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Open Source Software: Potential Costs Savings, Likely Culture Shift
Free applications can help reduce expenses, but IT needs to consider support, procurement and other issues

Mashups in the Enterprise: Risk or Reward?
Customized applications built by business users promote flexibility and fast response, but pose potential challenges to IT control and accountability.

Open Source ERP
Cost is only one of the factors driving interest in these new options for enterprise applications.

On-Demand in Demand
IT gets more involved in software-as-a-service initiatives as adoption rates rise.

Resources on Demand
Utility computing services deliver capacity when needed.

BlackBerry Updates Sync With Microsoft, IBM Software
New software for Enterprise Server also gives administrators better monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and reporting capabilities.

Apps on Demand
Software as a service can give organizations greater flexibility.

Wireless Technology Will Flood CES
Look for mobile TVs, wearable computing devices, portable media players, wireless in-vehicle technology, next-generation networking equipment, and much more.

Contingency Plans
After all this time, many businesses still fall short.

Telcos Face Enormous Challenges Building New IP Apps
With their services in decline, carriers struggle with how to build Internet Protocol applications as cost-effectively as the Facebooks of the world.

The Architecture of Agility
SOA can enable organizations to speed development processes, and more quickly respond to changing conditions.

Advances in Wireless
Latest generation of Wi-Fi devices promises greater throughput and increased range.

How Linux Is Testing The Limits Of Open Source Development
The community's pushing a breakneck pace to add new kernel features, while struggling to keep up with bug fixes. Slowing down doesn't look like much of an option.

Beyond Alignment: Converging IT with the Business
The most successful businesses use technology to shape strategic choices, not just enable them. At these companies, business and IT have converged to become one and the same.

Qualcomm, Nortel Team On Dual-Mode Phone Service
The companies are working toward a technology to launch next year that allows mobile phones to seamlessly switch calls between cellular and Wi-Fi networks.

Hired Hands
Managed services enable organizations to focus on strategic technology and business initiatives.

Review: 6 New 802.11n Wi-Fi Routers -- Is It Time To Switch From 802.11g?
Though the 802.11n specifications are still in beta, major vendors are already pushing N routers. Is it time to move to the new spec, and if so, which device should you choose?

Developing a Global Web Presence
There's a lot to consider when building a strategy to address foreign markets via the Internet.

Google's Android Builds On Past Features, Hints At Future Enhancements
The eagerly-awaited announcement demonstrated that Google can attract supporters to its effort even when they appear to be at cross-purposes with each other.

Deploying Product Life-Cycle Management
Applications that manage information at all phases of a product's life help organizations improve quality and processes.

5 Strategies For Going Mobile
Your flash drive can do more than just hold data — it can give you the ability to take your PC anywhere. Here are five strategies for making the most of that tiny USB key.

Actuaries Adopt New Risk-Modeling Technologies
Collaboration with IT leads to more sophisticated tech.

InformationWeek 500: 20 Great Ideas
Innovation is everywhere at these top users of IT. Here are some creative approaches that you might want to consider for your business.

Open-Minded IT
Growth of open source continues, with products available for a range of applications and functions.

Business Process Management
Software tools enable organizations to find better ways to get things done.

Expanding Offshore R&D
Organizations establish facilities overseas to help foster innovation.

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Beyond Business- Technology Alignment: Now It's About Convergence
The most successful businesses use technology to shape strategic choices, not merely enable them. How? By maturing beyond business-IT alignment toward business-IT convergence, where business and IT become one and the same.Click here.

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