IT Baseline: The Basic Workstation Software and Practices

If you are in charge of IT policies at your office or even your work-at-home computer, this article is for you. Every week I see computers in need of attention. Many of these desktops do not have what I consider to be the most basic of software to enable people to be productive and protect [...]

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Do we really need all that paper? Up to date practices for companies in document retention and management

It’s not just Al Gore. We could all do a bit better with the environment. A big offender is the use of paper for printing. Once its printed, we probably stack it somewhere so it can attract dust. Let no desk surface be uncovered! Then, we wonder where that dang printout of the schedule went. [...]

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How Much to Spend on IT

The latest CIO issue is out and it has a nice article about the “proper” amount of capital to spend on IT systems. The article does a very fair job of presenting the research. Instead of looking at a percent of total revenue or a percent of operating expense, the research details we should use [...]

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