[TechRepublic] Working for your client's competition

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Working for your client's competition Independent consultant Chip Camden outlines three dimensions to the question of whether you can consult for competitors. Voice your opinion on this subject. Read more Resource of the day Enterprise Data Center Modernization The situation with IT in the modern business is reaching a breaking point. Read this white paper to learn more about enterprise data center modernization. Building project documentation in a 'tailored extreme' business environment Ken Hardin describes how he boiled down a client's project into a "tailored extreme" document format. This approach might help you avoid pitfalls of under-documented dev projects. Read more Four step deployment process for client assets Erik Eckel shares practical deployment tips that may help your consultancy do a better job of tracking client assets. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Five best smartphone accessories for the on-the-go IT pro Jack Wallen lists the five most important smartphone accessories for the mobile IT professional. Read more The five best Linux file system cleaning tools In honor of National Clean up Your Computer month, here some top picks for Linux system cleaners. Read more Manage remote desktop sessions with CoRD for Mac Scott Lowe shows you how to manage remote desktop sessions between Macs and Windows with the free CoRD tool. Read more ESXi installable vs. embedded decision points When deploying vSphere hypervisors, there are a few choices to be made. In this post, Rickatron highlights benefits for each option of ESXi. Read more What to expect from the cloud in 2012: Experimentation Thoran Rodrigues says that the cloud trends for 2012 can be summed up in one word -- experimentation. He breaks downs some of the areas to watch. Read more 10 Things Call for Feedback: What are the dumbest tech predictions for 2012? It's that time again: January, when the tech world is inundated with predictions for the coming year. Which ones win the prize for most idiotic? Read more Featured multimedia   Web design: 15 very effective Joomla implementations Ryan Boudreasux chooses 15 examples of effective Joomla CMS web implementations. View on site Top apps to manage your help desk tasks The right help desk system can greatly enhance the services you deliver -- and it can make life a lot easier for the techs and managers, too. View on site IoSafe Thunderbolt demo (photos) IoSafe used a 1-million-watt Tesla coil to unveil its Rugged Portable Thunderbolt external hard drive. But that's just for show. Make sure you check the blog for the real demo. View on site IBM shows data storage at the atomic level (images) Researchers from Big Blue say they have been able to store a bit of information with just 12 magnetic atoms. Today's disk drives require a minimum of a million atoms to do the same job. View on site Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Is 2012 the Year of the Cloud? Then It's Also the Year of Google Apps Check out this live webcast from Google. You'll learn all about Google Apps, how it works within the cloud, and what it can do for your business. Tune to learn more. Today's recommended downloads IBM: "The One System That Will Unite All the Others." (IBM) Live Webcast: Is 2012 the Year of the Cloud? Then It's Also the Year of Google Apps (TechRepublic) IBM's Migration Factory (IBM) The IT Modernization Challenge: Maintain or Innovate? (Oracle) Oracle SPARC SuperClusters - The New SPARC-based Engineered Systems (Oracle) Connect with TechRepublic 10 tips for IT pros who have to travel during the winter Winter travel can turn a short hop into a long, frustrating journey. Here are some practical ways to get where you're going with fewer problems. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise App Builder 10 Things

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