More Content Management In Depth

Hands-on: 3 comment platforms make blog management easier

If you have a popular blog, it can be difficult to keep control of the conversation. We look at 3 comment platforms -- Disqus, IntenseDebate and Livefyre -- that can help.

Sign and Send Documents from Your Smartphone or PC

See if this sounds familiar: Someone e-mails you a document, contract, or whatever that requires your signature. So you print it, sign it, then dust off the fax machine so you can send it back.

Send Faxes From the Web: Three Services Tested

Though you might be tempted to ditch your office fax machine, you probably have to send out at least a few faxes every year. Windows lets you fax from the OS itself; but it requires you to use a landline that your small business may not want tied up, and it lacks security and mobile features that your business may need.

10 questions for Box CFO Dylan Smith

-- Name: Dylan Smith, co-founder and CFO

Image gallery: Alfresco -- an open-source ECM alternative for SharePoint

Microsoft's SharePoint ECM system can be expensive; companies may be able to find an alternative in Alfresco, or make do with simpler document management systems.

Alfresco: An open-source ECM alternative for SharePoint

Microsoft's SharePoint ECM system can be expensive; companies may be able to find an alternative in Alfresco, or make do with simpler document management systems. Insider (registration required)

Weaving BI into the corporate fabric

To get the most out of business intelligence projects, companies need a top-down commitment that permeates the entire organizational culture. At 1-800-Flowers.com, for example, achieving pervasive BI has been a 10-year commitment. Insider (registration required)

Blogging Is Free and Easy at WordPress.com

When you've got something to tell the world, get out there and write it. Today, it's easier to do than ever before to let your voice be heard. Social networks engage us in conversations with people we already know, but public blogging services like WordPress.com (free, with optional for-pay extras) let us carve out a niche for ourselves where others can benefit from our knowledge and perspective--even if we've never spoken to them before.

10 essential MySQL tools for admins

The MySQL community is a hotbed of free, open source tools to enhance the performance and health of your MySQL systems

NoSQL standouts: New databases for new applications

Cassandra, CouchDB, MongoDB, Redis, Riak, Neo4J, and FlockDB reinvent the data store

YouTube for the Enterprise

Streaming video has emerged as yet another form of enterprise content that has to be managed.

After OpenOffice and Hudson, will Oracle stick with open source?

NetBeans, MySQL, and GlassFish are all likely to remain in Oracle's software portfolio as they have profit potential

Getting started with document management

Time is money, and time spent searching for lost paperwork is money down the drain, as is money spent making unnecessary copies.

Drupal 7 simplifies Web site management

Drupal, the open source Content Management System (CMS) used to power everything from personal sites to the White House's Web site, is legendary for its flexibility and power. But Drupal has also been known for its labyrinthine administrative interface.

Don't Gamble Your Company's Reputation on Data Governance

Today's growing challenge: Data. There is suddenly too much of it, and while firms rush to mine it, they do so without adequate regard for the risks in keeping and using it.

FBI CIO's Mission: Modernize

When he joined the FBI from Lehman Brothers, Chad Fulgham inherited an obsolete IT infrastructure and major project on the brink of failure. Two years later, agents have BlackBerrys and SharePoint, but the work isn't finished.

How to divorce your tech vendor

Follow these 7 tips to protect your IT assets -- and essential company data -- from a service provider breakup gone bad

What you missed: The top sleeper tech stories of 2010

Apple's quiet enterprise ascendance, looming ERP-like disasters in health care, the solution to a big security hole, and more didn't get the media attention they deserved -- until now

What you missed: Deferred IT maintenance is a ticking time bomb

The No. 5 top sleeper tech story of 2010

What you missed: Businesses are resisting the XBRL mandate

The No. 9 top sleeper tech story of 2010