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- Is your employer doing enough to prevent you from being the next Julie Amero?
- If you work with computers (especially around children, but I don't think that not working around children makes you immune to what happened) then what happened to the Connecticut substitute teacher Julie Amero should both shock and disturb you. Is your employer doing enough to prevent you from being the...
- Tags: Software, Security, Workplace, Information Technology, Julie Amero, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- 'IT has no inherent value'
- Many IT projects are built on a house of cards, ready to come tumbling down in failure to deliver anything useful back to the organization. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Business Benefit, Brian, Benefits, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study
- The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. ...
- Tags: Skill, Information Technology, Micro Focus, Survey, Strategy, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing, IT management, jobs, skills, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-02
- Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?
- Technology CEOs worth their paychecks are going to use this economic downturn to revamp business models and position for the so-called post recession era. It sounds rather obvious, but why don't all CEOs follow this playbook? We've heard the mantra repeatedly: Reload in a downturn. And a...
- Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, CEO, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT Dojo: Stop Check Disk from constantly running when Windows Vista starts [video]
- Windows Vista's Check Disk utility is a good tool for detecting and potentially fixing file system errors. But sometimes, Check Disk doesn't behave as it should. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler offers advice on what to do when Vista's Check Disk tool malfunctions. Once you've watched this IT...
- Tags: Disk, Information Technology, File System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Tool, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT expert executed in Iran
- Following Pakistan's recently introduced "Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2008" according to which potential cyberterrorists would face the death penalty, a neighboring country, Iran, has recently executed an IT expert who confessed of being an Israeli spy for at least three years. After being recruited by Mossad during a business...
- Tags: Information Technology, Equipment, Iran, Government, Productivity, Real Estate, E-mail, Business Operations, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Interview: HP's Tim Hall on heightening roles of governance in SOA, cloud and managing dynamic business boundaries
- SOA governance heightens the business benefits of services, increases IT efficiency returns, and reduces the risk that complexity could undermine the services lifecycle in large organizations. Services governance also sets the stage for leveraging cloud and third-party services, while managing the boundary between internal and external services. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, SOA, SOA Governance, Tool, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Would you lie to get your project funded?
- 83% of cost/benefit analysis supporting IT proposals is a fiction I was reviewing an academic manuscript, Managing the Realization of Business Benefits from IT Investments (published in (MIS Quarterly Executive, March 2007) by Professors Joe Peppard, John Ward and Elizabeth Daniel, when a footnote really caught my...
- Tags: Information Technology, Benefit, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Former inmate accused of hacking prison IT
- Federal authorities charged a former inmate with successfully breaking into prison computer systems and stealing identity information on prison personnel. It can happen to you too. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Hacking, Information Technology, Prison, Access Control, Computer, Productivity, Security, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- To CCHIT or not to CCHIT is the question
- No single vendor or certification process can build an IT infrastructure that both enables innovation and distributes it universally. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, CCHIT, Healthcare, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- The IT 'Devil's Triangle' [podcast]
- Three roles dominate virtually every significant IT project: technology supplier, system integrator or consultant, and end-user or customer. In this podcast, Brian Sommer explains this IT devil's triangle and its impact on project success and failure. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Software Company, Information Technology, System Integrator, Brian, Podcasts, Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Internet, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- IT Dojo: Investigate RAM problems with Vista's Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool [video]
- Application failures, operating system faults, Stop errors: If you see any of these while running Windows Vista, you could have defective or failing RAM. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler shows you how to investigate possible RAM problems with the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool, included in Vista. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, RAM, Tool, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Strategy, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- HP's Hurd: IT downturn different than 2001; Ink matters
- Hewlett-Packard's fiscal fourth quarter didn't offer up many surprises given the company preannounced the results along with its outlook. But there were more than a few notable nuggets that indicate where tech demand is heading. Here's a look at the top five takeaways from HP's earnings report...
- Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Mark Hurd, Notebook Sale, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Enterprises can leverage cloud models and manage transition risks using service governance, says HP
- Cloud and on-premises compute grids exploit breakthroughs in technology architecture and the confluence of new business models, this is clear. In times when every dollar counts more than ever, the enticements to experiment with cloud models is powerful. At the same time, there is very little margin for error. Adopting...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Business, Service, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- IDC Making the business case for IT consolidation
- Based on industry trends and customer data, IDC provides recommendations to help you get started with your IT consolidation initiative, explores business impact and benefits and shares customer examples to learn from.
- Tags: Business Case, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, IT Consolidation, International Data Corp.
- White papers 2008-11-24
- Can a dose of SOA relieve tension?
- Quote of the week: "[Independent business units] are constantly seeking to diverge in order to meet the specific needs of their customers. At the same time IT continues to work towards increased centralization. As you can imagine, this is creating some tension.... Is SOA the way that...
- Tags: Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- IT resellers encouraged to spread the EPEAT green gospel
- If you're not interested in understanding the in's and out's of the EPEAT Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool rating systems, the Green Electronics Council has started training IT solutions and services providers about how to better-interpret the information for their clients. EPEAT uses 51 different criteria (such...
- Tags: Information Technology, Reseller, EPEAT, Federal Government, Strategy, Government, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- A guide to cutting IT costs
- Reduction of spending in the IT department is more art than science. Metri consultant Paul Michaels offers some advice on how to get it right. For the past few months everyone was hoping the IT industry might be saved the worst of the credit crunch fallout, on the...
- Tags: CIO, Benchmarking, Information Technology, IT Cost, Paul Michaels, Conundrum, Strategy, Management, IT management, costs, cutbacks, staffing, Paul Michaels silicon.com
- News items 2008-11-21
- Reducing IT resource needs and service costs through Intel® Core™2 processorwith vPro™ technology
- "=This is a particularly compelling whitepaper given the environment complexity, 800 PCs at over 30 sites across 3 continents. Weekly re-imaging of the training rooms is required for training configurations, and over 460 full training-room rebuilds were performed per year. In this environment, the cost of maintaining a...
- Tags: Intel vPro, Information Technology, Environment, Training, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-11-21
- 5 reasons to kill IT projects
- A survey of IT experts revealed 43 percent of their organizations had recently killed an IT project. Here's the list of reasons, with commentary. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman, Project, CIO
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
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