Monday, November 19, 2007

IT managers' best friend: The BlackBerry

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IT managers' best friend: The BlackBerry

Denise Dubie By Denise Dubie
Once seen as a luxury to some, the PDA quickly became a must-have tool for people in many professions, including IT. Read full story

Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers the technologies, products and services that address network, systems, application and IT service management for Network World. E-mail Denise.


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