IT Strategy and Planning

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  1. Training Users to Stop Killing Your Business IT

    31 Jan 2011By : Andy Patrizio

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    Employees wasting time on Facebook or playing "Angry Birds" might choke your network or get nothing done – but the bigger problem is one of security.

  2. Five Consumer Trends That Will Be Part of Your IT Infrastructure

    31 Jan 2011By : Curtis Franklin Jr.

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    Consumer products are rapidly moving into enterprise niches, and enterprise IT pros must figure out how to keep the large networks running smoothly while this happens.

  3. Three Strategies for Keeping Current With Patch Management

    26 Jan 2011By : Ron Woerner

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    Keeping up-to-date with all application patches is a constant challenge, but automation, consistent processes and managerial support can help.

  4. BYOC as a Successful Strategy

    26 Jan 2011By : Aaron Weiss

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    Letting employees buy their own work computers — and even offering them subsidies — can actually save the company money and prevent lots of IT headaches.

  5. How Much Business Process Automation is Too Much?

    26 Jan 2011By : Mary E. Shacklett

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    Automating common business processes holds plenty of allure and potential savings, but smart enterprises will pick their spots carefully.

  6. Top Tips for Better IT Vendor Management

    24 Jan 2011By : Ivan Schneider

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    IT vendor management requires important preparations before the process begins and then constant monitoring during the process, or else you may find yourself at the mercy of your vendor.

  7. Defining IT's Part of the Corporate Risk Profile

    10 Jan 2011By : David Wagner

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    Don’t relegate IT to just one fragment of your enterprise risk management plan.

  8. Facing Up to Enterprise 2.0 Pitfalls

    10 Nov 2010By : Aaron Weiss

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    The pressure to adopt Enterprise 2.0 technologies can be immense, but moving too quickly could lead to some costly mistakes.

  9. End-User Support Costs: Be Careful Where You Cut

    08 Oct 2010By : Paul Bonner

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    End-user IT support is an easy target when a company needs to cut costs. But in too many cases, the money “saved” comes at a high cost in user productivity.