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  • Oh joy, software licensing renewals

    You've got timelines for projects, planned rollouts and staff appraisals. But do you schedule time for reviewing your software licenses?

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  • Security and open source software: An analysis.

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    The choices are endless -- but do we really need everything our mobile phone sells us?

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