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Archive: 02-2012

• Windows consumer preview for business: More Qs than As

  Something strange happened on the way to Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona today–Microsoft quietly posted an unusual document detailing features and a product version name that took...

  Posted by Gina Smith | February 29, 2012, 12:23 PM PST

• Don't fall in love (with your methodology)

  No methodology is a magic talisman that can ward off optimistic schedules or lack of stakeholder support.

  Posted by Patrick Gray | February 29, 2012, 6:20 AM PST

• Best leaders are clear about their Critical Success Factors

  John M McKee says in this economy leaders need to be certain that investments are being made where the best ROI will occur. In this blog, he provides a tool used by the best leaders to ensure they...

  Posted by John McKee | February 28, 2012, 10:59 AM PST

• 'Onshoring' IT services and bringing jobs back home

  Challenges to offshoring have arisen, many not expected, and are now causing people to rethink the offshoring trend that has dominated the IT landscape for the past decade.

  Posted by John Williams | February 28, 2012, 10:30 AM PST

• Healthcare IT is bustling at HIMSS

  At this year’s HIMSS, vendors were offering products ranging from EHR (Electronic Health Record) systems to desktop and network hardware to medical devices of all kinds.

  Posted by Wally Bahny | February 28, 2012, 5:04 AM PST

• Personal data encryption, IT and the Fifth Amendment

  Last week, a federal court for the first time ruled that the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — the right to not self-incriminate — protects against “forced...

  Posted by Gina Smith | February 27, 2012, 4:52 AM PST

• Is there a method to Google's madness?

  An outside observer might conclude that Google has little direction and a surfeit of cash as it lurches from search, to mapping, to mobile, to home audio players, to cloud file sharing.

  Posted by Patrick Gray | February 22, 2012, 7:46 AM PST

• VDI or IDV: Which choice makes the most sense?

  Intelligent Desktop Virtualization (IDV) is a relatively new concept to hit the technology world and has the potential to turn the whole desktop virtualization game on its head.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | February 21, 2012, 8:42 AM PST

• Brutally honest may be your smartest choice

  At some stage, we all need help from others in the workplace. In this posting executive leadership coach John M. McKee says why you should try to find that person sooner than later.

  Posted by John McKee | February 21, 2012, 4:50 AM PST

• Five consumerization of IT myths debunked, maybe

  With all the breathless coverage of the consumerization trend sweeping enterprise, it’s easy to forget that even the trend is changing, too.

  Posted by Gina Smith | February 21, 2012, 4:42 AM PST