No more Mr. Nice IT Guy

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	No more Mr. Nice IT Guy Today IT mostly finds itself in an uncomfortable situation. To recycle a much over-used metaphor, IT has been caught in a perfect storm created by budgets that are collapsing or barely staying level, increasing internal demand for solutions to improve line of business financials, and external services that undermine IT's authority and the integrity of internal solutions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation No Harmony in Harmonics Distortion in your data center's electrical system can significantly impact power utilization and cause communication errors, overheating and hardware damage. Learn how installing a single harmonic-mitigating transformer is the most cost-effective means to prevent harmful harmonics from affecting electric distribution equipment. Learn More In this Issue The Alex: Android meets an e-book reader and more Today's focus: Testing, 1, 2, 3 … dozens of renderings WHITE PAPER: IBM BI for Business Users This white paper explores how today's advanced business intelligence solutions can put powerful, informative BI information into the hands of more users. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation UPS Service Plans: How to Maximize Your Returns This white paper explores key issues to consider and questions to ask when selecting a UPS service offering and service provider. It also examines some of the top features to look for when evaluating UPS service plans, and discusses the importance of supplementing emergency assistance with preventive maintenance Read More WHITE PAPER: Qualys Inc. Justifying IT Security The goal of a security program is to choose and implement cost effective countermeasures that mitigate the vulnerabilities that will most likely lead to loss. This paper discusses the management of Risk and how Vulnerability Management is one of the few counter-measures easily justified by its ability to optimize risk. Read now! The Alex: Android meets an e-book reader and more Mark Gibbs reviews a clever Android-based e-book reader that does a whole lot more. Read More Today's focus: Testing, 1, 2, 3 … dozens of renderings You'd think that by now, after 17 years of graphical Web browsers, that standards would define and ensure consistent Web content rendering on pretty much all devices or, at least, on PCs. Should you think this you would be wrong. In fact, nothing could be further from the case. Web applications developers still have to not only worry about differences in how current browsers display content but also have to cater for the still significant population of previous browser versions. Read More
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