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    Has Ubuntu Reached the End Of the Line? 28 April, 2009 08:54:00

    I admit it. I'm impressed. I might have written a wishy-washy review of the beta of Ubuntu 9.04, but now I've had a chance to play with the final release, I like what I'm seeing. I like it a lot. Well done, Ubuntu guys!
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    Six Secrets of Top-Notch Business Analysts 06 June, 2008 15:27:58

    While a business analyst's responsibilities may vary by company and project, every IT employee and businessperson knows a good or bad BA when he sees one. Here's what the good ones do very well
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    9 Ways to Avoid Outsourcing Failure 05 July, 2007 09:52:32

    How often do IT oursourcing deals fail? The numbers vary depending on which study is cited and what definition of failure is used
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    How to Take Your Warehouse Wireless 26 February, 2007 14:15:34

    For all businesses, growth is a good thing. More sales, more customers, more demand, more revenue. But growth has a funny way of exposing inefficiencies by shining a harsh light on wasteful, entrenched business practices, loosely stitched together by siloed IT systems, that lead to high operational costs and act as roadblocks to real change.
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    Time to Change 10 January, 2005 14:59:36

    Jonathan Shapiro remembers the instant he knew he wanted to hire Tom Scott as CIO of Lillian Vernon. In Scott's first interview at the headquarters of the specialty catalogue retailer in August 2003, he wowed company president Shapiro when he responded to a routine question about a customer database he had been working on at his then current employer.
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    Time to Change 20 December, 2004 09:38:11

    How a mid-market company with limited resources tackled an ambitious IT overhaul.
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    Olympian Efforts 10 September, 2004 12:16:31

    Ben Bradley talks with Xerox's Olympic point-man Vince Schaffer, about teamwork, outsourcing and making mistakes
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    Vegetable Soup(ed) Up 08 June, 2004 12:34:24

    Meet Moraitis - a fruit and vegetable giant grappling with the challenges and opportunities of the information age. Beverley Head finds out how a greengrocer takes a greenfield site and grows its IT network.
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    If IT's a Crapshoot: How Much Are You Willing to Risk? 07 August, 2003 11:12:13

    There's a common thread that runs through the 1984 Bhopal chemical factory disaster, the rogue trading of Nick Leeson a year later, the collapses of Ansett in 2001 and HIH in 2002, and the mass recall that recently engulfed Pan Pharmaceuticals.
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    A Letter to CXOs 11 November, 2002 12:10:00

    Usually I address CIOs in this column, but this time I draw on my experiences as a CIO, CFO and executive vice president to address CXOs.
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    The Fundamental Laws of Projects 06 September, 2002 11:03:19

    How to avoid big project nightmares while you're awake and asleep.
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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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    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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    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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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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