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Symantec is looking for new companies to buy in order to keep pace with the online security market. CEO John Thompson said that Symantec sees a future in that line of technology business. No Read more...

SOA may be offering CIOs new levels of flexibility, but many are also expressing worries about a loss of control over applications that are managed and perhaps even deployed outside of the IT Read more...

Many CIOs from various large cities are moving ahead with their citywide WiFi plans, despite criticisms of high cost and unreliable service. Cities can justify their investment by attracting new Read more...

Ventana Research reports that companies with real-time visibility into projects and performance metrics have IT spending effectiveness levels that are 64 percent higher than those that do not. Read more...

As companies grow, their networks become more complicated, thanks to additional sites, users and applications. As a result, performance can slow, which often leads to adding extra bandwidth. But Read more...

IT governance initiatives are generally deployed only within the IT department, leading to a lack of coordination between the IT part of the project and the overall management of business Read more...

The city of Atlanta is embarking on an ambitious $2 million business intelligence software deployment, which officials say will provide metrics on department performance and help the city become Read more...

Today's road warriors love the fact that there's wireless Internet access pretty much everywhere--it has even been deployed in a remote Amazon city. What they might not love as much, though, is Read more...

Rescue operations are the main focus when a storm like Hurricane Katrina hits but as New Orleans IT leaders prove, the secondary focus is putting planning and technology in place to ensure that Read more...

Given the laptop thefts and other security incidents hitting the news on the federal government level, it's safe to say that a mandate for good security checklists and proper remote data protection Read more...