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IT executives from several large enterprises, including Lowe's and McGraw-Hill, have developed a "code of conduct for IT maintenance" to demand better quality and service from the software industry, Read more...

Every IT professional has had "a most embarrassing moment." Don't deny it, just accept it and try to do better. While many in the IT management world would rather spend time complaining about the Read more...

In the IT world, things can go very wrong, and sometimes mistakes are unavoidable. What's more, little problems can often become big problems because of plain, old, dumb mistakes. TechRepublic.com Read more...

Although there are times when it's tempting to react to IT problems as they are encountered, it's much more productive to treat them pro-actively whenever possible. That means everything from the Read more...

Microsoft dropped seven patches on the world yesterday--three of which were marked critical. The critical updates included a script handling fix for IE5 and IE6, aimed at preventing malicious Read more...

For the third time in five months Microsoft's Patch Tuesday will push out double-digit fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and even the .Net framework. The 11 security patches feature two Read more...