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Archive: 03-2013

• BYOD is not for everybody, and especially not for executives

  If you’re a CXO, director, manager, or your employment status makes you eligible for litigation, then bringing your own device to work can be detrimental to your personal and professional life.

  Posted by Sean Doherty | March 27, 2013, 4:27 AM PDT

• SaaS: Keep complexity and short timelines from affecting quality

  This blog discusses some strategies for building high quality SaaS products.

  Posted by Guest Contributor | March 26, 2013, 7:23 AM PDT

• TechRepublic's New Employee Checklist and Default Access Policy helps IT with new hires

  With this policy, IT and HR departments can work together to ensure new hires receive the most useful orientation experience and IT guidance.

  Posted by Teena Hammond | March 25, 2013, 1:33 PM PDT

• Catch a bug with monitoring

  Development of business and functionality monitors should be a part of any project scope.

  Posted by Guest Contributor | March 25, 2013, 9:00 AM PDT

• Office 365: Great service, confusing licensing

  With the release of Office 2013, Microsoft has doubled-down on “Office as a service,” offering revised plans and pricing for consumers and businesses.

  Posted by Patrick Gray | March 20, 2013, 5:36 AM PDT

• New trend: Companies sometimes taking months to make a hire

  Companies who interview for months just waiting for that “perfect” hire may never find it.

  Posted by Toni Bowers | March 18, 2013, 7:32 AM PDT

• The 12 habits of highly collaborative organizations

  Here are twelve collaboration patterns or “principles” that successful organizations follow.

  Posted by Guest Contributor | March 18, 2013, 6:12 AM PDT

• Don't let rushing endanger SaaS health

  In the early stages of any application, there’s a tremendous emphasis on speed and new features. This blog will talk about how to prevent falling into this trap and how to navigate past it...

  Posted by Guest Contributor | March 13, 2013, 8:11 AM PDT

• When is the Cloud not the right tactic?

  As with every tool, there’s a time and a purpose and the Cloud is no exception. Here are some suggestions as to when to avoid Cloud and SaaS.

  Posted by Patrick Gray | March 11, 2013, 5:19 AM PDT

• Legal issues to consider with cloud computing

  Patrick Gray talks with an attorney who specialized in IT law about the legal details IT leaders need to consider when going to the cloud.

  Posted by Patrick Gray | March 5, 2013, 8:15 AM PST