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Thought leadership at Forsythe extends to numerous industry publications. Below you will find select articles authored by Forsythe technologists. For full listings of published articles for each of our areas, please follow the navigation links on the left side of this page.

The New IT Alignment Gap

Cindy Elzinga, Senior Vice President, IT Strategy

Baseline 11.26.2008

The gap between application development and IT operations management is escalating. With the rise of new technologies, the lack of energy spent on maximizing existing IT infrastructure, the lack of coordination between application groups and operations, and the lack of retiring legacy systems and older software, the IT alignment gap is showing signs of being widened by IT itself.

Smartphones: Personal or Corporate?

Jose Ferreria, Solution Architect

Internet Telephony 01.01.2009

The advent of smartphone systems which blend corporate and personal functions along with touch screen ease-of-use, has caused issues for enterprises now asked to support these devices. This has strained IT and security departments that were not prepared to handle them.Ask members of your user group community: Who has had a similar project delivered? What was their experience? Do the appropriate manufacturer support relationships exist if their assistance is required? Ask for what you want: Narrow the selection to two candidates and begin the quote process with both using a non-mission critical project. How does each provider respond?

Burned by Leasing? Five Tips for Leasing Technology Equipment

John Carcone, Senior Vice President, Financial Services

Computer Technology Review 02.16.2009

The fact is that leasing should be painless. The right leasing solution can make the experience of equipment acquisition and disposal--as well as the cost--more manageable. For satisfied leasing customers, the following tips will describe what you are already receiving--and should continue to expect. For those who have been burned in the past, perhaps it will put a useful tool for cost-effective IT acquisition back into your hands.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery:
How to Prepare Your Business

Michael Croy, Director, Business Continuity Solutions

eWeek.com 07.24.2008

Companies frequently don't like to think about business continuity, disaster recovery, the expense of hot sites or even off-site storage. But, as Michael Croy explains, you have to ask yourself how much you're willing to lose. If you can't afford to lose it, then BC/DR is for you.

From Gray to Great! Rejuvenating Your Aging Data Center

Steve Harris, Director, Data Center Planning and Design

Forsythe Focus and Data Center Journal 05.01.2008

Recent industry estimates have placed the average age of a data center in the United States at eighteen years old. That's right, built in the early 1990s, when the first George Bush was president, the mainframe was still king and the server/ laptop phenomenon