Tech Decision Maker
The IT leadership source that will supply you with the knowledge you need to choose technology and best practices that will map to your company's strategic goals.
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Should you care about the speed of your company's page loads?
Load page speeds cause people to ditch your sites. How slow is too slow?
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Is your shop corrupted by unnecessary processes?
Even when those processes are managed with rigor, discipline, and the latest technology, they still do little to enhance the core product or service being offered.
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The fallacy of talent shortages and H-1B visas
We've all heard about the tech talent shortage and the need for H-1B visas. But how do you reconcile that with the soaring unemployment rate of U.S. military vets?
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Case Study: Box and Equinix build a private global network for Box Accelerator
Box, the SaaS storage provider, partnered with Equinix to build a private backbone to support Box's growth in major markets around the world.
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Complexity, skills, experience lie at heart of mobile testing shortfall
Mobile testing is challenging enough to warrant outside help and thorough enterprise assessments.
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Tech companies that are sitting on cash piles
Apple, Inc. has been the recipient of great scrutiny over its $137 billion cash surplus. They're not the only one sitting one sitting on a giant cash pile.
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Improve the image of your IT department
Sometimes the stereotypical image of your department keeps you from getting the job done. Learn how to fight this image to benefit your employees and the company as a whole.
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Leadership lessons for IT from the White House
What leadership lessons can IT learn from the recent scandals in the White House?
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Download TechRepublic Pro's Ergonomic Policy
TechRepublic Pro has created a policy template that allows you to set the stage for ergonomic guidelines.
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IT needs to understand the move from BI to data analytics
How exactly do the areas of data and predictive analyses differ from business intelligence and what should IT leaders be doing differently?
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Does IT eat its young?
Sometimes IT is less than welcoming to new blood. Is your IT department willing to destroy its future in order to maintain its current all-stars?
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Survey: Which technologies are on the SMB IT roadmap?
TechRepublic would like to know which technologies your organization is using, or considering, and which ones aren't on your IT roadmap. Participate in the next survey and let us know.
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Amazon to develop 3D smartphones. Why?
Amazon has plans to develop 3D smartphones. Somebody please give me a reason why this is a good idea.
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Are your tender requirements killing your IT project?
Plenty of organizations have well-formed procedures for procurement on large projects, but when the projects are small, the contracts are short-term, or the budget is low, those same procedures can easily become a crippling overhead to both sides of the procurement process.
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Download TechRepublic Pro's Application/Project Development Policy
TechRepublic Pro has created a policy template that allows you to set the stage for guidelines to be used during a project.
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What's in a Service Management Plan?
The Service Management Plan (SMP) is a document that contains all the necessary details to run a service. Here's a breakdown of what to include.
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Create a traffic light Gantt chart in Microsoft Project 2007
One way to draw attention to problem areas in a project schedule is to set up a traffic light Gantt chart. Learn how in this Microsoft Project 2007 tutorial.
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Three leadership behaviors of successful project managers
Andy Makar discusses three leadership behaviors that every project manager should strive to demonstrate. Let us know which leadership behaviors you would add to the list.
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Windows XP: If it ain't broke...
Although XP has less than one year of official support remaining from Microsoft, many organizations have no plans to replace it. What's going on?
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Use big data to fight cybercrime
While organizations don't always need to understand how an attack works from an in-depth technical perspective, they do need to understand how the attacks get past their defenses. A successful CISO will arm himself with analytics and learn from others' mistakes.
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Choosing and deploying a project priority selection system
A centralized project priority selection system provides a comprehensive approach to aligning your projects with organizational strategy. George Sifri explains how to pick the right project priority selection system and make the process pay off for you.
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A tale of two cloud migrations
Two companies. One large. One startup. Two migrations to the cloud. Let’s take a look at the similarities and differences in their moves.
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MicroStrategy leverages an internal private cloud for operational efficiency
MicroStrategy, a leading provider of Business Intelligence software, leverages a private cloud to support developers and technical support staff across their offices worldwide.
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Build a customized Gantt chart view in Microsoft Project
Dr. Andrew Makar shares the step-by-step process of configuring a custom Gantt chart view, a customization trick that may save you time when you're switching between views in Microsoft Project.
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Five critical questions you need to answer when evaluating a business case
Professionals and managers are often asked to review a business case and provide a recommendation to the senior management. Here are the right questions to ask the author of a business case.
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Stop securing your virtualized servers like another laptop or PC
Many IT managers don’t take the additional steps to secure their virtual servers, but rather leave them vulnerable to attacks with only antivirus software and data loss prevention packages. Here are the most common mistakes made and how to prevent them.
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Agile reporting methods for project managers
Rick Freedman describes the four reports that PMs typically create at the end of each iteration of Scrum Agile projects.
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The IT dashboard: Five metrics that spell success
Although you may never be able to get a "perfect" metric, there are some pieces of information that are valuable to the CIO and the executive team that should be considered must-haves for any dashboard.
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How CIOs should prepare for iOS 7
Amtel Founder/CEO PJ Gupta speaks with TechRepublic about the enterprise-level changes and implications of the September 10 release of Apple iOS 7.