Applications

Tue, April 10, 2012 - Virtualization and cloud computing offer the promise of cost savings, efficiency and flexibility, but organizations must plan their transitions carefully or risk finding themselves stuck with a bundle of sunk costs and no path forward.

Tue, March 06, 2012 - Reserved Instances of EC2 will cost up to 42 percent less

Fri, May 20, 2011 - How did Microsoft win over the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina for an Office 365 migration? Better license packaging on a bigger ecosystem of apps at an affordable price — an advantage Microsoft can often wield over cloud rival Google.

Wed, February 02, 2011 - Take a look at lessons learned by Den-Mat's IT department as it moved from a 30-year-old legacy system to Salesforce.com's Chatter. This dental manufacturer slashed its employee turnover rate, eliminated antiquated processes and helped staff collaborate better.

Tue, January 26, 2010 - IDC's Predictions 2010 expects a rise in these new applications.

Wed, November 25, 2009 - Data-warehousing software systems are expensive, but many enterprises have nonetheless been willing to dig deep, betting that analytics will provide new insights into their business and a competitive advantage.

Wed, October 28, 2009 - A BI project using ERP data allowed furniture retailer Slumberland to find its most profitable suppliers

Thu, September 24, 2009 - What's in a name? A lot, says Forrester Research CEO George Colony, whose quest to transform Information Technology to Business Technology is taking longer than expected. But would a new name really help bridge the gap between the server guys and the suits?

Wed, August 05, 2009 - The bigger the failed IT project, the harder the CIO falls -- almost never to recover, says Chris Curran, partner and CTO of Diamond Management & Technology Consultants. His advice: To avoid catastrophic project failure, do projects in bite-sized chunks, set proper expectations and embrace transparency.