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IDC: Vendors will increasingly employ SaaS model

During the economic downturn, many enterprises turned to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) content management solutions as a way to avoid the expenses that often come along with in-house CMS

70 percent of financial institutions attacked by insiders

These days, it appears that the threats to your data are coming from the inside, as well as from the outside. In a new survey, 70 percent of financial institutions say they have experienced a case of

Avoid these IT manager mistakes

You're probably getting lots of advice on how to succeed, but there are plenty of management mistakes that IT managers and CIOs should avoid to maintain a shop that runs well. This week, SearchCIO

Cutting costs trumps IT security

A new survey by the Society for Information Management (SIM) finds a complete shift in what IT managers are doing when it comes to cutting costs and security. For the first time, saving money is more

IT economy still in the doldrums

There are some signs that the long and deep economic downturn may be starting to ebb, but so far it's been a jobless recovery that may hold true for IT, as well as many other sectors of the job

The incredible shrinking data center

The size of data centers is going down, down, down. Fueled by the economic downturn, many IT executives are now saying that smaller is better when it comes to data center size. IT managers are buying

Microsoft: Revenues drop 17 percent

Microsoft is having recession pains just like every other tech company. Last week, it reported its worst fiscal year since it initially sold stock to the public in 1986. Its quarterly revenues

Even cybercriminals are hit by recession

A German software company detected a 30 percent drop in the number of unique malware signatures between May and June, a development that it attributes to the economic downturn. G Data argues that

Gartner: Electronics industry will recover in '10

Tired of hearing all the predictions about when the economy will recover? Here's one from Gartner that looks optimistic: Mobile phone and PC sales are ready to start leading the electronics industry

U.S. firms shed Indian back-office operations

Some well-known U.S. firms that have been hit by the recession and need to cut costs, are abandoning the back-office information technology centers they have operated in India. In a move that