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Using Web 2.0 tools for recruiting, retention, and employee development
Aberdeen Group survey data shows that a growing number of organizations are using Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, social networking, etc.) to manage employee challenges, such as retention.
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Technology adds stress and new demands to networked workers
Although the Internet, e-mail, cell phones, and BlackBerries have made certain business functions easier, a new study reports that working Americans say there are tradeoffs to always being connected.
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E-discovery: IT leaders' ill preparedness may surprise you
We recently conducted a Web-based survey of TechRepublic members to better understand how companies are supporting e-discovery. Here are highlights from the survey.
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Preliminary worldwide PC shipment estimates for 2Q08
A preliminary report has been released by Gartner on the number of worldwide PC shipments in the 2nd quarter of 2008. According to the information technology research firm, the total worldwide PC shi...
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ITIF Broadband Rankings for 2008
If you are trying to get the go-ahead for a Web or Internet-based system and your corporation has footprints in multiple countries, you might just find the ITIF Broadband Rankings useful in arguing yo...
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PC virtualization gains attention
In an informal poll of readers on virtualization-centric site Virtualization Review, 193 readers (to date) cast their votes on their "primary virtualization concern in 2008."
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User satisfaction with performance of Internet connectivity
User satisfaction with performance of Internet connectivity
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Top 10 most reliable web hosts
Ever have to decide on a host for your company's site but befuddled by the huge range of offerings on the saturated web hosting market? What exactly is the difference between that $4.95/month and the ...
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Common Internet attack ports
Internet powerhouse Akamai Technologies has released its first "State of the Internet" report. Drawing from data gathered across its global server network, it attempts to dissect trends such as attack...
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BlackBerry the top SmartPhone in the enterprise
Despite significant inroads made by Apple's iPhone, Research In Motion's BlackBerry SmartPhone continues to dominate the enterprise. Of course, one could argue that the iPhone in its current incarnati...
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Attacks involving targeted Trojans going up
The number of targeted attacks involving targeted Trojans are increasing, with up to 70 targeted Trojans a day recorded in the month of April this year. This represents an increase of 250% over Decemb...
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TechRepublic's favorite Web browser in Windows
What better way to kick off the IT by the Numbers blog than by examining one of our perennial favorite questions of all time: Which is the reigning favorite Web browser -- for Windows, used by the IT ...
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Welcome to IT by the Numbers
The field of information technology is fluid and ever-changing. New technologies are constantly invented, and niches to existing specialties created. How is the already harried CTO or IT Manager to ma...
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iPhone and BlackBerry tops corporate Smartphone satisfaction survey
ChangeWave Researcher, a Rockville, Maryland-based firm has found that RIM's BlackBerry technology is still tops when it comes to corporate satisfaction.
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More than half of SMBs have more than one business location
I was poring over this report by Quocirca (free registration) pertaining to the topic of information security. However, I can't help but be intrigued by the chart on page 3 which showed the results of...
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Google puts in strong showing in Netcraft Web server survey
April's survey consists of a total of 165,719,150 sites. There is an increase of 3.1 million sites more than last month, the bulk of them coming from the United States.
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CIO salaries on the rise
According to a survey done by CIO Insight, the annual pay packets of CIOs are on the sixth consecutive year of increase.
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Google Research: Temperature not a major factor in hard disk failures
Logic and conventional wisdom have always pointed to temperature being one of the key environmental factors affecting the reliability of hard disk drives. That’s not the case, however, according to re...
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Windows XP still the predominant workstation OS of choice
A poll of 1,384 TechRepublic members shows a staggering 95% still operating corporate networks with a predominant number -- more than half, of workstations running on Microsoft's Windows XP operating ...
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Facebook addiction in the office
If you are considering banning certain social networking sites from work, you might be interested to know that a poll conducted late last year by IT security and control firm Sophos had 14.8% admittin...
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Many companies still ill-prepared for disasters
According to a report on data center asset planning, up to 1 in 5 respondents say they have no disaster recovery plans -- or say that they are unsure.
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Anti-spyware software is big business in the UK
Anti-virus software has long been a staple in corporate PCs. This trend continues, with the exception that the majority of businesses in the UK now use anti-spyware scanning software as well.
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Top Instant Messaging applications in the enterprise
It appears that the enterprise have largely given up on controlling the use of IM, and existing policies, if any, were largely ignored.
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Attacks involving targeted Trojans going up
The number of targeted attacks involving targeted Trojans are increasing, with up to 70 targeted Trojans a day recorded in the month of April this year. This represents an increase of 250% over Decemb...
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BlackBerry the top SmartPhone in the enterprise
Despite significant inroads made by Apple's iPhone, Research In Motion's BlackBerry SmartPhone continues to dominate the enterprise. Of course, one could argue that the iPhone in its current incarnati...
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Common Internet attack ports
Internet powerhouse Akamai Technologies has released its first "State of the Internet" report. Drawing from data gathered across its global server network, it attempts to dissect trends such as attack...