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Enterprise 2.0 changing the way we work 16 March, 2010 05:45
Author and researcher Andrew McAfee says using Web 2.0 tools will change business

Sure, companies have started using Web 2.0 tools, but one man says we've only seen a glimmer of the serious change that they're going to bring to the way we do business.
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Work smarter with online collaboration tools 12 March, 2010 03:40
These online collaboration services offer tools for every business need, and every budget.

Budget constraints and limited technical support make it critical for most small and medium-size companies to work as efficiently as possible. An important first step in getting more and better work from relatively few people is to enable them to work together in real time, no matter how distant they actually may be.
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How to manage outsourcers after the contract's ink is dry 09 March, 2010 07:29
Here's how to build a good relationship after the contract's signed

When the global trade association SEMI experienced a big revenue decline last year and had to cut staff, CIO Gil McInnes turned to outsourcing.
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SOA Grows Up -- and Out 09 March, 2010 06:04
No longer just about integration, SOA is spreading throughout the enterprise for business process alignment

Not too long ago, IT organizations turned to service-oriented architecture primarily as a way to integrate enterprise applications. But now large companies are using SOA to create components that can be combined and reused as services across multiple applications.
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5 Reasons Businesses Still Hate Enterprise Software 05 March, 2010 04:59
App pros cite their woes

Got Issues? Enterprise software sure does.
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LinkedIn Quick Tip: Should You Upgrade to a Paid Account? 03 February, 2010 06:33
Paid accounts are geared toward professionals like HR representatives and recruiters

Social networking service LinkedIn is free, but if you choose to upgrade to a paid account, you have access to additional features. What are the four top advantages in updating your account?
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Chrome aims to steal some iPad thunder 03 February, 2010 10:48
The dust is settling from the unveiling of the iPad, and now Google looks to join the tablet fray with a Chrome-based device

Fresh off the unveiling of Apple's iPad tablet PC, we have a whole new batch of tablet rumors--this time regarding a Google Chrome-based tablet device. The Chromium Project, the core behind the development of the Chrome operating system. Has released a number of mockups and early concepts regarding what a Chrome-based tablet PC might be.
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In pictures: Google's trike at Taronga Zoo 25 January, 2010 11:47
Weighing 110 kilos, the Street View Trike began peddling around the grounds of Sydney’s Taronga Zoo today.

Weighing 110 kilos, the Street View Trike began peddling around the grounds of Sydney’s Taronga Zoo today.
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Run IT as a business - why that's a train wreck waiting to happen 18 January, 2010 22:15
Everything you've been told is wrong: What IT should do instead

"If you board the wrong train, it's no use running along the corridor in the other direction," said famed World War II German resistance fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We in IT boarded the wrong train a long time ago. It's the "standard model" of information technology organizations - the familiar litany that says CIOs should run IT as a business, meeting the requirements of its internal customers. This refrain has been endorsed by our holy trinity, too: analyst firms, most consultancies and ITIL.
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Quiz: What were the first products from today's biggest tech companies? 18 January, 2010 12:17
Cisco, Microsoft, IBM: They all started somewhere. Take this quiz to see how well you know the humble origins of today's tech titans

Cisco, Microsoft, IBM: They all started somewhere. Take this quiz to see how well you know the humble origins of today's tech titans
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SOA grows up -- and out 12 January, 2010 05:57
No longer just about integration, SOA is spreading through the enterprise for business-process alignment, among other things

Not too long ago, IT organizations turned to service-oriented architecture (SOA) primarily as a way to integrate enterprise applications. But now large companies are using SOA to create components that can be combined and reused as services across multiple applications.