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Business Activity Monitoring: Process Control for the Enterprise

As the nature of real-time information has evolved, the requirements for analysis and visualization of data has become more complex and sophisticated. There are key lessons to be learned from the process control industry's decades of experience in dealing with real-time mission-critical data. This white paper...

Tags: Monitoring, SL Corporation

White papers 2008-02-12

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IBM, HP update workflow and forms software with an eye to cutting paper waste

I love it when competing vendors do something semi-related within days of each other, because it makes these posts so much more relevant. So, here's the deal: Both IBM and Hewlett-Packard are making some noise right now about the impact of enterprise document management technology on green technology agendas. I...

Tags: U.S. Army, Hewlett-Packard Co., Workflow, IBM Corp., Document Management, Tools & Techniques, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.

If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, Laptop Magazine, PC Magazine, Notebooks, Modems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?

I'm not a big TV watcher to be honest. In the UK, we have the "licence fee" which you need to pay the government before you even connect the telly to the wall. If you don't, you can bet your arse you'll have armed police storming the windows to your...

Tags: On-demand, Broadcasting, Cloud Computing, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-26

The uncertainties of social media for traditional brands

Guest post: Drew Bartkiewicz is a vice president of Technology and New Media Markets for The Hartford, and author of the upcoming book, Unseen Liability. In today's 24/7 business world, companies and their customers are consuming, sharing and storing data at an unprecedented rate. This data has...

Tags: Web, Brand, Network, Social Media, Tiffany, Web 2.0, Intellectual Property, Internet, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?

This General Motors saga has it all: pathos and bathos, tragedy and comeuppance, hubris and ignorance, innocence and foolhardiness. Oh, and it could be the trigger to an even nastier American economy than the one we already expect for next year. Even back in January some GM execs...

Tags: General Motors Corp., Litigation, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-22

iPhone update kills 12 security bugs

Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration

There is a thought provoking piece in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review written by James I. Cash, Jr., Michael J. Earl, and Robert Morison. Morison is an executive vice president and director of research at nGenera Corporation, while Earl and Cash are...

Tags: Innovation, Enterprise Integration, Morison, Distributed Innovation Group, Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Is the 'Green' in Green IT dead?

In a number of recent client interactions with both enterprise IT end users and vendors, the question of "Is the ‘green' in Green IT dead?" has come up. Primarily driven by the current economic climate, IT end users want to understand how relevant the environmental benefits of Green IT should...

Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Green IT, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2008-11-17

The mass exodus of the technology industry

Everywhere I look at the moment there are job cuts here, mass lay-off's there, unemployment rising and a crumbling global economy. Whilst students are working their arses off trying to cram for pre-Christmas exams, it opens up a world full of worry for students who are...

Tags: Job, Technology Company, Industry, U.K., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Crisis Averted: A Proactive Approach to Mitigating Disaster

Is your business' network - and the IT staff that runs it - prepared to deal with the unthinkable? Is your data secure? Does your current disaster plan streamline your company's operations? Does it resolve your concerns about power and network outages? View this 1-hour Webcast, sponsored by Qwest Communications,...

Tags: CIO, Qwest Communications Inc., Network, Disaster Recovery, Networking, Data Management

Webcasts 2008-11-12

BBC hit by a DDoS attack

The British Broadcasting Corporation (bbc.co.uk) was hit by a DDoS attack on Thursday, according to a statement sent to the Inquirer : "In a statement to the INQ, the BBC said the attack originated in a number of different countries but didn't specify which. When the Beeb's techies blocked...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Judge tells Apple exec to stop work

Judge tells Apple exec to stop workNon-competes never stand up in court.The rights of the individual are held higher than those of the corporation. I have discussed this with several HR departments. Generally they ask people to sign them knowing they cannot enforce them.Its a matter of livelihood....

Tags: Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

Boston Acoustics SL 80 - car speaker

Boston Acoustics SL 80 - car speakerBoston Acoustics SL80 reviewThe Boston Acoustics SL80 car audio speakers are two way, plate 4 ohm speakers. Adaptable for 5 X 7 inch default and 6 X 8 inch openings, this coaxial speaker offers amazing sound reproduction and intense clarity. Using AMD copolymer woofers...

Tags: Boston Acoustics SL80, speaker, car speaker, car

Discussion threads 2008-11-09

Sub-prime and the other seven deadly bubbles . . .

Sub-prime and the other seven deadly bubbles . . .It's not so bad as you think: value = trustI think you're too pessimistic. After all: *every* value is essentially a bubble. Trust will cause any value to increase, lack of trust will cause any value to decrease. There is no...

Tags: Vertical industries, Investment, bubble, government

Discussion threads 2008-11-09

ERP Software Upgrade Fuels Collaboration And Growth for Online School-Supply Retailer

SchoolKidz provides a simple, cost-effective approach to fulfilling the school-supply needs of students, parents, and educators. In 2007, the company was acquired by Staples—a 60,000-employee corporation. Staples plans to aggressively grow SchoolKidz's annual revenue. SchoolKidz upgraded its business management solution from Great Plains 7.5 (now Microsoft Dynamics® GP) to Microsoft...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Collaboration, ERP, Microsoft Corp., SchoolKidz, Strategy, Microsoft Office, Management, Office Suites, Software

Case studies 2008-11-07

Engineering Firm Doubles Revenue, Limits Overhead with Project Management Solution

Based in Houston, Texas, Commonwealth Engineering and Construction provides engineering and construction management services for the refining and chemical process industries. With the goals of driving operational efficiencies and enabling cost-effective growth, the company chose to centralize project management and accounting. Commonwealth turned to Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner New Vision...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Corp., Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Case studies 2008-11-07

Mozilla: "Firefox's current overall market share is 20%"

Mozilla: "Firefox's current overall market share is 20%"The silence is deafening...Mozilla has nothing to gain by arguing details here. Firefox is about 20%,no need to say anything more . . . .But does it reflect preferences?While 20% may reflect actual use it may not accurately reflect preferences.For example, I am...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

Google's favorite penny stock: Nexicon

Google's favorite penny stock: NexiconSounds like a competitor bitch to meWhile I'm not familiar with Nexicon or their product, 75% is better than nothing in a war that can't be won anyway. As for understanding the 'enemy' perhaps they do. While media companies treat the customer as the enemy a...

Tags: Nexicon, penny stock, favorite penny stock, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

YouTube: Does your video ID system really work?

YouTube: Does your video ID system really work?Repeated Two Times!"Meanwhile, the vice president of business development at The Copyright Clearance Center, Miles McNamee, is even less convinced of the efficacy of YouTube’s system, more than a year after it was introduced....Meanwhile, the vice president of business development at The Copyright...

Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., video, Viacom Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-06