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RIM BlackBerry Shortcuts: Eight Advanced Keyboard Tips for Power Users

Think you know all the typing, messaging, browser and navigation shortcuts for your BlackBerry smartphone? Don't be so sure. We've got new valuable tips and tricks in our most recent list of BlackBerry shortcuts for advanced users.

VMware VMotion Debate: Virtualization Vets Get Passionate, Partisan

One user's assertion in this blog about the safety of live VM migration sparked a lot of reader dissension, some of which was based on solid technical arguments and some on the kind of FUD that may make technical analysis increasingly difficult.

Value, Not Spend, Sets Executive IT Priorities for 2009 and Beyond

The IT budget is not immune to economic conditions. A survey by Gartner indicates what's happening with IT budgets and what you need to do for the 2009 fiscal year–like consolidate your gains, raise the visibility of IT value and use those resu

The Gap Finds an IT Tool That Saves Time and Money

ID management tools help system administrators simplify user access to Unix, Linux systems. Part 2 of 5.

As SAP Support Costs Spike, Users’ Group Leader Preaches Collaboration — Not Rebellion

In response to SAP's announcement that support fees will rise in 2009, Steve Strout, the CEO of the American SAP Users' Group, advises users to lean on the SAP-ASUG relationship and look at the big picture.

Virtual Server Investigations: VM Forensic Tools Remain MIA

Despite the increasing number of critical applications and secure data on virtual infrastructures, few forensics tools exist to be sure a VM is locked down, or find out why it wasn't once it's been compromised.

There is More to SOA Security Than Authorization and Authentication

You don't have to make your SOA services impenetrable. You simply have to make them harder to crack than everyone else's. Use port knocking as an added level of security and crackers won't even know you're there.

Smart Contract Talks Help an IT Department Save Big

AT&T, Hewlett-Packard offer better deals after Lafarge hires a negotiating advisor. Part 1 of 5.

The Desktop of the Future: Windows?

RIM BlackBerry How To Video: 10 Tips to Free Internal Smartphone Memory

New Duracell Pocket Chargers Provide Extra Boost of BlackBerry Juice

Bausch & Lomb and TeleTech Holdings Hire Replacements for the CIOs Who Left Them

What’s Wrong With SOA

Before you can see what's wrong with SOA someone needs to define what SOA is. There's too much confusion surrounding SOA, and that is the beginning of what's wrong with SOA.

U.K. SAP Users Angry Over SAP Support Price Increases

The chairman of the U.K. & Ireland SAP User Group issued a forceful statement that outlines the onerous cost increases and "mandatory nature of this change" that has riled up the SAP user community there.

Is One of VMware’s Best Features a Really Bad Idea?

Who ever said moving VMs from one physical server to another was a way to improve stability or manage server capacity wisely?

Three Keys to Getting Your Projects Under Control, Part 3

In the conclusion of the three-part series on successful project management, granular communications highlight performance lags and scope creep.

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Three Keys to Getting Your Projects Under Control, Part 2

Idea clarity is key: Know exactly what you are trying to accomplish. You know you "have an idea" when you can answer the questions Where are you going? How are you going to get there? What will it cost? What is the payoff?

The Next Three Big Open-Source Challenges: Cloud Computing, Open Web and Mobile

Tim O'Reilly's OSCON kenynote encouraged the open-source community to pay attention to three main challenges: Cloud computing, the open programmable Web and open mobile. Another speaker exhorted attendees to get involved in another larger e

BlackBerry Media Sync Brings iTunes Music to RIM Smartphones

BlackBerry users can now easily sync music from iTunes libraries with their smartphones' media players thanks to a new, free piece of software from Research In Motion (RIM), aptly named BlackBerry Media Sync.

How an Insurance Brokerage Firm Uses SharePoint to Give Visibility into Customer Risks

Allied North America, an insurance brokerage firm that caters to construction companies, says its customer portal built using Microsoft SharePoint helps track construction site activities and analyze data to reduce risks for its clients.

SOA Vendor Matrix

Slydial: Go Directly to Voice Mail. Do Not Converse, Do Not Collect $200

Umpire Desktop: MLB Turns to IBM for Web 2.0 Technology

Using IBM's Websphere Portal, MLB umpires can now get information on weather, player statistics and history to help them prepare for games.

Three Keys to Getting Your Projects Under Control, Part 1

In the first of a three-part series, CIOs frustrated by project management pitfalls in Agile methodologies and techniques like Scrum will learn to plug leaks of time and costs that threaten deliverables.

Are Virtual Firewalls a Real Solution for VM Security?

The short answer is yes; the long answer is: it depends on how you use them and whether you know what you're doing.

Virtual-Server Vendors Adding Ability to Manage Competing Products

As the market for virtual-server managment heats up, VM vendors are responding to users' aversion to homogeneity by adding the ability to manage other vendors' virtual environments.

