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Mid America Clinical Laboratories operates blood labs and manages labs in hospitals as well. As with almost all healthcare operations these days, there's little tolerance for IT processes that don't Read more...

IBM's (NYSE: IBM) plan to buy Sterling Commerce from AT&T (NYSE: T) for $1.4 billion is part of the company's larger strategy to ramp up its acquisition spending over the next few years. The Read more...

Over the next 10 years, America's greatest challenge is going to be creating enough jobs, according to Martin Ford, author of "The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Read more...

IBM took a step into the great unknown this week when it launched an initiative that will ultimately deliver self-managing virtual data centers and automation in cloud computing environments. Big Read more...

IBM is on the move. With technology demanding new ways to enhance performance, Big Blue is launching product and service upgrades to help customers using its automatic computing software and services Read more...

Every once in a while, it's good to get a reality check on the limitations of technology, and to remember that "tech" is sometimes just a fancy word for "tool". Today's Read more...

Virtualization is shaping up to be a key element in the successful deployment of SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) strategies, according to an analysis in eWeek. As organizations Read more...

Application virtualization provides organizations with an important competitive edge. Business demand will always determine the allocated resources, and thriving organizations will always find a Read more...

According to a new report from the Aberdeen Group, many Fortune 500 companies are failing at reducing or containing telecom costs because they aren't implementing the right technology necessary Read more...

Thanks to the fast proliferation of broadband, mobile devices and collaboration tools in the enterprise, the promise of the joined-up enterprise--the idea that organizations can share data and Read more...