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Okay, so maybe you are the IT manager with a big heart. When your employees come to you and confess their mistakes, you shrug your shoulders and do not demand any payback. Or you are a tightly wound Read more...

During a conference call with financial analysts this week, IBM's CFO said that this quarter was one of IBM's strongest in years, raising the company's full-year outlook. However, it was just two 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...

It is easy to get lost in the hype of SOA. After all, the concept makes so much sense. But despite the promise and sex appeal of SOA, CIOs would be well advised to keep their wits about them. As Read more...

IT organizations are looking to manage effectively across various silos--network, systems, applications management, applications development--far more aggressively than in the past. The adoption Read more...

Although the vast majority of companies are implementing performance management systems in one or more departments, many aren't realizing the benefits because they don't adopt best practices. Read more...

The industry is at a crossroads: risk and compliance management and identity management are intersecting. The next generation of identity-driven security risk and compliance management is needed 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...

It's of little surprise that data retention and knowledge management will be areas of primary focus for the next few years, given how valuable data is in the enterprise. A big part of that, Read more...

There's been a lot of talk about the benefits of service oriented architecture (SOA) as of late. Some deployments have actually come to fruition, but a SOA remains a long-term goal for most Read more...