Stories by: Tam Harbert

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SSD storage fixes data center bottlenecks for a price 09 February, 2010 04:30

As a new decade opens, more and more data centre operators find themselves struggling with an enterprise bottleneck not of their own making.
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Making the move to government IT 08 April, 2009 23:25

As wave after wave of corporate layoffs remake the American business landscape, IT managers find themselves wondering if they should consider a personal bailout strategy of their own -- government IT job.
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Keep your key projects off the chopping block 24 February, 2009 08:51

How to save make-or-break IT initiatives in troubled times.
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What role should IT play in reining in energy costs? 06 February, 2009 08:58

IT buys the technology; facilities buys the energy. That's the way it's always been in corporate America. But that may be changing.
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The trouble with telecommuting 14 October, 2008 09:54

Telecommuting is back on workers' radars in a big way these days, thanks to gas prices that were a whopping 30 percent higher this summer than last.
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Get tough on telecommuting: 6 questions to ask 21 August, 2008 15:25

Telecommuting is back on workers' radars in a big way these days, thanks to sky-rocketing petrol prices.
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Beeps, blips and IT: Making sense of sensor data 25 June, 2008 07:40

It's no exaggeration to say the '00s have been the decade when the electronic sensor left the factory floor and went, well, everywhere.
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The darker side of Webmail 29 April, 2008 10:02

Web-based e-mail is booming. Services such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail are convenient, accessible and, best of all, free. Many of us have come to rely on them without giving it a second thought.
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Confessions of a Cobol programmer 21 February, 2008 11:13

Last year, Michael Vu, a 40-year-old independent IT consultant, found himself in a wholly unexpected place midway through his career.
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Dark secrets, ugly truths: When ethics and IT collide 18 September, 2007 09:56

It still weighs heavily on Bryan's mind, what he found on that executive's computer, especially when he thinks of his own daughters. He's particularly troubled that the man he discovered using a company computer to view pornography of Asian women and of children was subsequently promoted and moved to China to run a manufacturing plant.
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RSA ups the token ante 07 September, 2006 11:07

With the rise in identity theft and online security breaches, RSA Security seems poised to take off. But how far it goes depends on how well the company is able to expand its authentication technology to new markets and devices.