25 useful iPad business apps

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	25 useful iPad business apps Need to take care of business? These iPad apps will help you get the job done. They can do it all -- provide remote access to a Mac or PC, let you edit documents and synchronize files, turn your tablet into a spare monitor, set you up to attend online meetings with colleagues, and even take dictation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Real Cost of Dealing with Carriers By working with a single-source provider, customers get a dedicated team of experienced telecom professionals. This relieves you of complex and confusing carrier management tasks, letting you focus on your company's top objectives and projects. Read Now! In this Issue Employees aren't waiting around for IT to deliver new apps Tech's highest-paid CEOs, biggest raises and smallest salaries Companies shift away from yearend bonuses, perks, gifts -- except on Wall Street Holiday e-commerce spending at $32 billion and counting 10 biggest ERP software failures of 2011 Nation's nuclear power watchdog comes up short on FISMA compliance MIT to open source educational software Why social tech's real value is inside the business IBM buys Emptoris for contract managment, supply software WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Data Protection Solutions The simpler a backup plan is to plan and execute, the more likely it is to be done. Read Now! Employees aren't waiting around for IT to deliver new apps Today's tech-savvy employees aren't waiting around for IT to deliver new applications. They're taking matters into their own hands. Read More Tech's highest-paid CEOs, biggest raises and smallest salaries Before the new year rolls in, we're recapping the tech industry's top earners, biggest CEO bonuses, fattest raises, priciest perks and smallest salary earners, calculated from our analysis of 36 tech companies' 2011 proxy statements. Read More Companies shift away from yearend bonuses, perks, gifts -- except on Wall Street Yearend bonuses are a thing of the past at many companies. Challenger, Gray & Christmas surveyed human resources executives and found that 43% of companies don't award yearend bonuses, perks or gifts. Back in 2007, just 28% of companies surveyed by the outplacement firm said they never award yearend bonuses. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More Holiday e-commerce spending at $32 billion and counting Online shoppers hit the "buy" buttons in droves last week, surpassing all past weekly sales tallies. Read More 10 biggest ERP software failures of 2011 With the year drawing to a close, one thing seems abundantly clear: There are still an awful lot of ERP and other software projects running off the rails out there. Read More Nation's nuclear power watchdog comes up short on FISMA compliance Majority of compliance gaps surround configuration and vulnerability management, an independent audit finds. But NRC has made important strides, too. Read More WEBCAST: IBM InfoSphere MDM Solution for Product Information Management Learn how leading retailers, distributors and manufacturers leverage IBM InfoSphere Product Information Management solutions to boost supply chain productivity and deliver an optimal customer purchase experience. Learn More MIT to open source educational software As part of an initiative to expand its online course offerings, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology plans to release as open source the software it will use to manage student online learning. Read More Why social tech's real value is inside the business Although companies have been urged to adopt "Web 2.0" and social technologies for years now, the truth is that relatively few have done so internally in any serious way -- and use inside the business is where the most value can be gained. Read More IBM buys Emptoris for contract managment, supply software IBM has signed a deal to buy supply and contract management software vendor Emptoris in another bid to fill out its growing catalog of business-to-business and business-to-consumer commerce technologies, the company announced. Read More
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