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How to Save the IT Industry in 4 (Not So Easy) Steps

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Offshore outsourcing is again a hot topic this election year, but the solutions U.S. politicians are proposing will do little to prop up the American IT services industry. If government leaders really want to save U.S. IT jobs, here's what they should do.

6 Ways to Defend Against Drive-by Downloads

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Cybercriminals are increasingly using drive-by downloads to distribute malware without end users knowing something bad has just landed on their machine--until it's too late. Here are six ways IT departments can protect end users from the productivity sink and potential data loss that drive-by downloads create.

How to Evaluate Enterprise Search Options

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

An enterprise search platform delivers many benefits, including improved employee productivity, but there are dozen of vendors and three different approaches -- specialized, integrated and detached -- to consider. Here's how to find the product that best fits your company's search requirements.

How to Protect Your Intellectual Property in the Cloud

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

IT professionals know that handing data over to a third-party is always risky, but cloud computing creates unique concerns for IP. Here are nine tips to protect critical corporate data wherever it goes

How to Avoid Cloud Customer Support Worst Practices

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Customer support is running by old rules, and customer satisfaction is at risk. Here are two worst-practices issues to avoid in your cloud customer service organization.

4 Ways to Prevent Domain Name Hijacking

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

A company's domain name is one of its most valuable assets, yet businesses do little to protect them from being hijacked. As DNS hijacking becomes more prevalent, IT leaders need to understand how they can protect their companies from the damages domain hijacking wreaks. Here are four tips.

LinkedIn Tip: How to Opt-Out of Social Advertising

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

LinkedIn's social ads, which automatically opt you in, may use your name and photo to promote brands that you follow. Here are step-by-step instructions for how you can opt-out.

Measure the Success of Your IT-Business Partnerships

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

How CIOs are determining if new attempts to partner with the business are making a difference.

How to Prevent Thumb Drive Security Disasters

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Small USB flash drives can cause big security headaches. Learn how four very different organizations have managed to balance the need to allow employees to transfer files for legitimate business purposes with the need to prevent data leaks.

Maple Leaf Foods Digests Rapid, Vanilla ERP Transformation

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The CEO and CIO of a Canadian food conglomerate explain the rationale behind their decision to enforce minimal customization of SAP

Pricing Done Right

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Setting prices is a strategic decision that needs C-level attention. Your profits depend on it.

How to Document Cloud Design Decisions

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The whole point of the cloud is that it's location-independent and flexible. But that strength is also a weakness when design decisions are highly distributed and need to be coordinated.

Top 10 Things to Look for in an SEO Expert

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Whether your business is small or large--or somewhere in between--if you rely on Web traffic for sales or marketing, you need to either master search engine optimization (SEO) or you need to hire an SEO specialist. SEO experts from SEO Moz, High Rankings and Raven Internet Marketing Tools offer these 10 tips to help you find the right SEO professional.

How To Improve Disaster Recovery Preparedness

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Most enterprises claim they fully exercise their disaster recovery plans at least once per year, however, evidence suggests that the majority of these exercises are not comprehensive and thorough; enterprises often just exercise a portion of the plan or a subset of applications. Here are10 best practices for updating and improving your current disaster recovery exercise program.

10 Open Source Shopping Carts to Run Your Ecommerce Business

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

For businesses that rely on online transactions, open source shopping carts are a good alternative to proprietary ecommerce software: They are a fraction of the cost and are supported by large communities of users and developers.