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Even security experts can’t decide patch priorities

We call it Patch Tuesday, but by the time IT managers figure out how to ensure their Microsoft-based systems don't crash it's probably a...

Windows admins seek increased automation

A survey of Active Directory experts shows a growing frustration with manual processes and internal politics. How to make the business case for better tools

IT will survive Web 2.0

PricewaterhouseCooper's Canadian director of emerging technologies discusses the concept of "ubiquitous participation" in the enterprise and the impact on technology professionals. Plus: Stakeholder networking?

We’re laughing at you, not with you

Normally we focus on the IT-specific surveys that come out of Robert Half, but one caught my eye the other day about laughter in...

Oracle expects you to Super-size your 11g

This is why major technology companies don't reveal the full details about pricing when they launch something. Oracle today said that four of the...

Content is not king. It’s fodder

And you thought they were busy parsing Excel spreadsheets and doing OLAP queries. Actually, survey results that were published by the U.S. Online Publishers...

Novell gets in on endpoint market, buys Senforce

It'll be interesting to see in a year from now how many standalone endpoint security firms are left. Novell's acquisition of Senforce on Monday...

Linux experts look for lessons from SCO suit

A recent court decision may have shut down the case against Novell and IBM for good, but legal issues around open source may be par for the course

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