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The information revolution of the past decade or two will do little to improve anemic global economic growth. Several factors are converging that will frustrate the technocentric optimists, including automation improvements that enable companies to do more with less people, massive global demographic shifts as the world ages and as population rates begin to slow, and, perhaps most important, IT innovations that might be benefiting the most highly capable among us and leaving behind those less so.

Does a comprehensive proposal replete with data points, success stories, and implementation details galore win the client over? The purpose of this article is to understand challenges in the vendor-client relationship zone and what a vendor can do to get the client to act favorably on a proposal.

In this on-demand, recoded webinar, Cutter Fellow Bob Benson describes a methodology that gives a clear perspective on IT costs and IT values.

Corporate and government security officers will want to take the next few weeks to assess and reassess their organizations' security and encryption capabilities after the most recent revelations about the US National Security Agency (NSA). Specifically, they should ask: Whose products are we using?

I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect, and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before.

-- Thomas L. Friedman

As I have said before, it is hard for me to put a finger on exactly what's wrong with computer and Internet security today.

What is the most important resource in the world today? Hint: it's not oil or gas or precious metals -- although they're certainly valuable. It's data.

Do you know your coworkers' hometowns? Their favorite colors? Their current level in Farmville? If you answered "yes" to all three questions, there may be a very serious management concern here.