Archive for the 'Special to ZDNet' Category
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
In the SaaS model, the power is with the customer and vendors need to take a very different approach to both sales and service, here’s how to do it says Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. Commentary–Software-as-a-Service SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of…
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Cloud Computing, SaaS, Customer, Customer Service, software. customer service, SPS Commerce, Archie Black, Software As A Service (SaaS), Software-as-a-service, Product Marketing, Marketing, Software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Sales |
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
As data governance becomes a key benchmark of a company’s responsibility to enhance and protect data, here are six simple steps that start to develop a program based on individual needs. In the past few years, dozens of high-profile incidents involving data mismanagement have gained international attention. Caught off…
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Data, Pricing, Corporate Law, IBM, Organization, Steve Alder, mismanagement, data governance, Corporate Governance, Data Management, Management, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Databases, Special to ZDNet, Software |
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Most organizations have no way to gain a comprehensive view of all technical components and their impact on the enterprise but consolidating and streamlining can do the trick, says Planet Associates’ William Spencer. Commentary–Now more than ever, businesses and government agencies are dependent on clear,…
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CEO, Planet Associates, William Spencer, visualization, Data Centers, infrastructure, Special to ZDNet |
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
What is needed to spur unified communications deployment and deliver on the vision of spontaneous collaboration is simple and inexpensive tools that can integrate the existing IT, says Dialcom US’s Bob Johnson. Commentary–Normally, when Cisco, IBM and Microsoft move into a market, their presence does…
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email, conferencing, Bob Johnson, Dialcom US, Standard Networking Protocol, Unified Communications, Special to ZDNet, Communications, Messaging, Applications |
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Virtualization so far has found a home within pre-production and less-than-critical use–and has yet to find its way into more business-critical area, says OpTier’s Motti Tal. Commentary–There?s no doubt about the great potential of virtualization to cut IT hardware and management costs, and utilize…
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Performance, Application, Cloud Computing, managment, OpTier, Motti Tal, enterprise, Environment, Virtualization, Hardware, Storage Management, Storage, Information Technology, Special to ZDNet, Utility Computing |
Monday, February 25th, 2008
The demands of regulatory compliance are among the factors driving corporate IT and security managers to improve their access governance processes, but that’s not the whole story, says Aveska CEO Deepak Taneja. Commentary–The stakes involved in access-related risk have risen dramatically…
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Aveksa Inc., IT Security Team, Accountability Loophole, Business Manager, risk management, compliance, Aveska, Deepak Taneja, Risk, Entitlement Inertia, Automation, Security, Information Technology, Special to ZDNet, Strategy, IT, Solution, Accountability, Entitlement, Audit, Management |
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
If you’re writing code, pay closer attention to the major time-sink of application problem resolution and how it affects application release schedules, quality, functionality, and ultimately their company?s bottom-line says , BMC Software’s Doug Laney. Commentary–Have you ever pondered the time and energy your development team spends on documenting,…
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code, data integration, Application Problem, SaaS, BI, Doug Laney. BMC Software, BMC Software, Doug Laney, Tester, Problem Resolution, development, Applications, Management, Special to ZDNet, Problem, Developer, Application, Team, Software |
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Fewer and fewer IT organizations are asking whether they should virtualize systems. The focus is now on how should do it acoording to CiRBA CTO Andrew Hillier. Commentary–Fewer and fewer IT organizations are asking whether they should virtualize systems. The focus is now…
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Virtual Machine, Best Practice, enterprise, adoption, John Suit, Fortisphere, Virtualization Technology, Chargeback, Application, Environment, Memory, Storage Management, Virtualization, Hardware, Utility Computing, Storage, Special to ZDNet, , Problem, Server, Software |
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
During the development stage SOA projects must avoid many land mines which could result in the scaling down or abandonment of the deployment plans, says NetManage’s Paul Callahan. Commentary–A growing number of companies are implementing SOA projects to lower IT integration costs while…
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projects, development, objectives, Paul Callahan, Special to ZDNet, Netmanage, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Management, Project, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software |
