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    Real estate firm boosts bandwidth, cuts costs with Talari 28 November, 2011 22:32:00

    Chicago-based real-estate management company Equity Office ran all its voice and data traffic over an MPLS WAN, but when poor peak-time performance drew complaints from end users, it switched to technology that delivers more bandwidth at half the cost.
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    Wi-Fi network designed to tackle Sundance crowds 17 January, 2011 06:35:00

    When the annual Sundance Film Festival lands in Park City, Utah, the movers and shakers of Hollywood demand a lot more wireless capacity than the mountain town of 8,000 residents normally needs.
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    Why IT Costs Must Come Out of the Black Box--Now 01 September, 2010 05:01:00

    For decades, the inner workings of IT departments everywhere have been referred to as a Black Box, since non-tech executives typically had little insight into or appreciation for IT's dark arts.
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    The Cost Equation 03 July, 2008 12:13:30

    Australian mining companies may still be enjoying a boom, but just about anybody else who sells anything into a world that is denominated in US dollars is struggling enormously with cost pressures, says Gartner EXP research director Andy Rowsell-Jones
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    Betfair CTO Rory Devine Placed His Bet On People 23 May, 2008 14:59:37

    "Your skills are about executing through people," says Rorie Devine the former chief technology officer (CTO) of Betfair. Devine left Betfair after a four year career in which he was credited, by the Hammersmith based organization, with transforming the organization.
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    We Can Be Heroes 31 March, 2008 14:25:19

    Keeping track of an entire organization's IT spending and usage is a daunting prospect. However, it is fast becoming necessary - according to consultant Peter Ryan, your organization could be wasting a good deal of money on IT spending and this waste cannot reliably be detected without a unified IT operating model.
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    Applications and the Ticking Time Bomb 06 August, 2007 12:27:44

    The IT function may mostly be preoccupied with infrastructure, the delivery of IT services and general IT management, but in reality all these activities are about delivering support for the enterprise applications that continue to be the primary vehicle for delivering business functionality
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    Financial Disciplines 07 February, 2007 15:25:03

    "Budgets are not something I agonize over any more" said one CIO contributor to some of our recent research. Many CIOs have to invest time and political capital to hone their IS budgets because the fact is that annual budgets are today's near-universal means of providing oversight, transparency and direction for most IS organizations. This particular CIO at least has got budgets right.
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    Untethered But Not Disconnected 09 October, 2006 11:24:48

    Two years ago, Capital One CIO Gregor Bailar gave up his private office in suburban Virginia, with its view of the woods, in favour of a conference table that put him in full view of his staff. The bold move was calculated to allow rank-and-file workers at the company - not to mention Bailar's C-suite colleagues - to see for themselves how a cubicle-free office environment supported with wireless technology could change the way they worked for the better.
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    The Metrics Trap. . . And How to Avoid It 05 May, 2006 10:58:59

    Calculating IT spending as a percentage of overall revenue is easy, popular . . . and misleading. There's gotta be a better way. In fact, there are several
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    100 Not Out 03 May, 2006 11:53:08

    A glance back in CIO's rearview mirror . . .
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Hackers Ask 'Will You Be My Valentine?' 10 February, 2012 07:02:00

    With Valentine's Day around the corner, cyber criminals are ramping up spam, phishing, and other attacks targeting the lover's holiday.
    There are only five days to Valentine's Day. Those of you who are shocked by that revelation are prime targets for Valentine's Day related spam and phishing attacks as hackers hope to catch you with your guard down for this day of romance.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Microsoft Ruining Valentine's Day with Nine Security Bulletins 10 February, 2012 08:19:00

    Microsoft shared its Patch Tuesday preview, revealing that there are nine security bulletins on the agenda for next week.
    Next Tuesday is a big deal. Yes, it is Valentine’s Day, but that’s not what I’m talking about. It is also the second Tuesday in the month of February which makes it Patch Tuesday. Microsoft revealed today that there are nine new security bulletins slated for next Tuesday -- Happy Valentine’s Day?
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