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How to Find Out What Employees Really Think

Sentiment analysis software, often used for monitoring customer opinions, can also be used to analyze email and intranets to gauge employee morale. But be forewarned: Employees may see it as Big Brother surveillance.

Nov 9, 2011 6 mins

Analytics Enterprise Applications IT Leadership

Strategies for Pruning Data in the Cloud

In terrestrial systems, you don't think about disk space. In the clouds, you have to, if you don't it will cost you.

Nov 9, 2011 6 mins

Cloud Computing IT Strategy Virtualization

Microsoft’s Greatest Successes and Biggest Failures

Give Microsoft credit; it never does anything small. Its successes rock the world. And when it screws up, it screws up big time.

Nov 9, 2011 1 min

Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business Smartphones

Cloud Computing and the Truth About SLAs

SLAs don't provide much protection against cloud-related outages, writes CIO.com blogger Bernard Golden. They merely credit customers against the cost of a service. To prevent outages, IT departments would better spend their time planning appli

Nov 8, 2011 7 mins

Cloud Computing Enterprise Architecture Virtualization

Google+ Pages: 5 Things You Need to Know Before Signing Up

Business and brands are flocking to Google+ after the announcement of Google+ Pages. Here's what you and your business should know about the new feature, and how to remedy problems you may have already encountered.

Nov 8, 2011 4 mins

IT Strategy Internet Social Networking Apps

Time for some LIP (Leadership Intervention Points, that is)

When business leaders need to improve how their organizations run, they have surprisingly little leverage. If they don't understand the leverage they have, it's even worse.

Nov 7, 2011 4 mins

CIO IT Leadership IT Strategy

Picking a Fight With Users: Everyone Loses

When users try to solve problems that IT can't afford to address, IT has to think very hard about its attitude. Or else.

Nov 7, 2011 3 mins

Consumer Electronics IT Leadership IT Strategy

Old Wisdom, New IT Realities

Do you really want to fight with your users over consumer tech in the enterprise? Hint: It's often a losing battle....

Nov 4, 2011 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Consumer Electronics IT Strategy

At-Home Workers Need Special Attention

Here in New England, many of us endured (some are still enduring) the after-effects of an early winter weather wallop. Last weekend's "Snow-tober" storm, while not a typical showstopper in terms of snowfall amounts, made the strongest

Nov 4, 2011 3 mins

Careers IT Leadership

A Tool for Getting to Know Your People

Familiarity with employees' personal wiring can lead to a more engaged and productive work force. Here's an intro to the "DISC" system.

Nov 4, 2011 2 mins

Careers IT Leadership

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