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  • IT Priorities Multiply as Budgets Stagnate: Gartner

    IT organizations will have to deliver on multiple priorities without an increase in their IT budget, as CIO IT budgets are expected to be flat, increasing just 0.5 percent, with declining IT budgets in North America and Europe, according to a global survey of CIOs by tech industry research firm Gartner’s Executive Programs. Forty-six percent…

  • Social Networking Application Usage Grows Among Employees: Report

    There is explosive growth in global social networking and browser-based file sharing on corporate networks, with a 300 percent increase in active social networking (e.g., posting, applications) compared with activity during the same period in the latter half of 2010, according to research published by Palo Alto Networks. The Networks Application Usage and Risk report…

  • Rail Bandit, $4.99

    Rail Bandit, $4.99 http://www.railbandit.com/A must for metro area commuters, RailBandit includes schedule information for major rail lines from Amtrak, BART, MBTA, SEPTA, Chicago Metra, NJ Transit, MTA Metro North, the Long Island Railroad and more. Versions 2.4 and up include info on delays, service advisories and track information where available.iPhone, Android, Blackberry Waze, Free http://www.waze.comIf…

  • CRM Opportunity 2012 Goes Mobile and Social

    As organizations deal with new rules of customer engagement and an explosion in ways to parse and deliver customer data, the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market is undeniably hot. Figures out just before the holidays show a healthy growth in the market and as we move into 2012 experts believe that opportunities in mobile CRM,…

  • U.S. Losing Competitive Edge in Technology, Science: National Science Board

    The United States remains the global leader in supporting science and technology research and development, but only by a slim margin that could soon be overtaken by rapidly increasing Asian investments in knowledge-intensive economies, according to a report by the National Science Board, the policymaking body for the National Science Foundation. The report comments on…

  • Smartphones, Tablets, Android Are Why Malware Is Going Mobile in 2012

    For years, computer users’ biggest security threats were attacks against their desktop computers and applications. But cyber-criminals increasingly have been turning their sights toward mobile devices and Web applications, as they are fertile new ground for lucrative cyber-attacks. It won’t happen overnight, of course, and there will still be more than enough security flaws impacting…

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