Project Management: The 14 Most Common Mistakes IT Departments Make

Nearly 70 percent of IT projects are dogged by cost-overruns or aren't completed on schedule due to poor planning, poor communication or poor resource allocation. This story assess the impact of the 14 most common project management mistakes and

Leadership Lessons: Passion, Smarts and What Open Source Can Learn About Management

Project CrackBerry: U.K. College Wants the Dope on Your BlackBerry Addiction

Collaboration Under SOA: The Human Aspects

This book chapter from Executing SOA: A Practical Guide for the Service-Oriented Architect shows how Web 2.0 business concepts apply to businesses, especially those enterprises that adhere to the philosophy of SOA.

Virtualization Vendor Rhetoric Shows Who’s Likely to Lose Ground During Coming Year

Even the threat of Hyper-V has changed the positioning and strategy of virtualization vendors; increased backbiting shows which vendors are confident, which are likely to slip.

Apple’s MobileMe, Designed for Consumers, Could Be Potential Headache for IT Managers

Apple's recent rollout of its integrated Web app and synchronization services, an early effort to join the cloud computing trend, focuses on the consumer too much to be a good business platform. That means MobileMe gives IT managers another appl

How To Make Better Decisions

Making a big decision? First ask: What have we missed? What if we do the opposite? What if we're wrong?

SAP: Oracle Software Support from TomorrowNow to End

SAP will close TomorrowNow, its money-losing third-party maintenance provider of Oracle applications that is the subject of a nasty court battle, on Oct. 31, 2008. What are the implications for third-party maintenance?

Free BlackBerry Software: Five (More) Apps for Your RIM Smartphone

We know you BlackBerry lovers can never get enough software for your RIM smartphones–especially free downloads. So we assembled another handful of BlackBerry applications you don't want to miss. Grab all five of 'em right here, gratis.

VMware Appliance is Convenient, But Don’t Assume It’s Secure

VMware's ESXi comes pre-installed on servers, leading some customers to assume they don't have to go through the same security procedures for it that they do on home-grown ESX installs.

BusinessWeek: SaaS and Open Source are Good for Customers … Unfortunately

Top 10 Reasons Why People are Making SOA Fail

SOA is not something you buy, it is something you do. Research shows us that very few companies are doing it well. But the reasons for so many failures are usually people issues, not technology issues.

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Hires IT Pros Who Can Keep Up With Doctors’ Ever-Changing Needs

In this latest Hiring Manager interview, the CIO of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center discusses what it takes for IT staff to succeed in his organization, how he makes hiring decisions and the hiring mistake he repeatedly makes.

Cloud Computing: Hype Versus Reality

Five consumer and business trends will accelerate the use of cloud computing, which offers companies a simplified, centralized platform for use when needed, lowering costs and energy use. This guide will dispel the myths and show its real benefits.

Technology Nightmare: How to Protect Your Network from the Threat of Rogue IT Employees

An IT admin for the City of San Francisco holding the network hostage is just the latest high-profile example of the security risk posed by insiders. Learn what steps you can take so it won't happen to your company.

RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.1.6 Upgrade Addresses Critical PDF Flaw

Research In Motion (RIM) has released an upgrade to its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software that fixes a previously disclosed vulnerability and provides new e-mail and calendaring functionality for administrators and corporate smartphone user

Palm in 2008: Hanging by a Thread or Back from the Dead?

Everyone Works at Home at Chorus, Part Three

In this story, the third of three parts, managers and staff at a small software company adjust to telecommuting and share their keys to success. Part One focused on the network infrastructure. Part Two covered work at home policies.

iPhone App Store Software for Business: Feast or Famine?

Need software for your corporate iPhone? Apple's App Store will whet your appetite, but ultimately will leave you hungry. We show off several free and commercial applications that might find a home on your trusty new smartphone.

The Man Behind MasterCard’s 100 Terabyte Data Warehouse

MasterCard's head of global technology, Rob Reeg, talks about his new job, MasterCard's massive data warehouse, just how fast credit-card transactions really fly and his personal experience with credit-card fraud.

Why a Non-Profit Adopted SaaS CRM to Organize Donors in Fight Against Breast Cancer

Susan G. Komen for the Cure is adopting on-demand CRM from Convio, a SaaS vendor that works with non-profits to facilitate fundraising and organize volunteer efforts. One application, Common Ground, was built on Salesforce.com's Force.com platfo

Citrix Attempt at Hypervisor Agnosticism May Change Conversation in Virtualization Market

By announcing a set of tools based on open standards, Citrix is shifting the focus in virtualization from hypervisors to application delivery.

Virtualization Dirty Jobs: Why You Must Trim Your Application Mix

It's a messy and complicated job, but if you don't optimize your applications portfolio, your virtualization efforts will hit a wall.