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Keeping Your SQL Server Databases Defragmented with Diskeeper
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Evaluate data centers as part of a disaster planning and recovery strategy
Companies with mission-critical data systems and near-zero tolerance for downtime must have disaster recovery measures in place, often including one or multiple external data centers. But...
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City of Des Moines help desk app grows to serve many needs
When the City of Des Moines, IA, decided to create a help desk from the foundation up, CIO Michael Armstrong learned quickly the importance of having an IT service management tool. "We were...
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How to simplify environments and cut TCO
With Web services, databases, multiple applications, and vendors all piled on top of legacy systems, it’s no wonder CIOs are looking for ways increase efficiencies and save money. Many IT...
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Lessons learned from a CRM success story
With failure rates reportedly as high as 50 to 80 percent, it's a wonder any tech leader has the courage to promote a CRM project these days.
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The all-important confidentiality policy
A technology company's lifeblood is its intellectual property. But many of the confidentiality agreements that safeguard these trade secrets aren't as comprehensive as they need to be.
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CRM: Is success the exception?
Successful implementations of customer relationship management software are few and far between. TechRepublic says the example of TidalWire should serve as an example.
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Analyze your spending analytics
Using software to analyze purchasing and procurement can result in big pay offs. TechRepublic tells enterprises how to find the right tools.
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HBO: An expense management success story
The entertainment company reeled in expenses with a product from Extensity, but not without a lot of outtakes along the way, says TechRepublic.
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Project-tracking software gains ground
Goodbye ERP and CRM, hello PSA. Professional Services Authomation is one of the few enterprise softwares making the IT budgets this year, says TechRepublic.
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Lack of training: your biggest threat
Sabotage by an outsider is the least of your worries. Employees are the real security weakness. If your company doesn't educate them, it might as well attack itself.
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Protect your telecom service
The current hardships of telecom providers don't have to be a source of panic. Use multiple carriers to ensure uptime, and protect yourself from contractual rip-offs buried in small print.
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Security policies: Only as good as the audit
No matter how thorough your security policies seem, only an audit can identify your weaknesses. Here's why an IT policy audit is essential, and how to conduct one.
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Acquisitions bring OS decisions
TechRepublic's David Southgate describes one manufacturer's experience deploying Linux in 12 brand new manufacturing plants, to help lower the company's TCO.
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Weathering telecom storms
In today's shaky telecommunications industry, tech leaders need to be prepared for changes when it comes to vendor services. As one enterprise found out, staying on top of the situation is never a...
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Most enterprises are unprepared for disaster
While many enterprises, about 78 percent, reportedly have data backup systems, very few have a plan to access that data if and when a disaster occurs.
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Get your used enterprise software here!
Companies can now buy and sell customized enterprise software and other intellectual capital courtesy of a new venture that helps CIOs save money and failing enterprises regain some tech...
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Want to save on software? Be a beta tester
Hammering out a deal to become a beta tester can be well worth the time and trouble. Learn how one company took the beta route and got a $400,000 CRM application for free.
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How XML can fill B2B integration needs
Learn why an enterprise turned to XML middleware for its B2B needs--and saw results in the form of lower transaction costs, more efficient collaboration, and improved customer satisfaction.
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HP introduces the Net-Zero Datacenter
HP Labs research into the Net-Zero Energy Datacenter has implications for more efficient management and operation of existing datacenters.
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Mitt Romney's kinder, gentler iPad
Now we can finally rest assured that no matter which party wins the White House, our leaders will benefit daily from outsourcing American manufacturing jobs to underpaid Chinese workers.
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