Month: December 2010

Baseline Issue Nov/Dec 2010

COVER STORY Top 10 Tech trends of 2011 Security enjoys a welcome revival in our third annual market research survey of the technology trends that

Social Media Policy Development

Social media tools such as blogs, microblogs like Twitter, video, and social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook represent an emerging collaborative environment for

Eight Ways to Ensure Outsourcing Success

Outsourcing isn’t new, but, by now, many IT shops have accumulated enough experience to use this service more effectively. According to Houston-based consultancy TPI, even

Reducing Social Media Risks

With Facebook membership now past the half-billion mark and Americans spending nearly a quarter of their time online, business has gotten into the act. Companies

Security Reigns Supreme

  We?ve been concerned for some time about corporate vulnerabilities, as recession-driven spending cuts drove many organizations into await-and-see mode about information security. Well, perhaps

Business Intelligence Trumps Facebook

  In 2010, organizations recognized the enormous, valuable data resource social networking had unleashed. In 2011, they expect to take stock of this resource, making

Encryption Key to Data Security

U.S.-based companies areincreasingly adopting encryption technology, not just to secure data but to satisfy privacy and data protection regulations. In the past, mitigating data breaches

VDI Adoption Holds Steady

  In another example of a market pausing to take stock of a promising new development, the speedy pace that virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) showed