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September 2008 Archive

Prediction: Cloud Computing Haze Will Clear

September 30, 2008 | You have to love the IT industry; it recycles computing concepts more often than clothes designers in Manhattan's garment district. Meet today's latest fashion: cloud computing, You also may know it as application service providers, grid computing, or time-sharing.
By Paul Korzeniowski

Strategy Matters: 6 Ways To Be A Better Leader

September 25, 2008 | All of us may be leaders of ideas, but many of us also are leaders of people. It's important that we prepare ourselves for both roles and understand our power and responsibilities. Unfortunately, few of us have been trained about the choices and decisions we must make as leaders.
By Nilofer Merchant, CEO of Rubicon Consulting

Government Shouldn't Meddle With Internet Access

September 23, 2008 | No good will come of telling ISPs how to run their business. The government doesn't want carriers restricting data transmission volume, but that opens the door for hogs to chew up oodles of bandwidth and force other users to sit and wait and wait and wait.
By Paul Korzeniowski

Cisco Takes Aim At Microsoft's Stronghold

September 16, 2008 | Small and midsize businesses may soon have something new when selecting desktop applications: choice. Microsoft's hammerlock on the desktop may loosen as a couple of industry heavyweights try to wedge their way onto the desktop.
By Paul Korzeniowski

Ask Steve: Getting Started With Managed Mobility

September 15, 2008 | Do employees in your company have Blackberrys, iPhones, Treos? Managing all those mobile devices, associated rate plans, services, applications, and offers can be overwhelming. Yankee Group's Steve Hilton, discusses how managed mobility solutions can put you back your IT staff back in control.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group

Strategy Matters: 5 Structural Elements Of Strategy

September 11, 2008 | Strategies fail over and over again for the same reason: businesses ignore the 5 key structural elements of strategy. Miss one and your strategy is doomed to fail.
By Nilofer Merchant, CEO of Rubicon Consulting

SMBs Lead The Way To A Brave New Desktop

September 5, 2008 | Desktops at many small and midsize companies have evolved, and for once it's the enterprise that will need to scramble to keep up.
By Fredric Paul

Network Marketplace M&A Thins Competition

September 4, 2008 | The ongoing consolidation craze in the networking market coincides with many small and midsize businesses moving to converge their wired and wireless networks. Looking ahead, growing businesses need to brace themselves for more changes as established providers and startups jockey for market position.
By Paul Korzeniowski

The bMighty Manifesto:
Small Is The New Large

September 3, 2008 | At bMighty.com, we hold the following truth to be self-evident: That today's technology has radically shifted the competitive landscape, giving smaller, more nimble organizations a profound advantage. bMighty's mission is to help growing companies understand and exploit that advantage.
By Fredric Paul