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Analyst Forrester predicts a surge in adoption of managed services, fuelled by a low-growth economy-driven desire for cost savings. Read more »

Microsoft's SharePoint is a powerful product, but needs lots of oversight and technical skills to succeed at enterprise scale. Read more »

Paul Campbell, the Australian Catholic University’s Director of Information Technology, explains his plans for realtime data replication across the WAN. Read more »

Virtualisation and blade servers are changing the face of data centres, saving money and greening their operations along the way. Read more »

Most businesses want fantastically short recovery times. This podcast explores how to budget for the tools you'll need to hit their targets! Read more »

Microsoft says its hosted services are about cost savings and mobility. Is there more to its cloud offerings than those simple messages? Read more »

The LAMP stack may no longer be the dominant force for open source computing, argue analysts, and you should now look further for your open source needs. Read more »

Can you continue to innovate with fewer dollars in your IT budget? It's possible - you just need to pick the right areas for innovation. Read more »

A former Intel employee has been accused of stealing more than $US1 billion of the company's IP. Learn what the case can teach you about data loss prevention. Read more »

CIOs should buy cheap phones and concentrate on infrastructure to underpin business processes, if they want to get the most out of unified communications. Read more »

Learn about the skills to look for when you hire a business analyst in this Q&A and book extract with Barbara Carkenford, author of Seven Steps to Mastering Business Analysis. Read more »

From IT security and compliance to IT staffing and IT portfolio management, here are 10 maxims for success in the coming year, spanning people, process and technology. Read more »

CIOs will soon be asked to deliver applications that create rich online shopping and customer service experiences. Read more »

Virtualisation and cloud computing can disrupt your compliance regime. Here's how to get the best of technology without scaring your lawyers! Read more »

SAP will continue its support plans, but ERP 6.0 customers will continue to receive support until the year 2017. Read more »

SaaS pioneer Salesforce.com has teamed with Facebook to offer "social applications for the enterprise" Read more »

With the economy in a delicate state, getting more value from your service provider is important. Here's how to get more from your outsourcer! Read more »

Discover best practices for disaster recovery budgeting in this podcast. Read more »

Oracle's Fusion project is proceding so well, says one analyst, that the company is pulling ahead of SAP. Read more »

Now's the time for short, sharp, projects that show ROI in a rush - but don't cut too deep in case you make yourself a target for permanent cuts once the economy improves!

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