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How Managing Applications Is Like Managing a Baseball Team

Baseball managers know that unless you monitor their health and performance of your players, you aren't optimizing the performance of the team. The same can be said for your applications and how your employees use them. Or as Yogi Berra put it:

Jun 24, 2011 6 mins

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What IT Vendors Can Learn From an Airplane Redesign

Boeing's redesign of the overhead call buttons should be a reminder to all IT vendors that it's better late than never to listen to your customers.

Jun 23, 2011 4 mins

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Implementing Territories in CRM Systems

Defining and managing sales territories is one of the key responsibilities of sales management. But territories in CRM systems can be one of the hardest parts of the implementation.

Jun 23, 2011 5 mins

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BPOS Cloud Outage: Microsoft Tweets to Calm Nerves, Give Updates

Microsoft quickly restored today's ill-timed but short-lived BPOS outage, using Twitter as a forum to update and reassure customers. But is this one cloud outage too far?

Jun 22, 2011 3 mins

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8 Questions to Ask Prospective Cloud Vendors

From security concerns and challenging migrations to hidden costs and compliance, cloud deployments are fraught with pitfalls. IT analyst Bill Claybrook shares his advice for vetting cloud vendors.

Jun 22, 2011 6 mins

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Forrester: No End in Sight for IE Enterprise Slide

Despite Windows dominance and a surge in Windows 7 enterprise upgrades, corporate use of Internet Explorer continues to decline due to more workplace consumerization that emphasizes choice and an increase in browser-agnostic apps.

Jun 22, 2011 3 mins

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ERP Vendor Shopping: 5 Must-Haves For Your ERP Requirements List

It's time to go ERP shopping: here are some things to keep in mind.

Jun 21, 2011 6 mins

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Fingerprinting, Printing, and IT Spending in General

The past few days I've been cranking on some stories that pertain to the finance chief's role in IT decision-making. The common thread through the articles: Not only does the CFO have a broadening scope on spending, but also the chance to b

Jun 21, 2011 2 mins

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Supporting Office 2010: Tips for Preventing Help Desk Calls

After an Office 2010 migration is complete, support issues are inevitable. Here are four Office 2010 support tips for staying ahead of user gripes and reducing service desk calls to help make the most of your Office 2010 investment.

Jun 17, 2011 3 mins

IT Strategy Microsoft Office Office Suites

Shades of SCO-IBM lawsuit as HP sues Oracle over Itanium?

Will HP do more harm than good to its own reputation by taking Oracle to court in this fight?

Jun 17, 2011 7 mins

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Enterprise Applications

How Managing Applications Is Like Managing a Baseball Team

What IT Vendors Can Learn From an Airplane Redesign

Implementing Territories in CRM Systems

BPOS Cloud Outage: Microsoft Tweets to Calm Nerves, Give Updates

8 Questions to Ask Prospective Cloud Vendors

Forrester: No End in Sight for IE Enterprise Slide

ERP Vendor Shopping: 5 Must-Haves For Your ERP Requirements List

Fingerprinting, Printing, and IT Spending in General

Supporting Office 2010: Tips for Preventing Help Desk Calls

Shades of SCO-IBM lawsuit as HP sues Oracle over Itanium?