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    Marriott Takes Disaster Recovery, Virtualization Underground 14 July, 2008 11:09:36

    Marriott's disaster recovery center is 220 feet underground in a limestone mine
    Hurricane Katrina and the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center caused scores of companies to reconsider their disaster recovery and business continuity plans, whether they were affected by those catastrophic events or not.
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    Is Ballmer the right man for Microsoft -- for another 10 years? 26 June, 2008 08:23:05

    CEO wants to stay on until 2017 or 2018, but critics say that he's failing the company
    As the dynamic duo steering Microsoft together for the past 28 years, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have been a near-unstoppable team, combining Gates's technical vision and will to power with Ballmer's salesmanship and rousing, if polarizing, personality.
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    Text Analytics: Your Customers Are Talking About You 17 June, 2008 08:17:11

    When your company's customers talk, do you listen closely and quickly enough? More CIOs are deploying text analytics technology to examine customer comments on websites, surveys and the like.
    If you're in the hotel business, customer satisfaction isn't just a key metric, it's one that can make or break the company. But until recently, addressing sources of customer dissatisfaction was taking too long for Gaylord Hotels. US-based Gaylord, which operates 4 resort hotels in the Nashville; Dallas; Orlando, Florida; and Washington areas, needed a quick, clear view of how customers and meeting planners viewed its properties and services, as well as alerts to budding problems.
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    Bill Gates in pictures: A retrospective 11 June, 2008 10:26:41

    From kid geek to the world's next great philanthropist?
    From kid geek to the world's next great philanthropist?
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    Which virtualization technologies are ripe: Forrester's take 06 June, 2008 10:14:52

    A new report from Forrester Research ranks 17 virtualization technologies on whether they're ready for prime time or too green for picking.
    Virtualization has gotten into many nooks and crannies of IT infrastructure, but some of the available vendor technology is half-baked, according to a recent report from Forrester Research. According to Forrester, as of Q2 2008, server and client virtualization is mature enough to pay off in the short term, but storage virtualization-particularly application storage-is "not very advanced" and doesn't yet offer much payback.
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    Tips for Managing IT Risks 20 May, 2008 11:42:32

    Scott Crawford, a security expert and research director with Enterprise Management Associates, offers his advice for minimizing security risks within IT
    Scott Crawford, a security expert and research director with Enterprise Management Associates, offers his advice for minimizing security risks within IT
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    Cloud Computing: Tales From The Front 05 May, 2008 14:52:09

    While CIOs begin to embrace the emerging technology of cloud computing, experts say IT staff will be more likely to resist, says Bill Snyder
    Writer Nicholas Carr will earn the enmity of even more tech veterans with his newest prediction: Cloud computing will put most IT departments out of business. "IT departments will have little left to do once the bulk of business computing shifts out of private datacentres and into the cloud," Carr writes in his new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google.
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    Trendlines: New, hot, unexpected 14 April, 2008 14:16:00

    In this issue: The cap on H-1B visas; Corporate mash-ups; Face-reading computers; The lapsing landline; China and RFID; Banning of social networks; The value of big monitors; Efficiency in IT shops; and By the numbers, including IT modernization
    Bill Would Double Cap on H-1B Visas
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    Police tech: How cops use IT to catch bad guys 12 February, 2008 08:01:31

    In the US, police demonstrate how they use high-tech gear to fight crime and promote public safety
    Ever wonder what that cop is doing in his cruiser that's parked behind your car with lights flashing -- while your heart is pounding and you're searching for your license and registration?
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    Google Still Has Long Way to Go in the Enterprise 07 January, 2008 12:27:41

    Analysts say Google needs to make search appliance easier for enterprise systems managers to deploy.
    Analysts say Google needs to make search appliance easier for enterprise systems managers to deploy.
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    Why You Shouldn't Look for Your New Job on Company Time 19 December, 2007 11:50:55

    An open-source algorithm called Author-Topic is now being investigated for analyzing corporate e-mail to flag employee behaviour and attitudes.
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    CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00

    For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders.
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    CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25

    For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders.
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    CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00

    Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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    CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00

    Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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    CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05

    Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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    CBS website bitten by iFrame hack 02 December, 2008 07:30:00

    Russian malware distributors have launched another iFrame attack on a sub-domain of the cbs.com site.
    TV network CBS has become the latest big name to have it website used to host malware, a security company has reported.
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    Excerpt: Counterterrorism Strategies for Corporations 27 November, 2008 12:36:00

    Mike Ackerman calls terrorism "the skunk at the globalization lawn party." His new book lays out 10 principles for how businesses can prepare and respond.
    Mike Ackerman calls terrorism "the skunk at the globalization lawn party." His new book lays out 10 principles for how businesses can prepare and respond.
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    The 10 Ackerman Principles of Counterterrorism 27 November, 2008 12:43:00

    Consultant and author Mike Ackerman's 10 counterterrorism principles for business.
    Consultant and author Mike Ackerman's 10 counterterrorism principles for business.
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    Survey: Despite Risks, Employees Still Holiday Shop at Work 27 November, 2008 10:02:00

    As Cyber Monday approaches, research suggests a majority of workers will use their work computer to shop this holiday season. But despite the continued growth in online shopping, employees and business still don't understand the risk
    As Cyber Monday approaches, research suggests a majority of workers will use their work computer to shop this holiday season. But despite the continued growth in online shopping, employees and business still don't understand the risk.
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    Why Cybercrime is Thriving 27 November, 2008 11:52:00

    A new Symantec report reveals just how large and sophisticated the online underground economy has grown
    A new Symantec report reveals just how large and sophisticated the online underground economy has grown.
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