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Huddle: a worthy SharePoint alternative for client collaboration

May 16, 2013 12:40pm PDT

SharePoint is the go-to collaboration suite for most professional services firms. Find out why the SaaS-based Huddle might be a more expedient and user-friendly client extranet option.

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Signs a client may not be ready for managed services

May 15, 2013 9:44am PDT

Warning bells should go off in your head if you spot any of these items indicating managed services are not a priority at a prospective client's site.

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Push to cloud services bolsters enterprise Mac use

May 15, 2013 8:18am PDT

As software vendors like Adobe push customers to cloud subscriptions and SaaS becomes more prevalent, old compatibility barriers break down for enterprise Mac use.

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Cloud-service contracts and data protection: Unintended consequences

May 13, 2013 11:52am PDT

There are things your cloud-service (Facebook, Amazon, Google, Dropbox, etc.) contracts aren't telling you. Michael P. Kassner interviews an attorney concerned about what's not being said.

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Manage IT projects with Wrike, a flexible SaaS-based solution

May 8, 2013 6:10am PDT

Wrike's import and export features get praise from our reviewer. Find out what else this project management solution offers in this features rundown.

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Banks better get moving on extending mobile apps to tablets

May 6, 2013 4:12am PDT

If banks want to stay competitive, they may want to focus less on checking fee gimmicks and more on developing apps for mobile banking.

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IT departments: Compete with consumer cloud apps or risk a security breach

May 3, 2013 3:33am PDT

Companies faced with staff sourcing their own cloud apps and services to use in their job are not addressing the risk by simply banning staff-sourced IT.

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Five tools to help sync more than one cloud storage service

May 2, 2013 11:26am PDT

There are plenty of available tools to help you easily manage those cloud storage services. Jack Wallen lists his favorites.

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Integrate Microsoft Project 2013 with Mavenlink

April 30, 2013 11:15am PDT

You can democratize project management information by integrating Microsoft Project 2013 with the SaaS-based solution called Mavenlink.

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Meeting the BYOD and cloud challenges to business continuity plans

April 30, 2013 6:00am PDT

Here are solutions and recommendations for business continuity plans that must be changed to respond to the new risks associated with BYOD and cloud services.

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What makes up a true hybrid cloud infrastructure?

April 22, 2013 6:00am PDT

Extending the benefits of the public cloud into the private infrastructure is an appealing option for companies who still have reservations about the public cloud.

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Three challenges that BYOD and the cloud pose for BCP planning

April 22, 2013 6:00am PDT

BYOD and the emergence of cloud services present new challenges to business continuity planning. Here are the areas that will need to be addressed in any new plan.

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Mumbai lures product startups away from IT services hub Bangalore

April 19, 2013 9:08am PDT

Read an insider's view of Mumbai's tech startup environment, which he notes is different from the IT services ecosystem in Bangalore.

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Use LiquidPlanner's checklists to track project tasks and communications

April 18, 2013 1:21pm PDT

LiquidPlanner's latest enhancements are checklists and better collaboration features. By using the checklists, your project team just might be more productive.

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Quick tip: Command line basics for Amazon Web Services users

April 18, 2013 6:00am PDT

If you want to take advantage of the very lowest prices on Amazon EC2, Linux/UNIX users are in luck. If you're not an expert, you'll want to brush up your command line skills.

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Five small business replacements for QuickBooks

April 11, 2013 12:01pm PDT

Jack Wallen suggests several options that offer a near feature-for-feature comparison to the popular QuickBooks.

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The app developer top 5: Why PaaS is a liberating choice

April 11, 2013 12:00pm PDT

Guest contributor Bill Platt cites the top 5 reasons app developers are turning to PaaS to solve some core challenges.

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Modifying AWS CloudFormation templates: Polish your code

April 10, 2013 12:01pm PDT

Nick Hardiman shows a step-by-step example of how to modify an AWS CloudFormation template -- the last part of building your own SaaS on Amazon's platform.