone from something you should consider to further your IT department to something you should do to keep your IT department employed.
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Banks better get moving on extending mobile apps to tablets
By Toni Bowers | May 6, 2013, 4:12 AM PDT
If banks want to stay competitive, they may want to focus less on checking fee gimmicks and more on developing apps for mobile banking.
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Windows XP: If it ain't broke...
By Patrick Gray | May 3, 2013, 5:25 AM PDT
Although XP has less than one year of official support remaining from Microsoft, many organizations have no plans to replace it. What's going on?
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IT Training Policy now available
By Teena Hammond | May 2, 2013, 6:55 AM PDT
Download TechRepublic's IT Training Policy. It's free to TechRepublic Pro subscribers, or can be purchased by non-subscribers.
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Dollar coins and enterprise change management
By Patrick Gray | May 1, 2013, 10:25 AM PDT
While technical challenges are often interesting and compelling, people issues must be considered early in a project, lest your project follow the various $1 coins produced by the US Mint and be relegated to archaic trivia and distant memories.
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Does IT have a problem with women?
By Patrick Gray | April 24, 2013, 6:03 AM PDT
If we can shed some of the industry's juvenile past, while maintaining this merit-based culture, IT will attract all comers, regardless of gender.
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How large IT departments waste time and effort
By Carlo Pandian | April 22, 2013, 5:34 AM PDT
Is your IT department being efficient? Here are some ways you could be wasting time and effort.
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Enterprises are moving to the "suite" life
By Guest Contributor | April 18, 2013, 7:41 AM PDT
There are dozens of vendors selling mobile device management, file sharing, desktop management, remote desktop access, desktop virtualization, and other systems. But more recently, suites designed to consolidate these and other functions have emerged from start-ups and established vendors alike.
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Yahoo and the perils of going remote
By Patrick Gray | April 16, 2013, 4:55 AM PDT
In light of Yahoo's reversal on its employees working from home, Patrick Gray talks about why the decision is more complicated than people think.
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HP rethinks the server
By Patrick Gray | April 10, 2013, 7:10 AM PDT
Patrick Gray takes a look at HP's reinterpretation of the server: its new Moonshot series.
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Three data trends to look for
By Patrick Gray | April 8, 2013, 4:50 AM PDT
Massive data centers seem more like an albatross around the neck of IT, with huge power bills, expensive maintenance and, large potential upgrade costs. Here are some of the relevant trends as you ponder the direction of the data center.
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Survey: Is your enterprise software at hit or miss?
By Toni Bowers | April 3, 2013, 11:25 AM PDT
Take TechRepublic's survey and let us know how your company is using its enterprise software and how it measures up.
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Find the hidden talent in your organization
By Patrick Gray | April 2, 2013, 4:39 AM PDT
Hidden talent is the ultimate organizational resource. It's already present in your organization, doesn't require any procurement, and can be exploited without incurring any significant cost increase.
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Don't put off making your web site mobile friendly
By Toni Bowers | April 1, 2013, 7:04 AM PDT
It's been a while since a tech development has gained traction like the mobile movement. If you want to stay in the game you're going to have to adjust your web site. Here are some options to consider.
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BYOD is not for everybody, and especially not for executives
By Sean Doherty | March 27, 2013, 4:27 AM PDT
If you're a CXO, director, manager, or your employment status makes you eligible for litigation, then bringing your own device to work can be detrimental to your personal and professional life.
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SaaS: Keep complexity and short timelines from affecting quality
By Guest Contributor | March 26, 2013, 7:23 AM PDT
This blog discusses some strategies for building high quality SaaS products.
