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Free IT outsourcing templates for SLAs, RFPs and more

CIOs pursuing IT outsourcing deals can benefit from templates spelling out SLA and RFP best practices. Get links to some free IT outsourcing templates. (ARTICLE)


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The art of a SOA implementation: Design for the future: We keep across variations on the statement that doing a SOA implementation is more an art than a science. Knowing which services to expose for the maximum value requires judgment ... (NEWS)
Eureka -- Using Twitter to end information overload (NEWS)
An IT outsourcing contract without penalties? (NEWS)
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Free IT outsourcing templates for SLAs, RFPs and more: CIOs pursuing IT outsourcing deals can benefit from templates spelling out SLA and RFP best practices. Get links to some free IT outsourcing templates. (ARTICLE)
How new CIO is fixing outsourcing problems in Virginia (ARTICLE)
IT outsourcing woes show need for governance, SLAs (TIP)
BUSINESS SOFTWARE  

SOA implementation moves on from open source: Though SOA is something you do, rather than buy, this CIO found the best approach was to go shopping and solve the problem at the database layer. (ARTICLE)
Six ways to fail with your SOA implementation (ARTICLE)
How business and IT benefit from the agile methodology (ARTICLE)
DATA CENTERS AND VIRTUALIZATION  

Gartner's top 10 strategic technologies for 2010: Gartner's list of technologies that bear examination during the next three years show an agile, mobile, secure enterprise that can spot early warning signs and predict trends. (ARTICLE)
How to build IT innovation into your outsourcing deals (ARTICLE)
Email archiving solutions and strategies (RESOURCE GUIDE)
SECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT  

Geolocation technologies create privacy, security risks: Emerging technologies that allow users to broadcast geographic locations raise many issues for companies, CIOs, while legislatures and the FTC consider legal aspects. (NEWS)
Cost-saving pushes security off list of top CIO issues (NEWS)
Health care security, HIPAA compliance on deck for CIOs (ARTICLE)
DISASTER RECOVERY/ BUSINESS CONTINUITY  

IT disaster recovery outsourcing: Test your knowledge: IT disaster recovery outsourcing can help enterprises protect data centers more effectively than doing it themselves if catastrophe strikes. Take our quiz to learn more. (QUIZ)
Disaster recovery morphs into business continuity (ARTICLE)
Do your data recovery solutions address these issues? (TIP)
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