usability
RSS usabilityPersonal Firewall Usability - A Survey
White Paper This paper focuses on the usability challenges presented by personal firewalls. Nowadays, the focus of IT security is changing from patching system to securing remote access citeTM07, so many personal computer owners install a personal firewall to... [31 May 2008]
Security Best Practices for Dell OpenManage Applications
White Paper Security is often a trade-off between peace of mind and usability. The Dell OpenManage software suite helps enterprises avoid that compromise by offering security while enabling full functionality. Various components make up the Dell OpenManage... [31 May 2008]
Peer-to-Peer Computing for Secure High Performance Data Copying
White Paper Built upon the foundation of its predecessor, Secure Fast Copy (sfcp), bbcp incorporates significant improvements performance and usability. The BaBar Copy Program (bbcp) is an excellent representative of peer-to-peer (P2P) computing. [31 May 2008]
Smart phone battle: Qwerty vs touchscreen
News RIM's BlackBerry 8800 keyboard wins hands down over the iPhone touchscreen for usability, according to Spencer Steel, IT manager at Informatiq. Apple may be set to release the new super-duper all-singing 3G iPhone this summer but RIM has hit back... [22 May 2008]
Sprint Nextel Tools Enable Developers to Create Innovative Mobile Java Applications
White Paper Customization items include emulation of Sprint devices and APIs as well as new usability features added especially for Sprint Nextel developers. Sprint Wireless Toolkit 3.0 - Powered by Sun Java Technology is built on the award-winning Sun Java... [21 May 2008]
Google Android - winning apps are location-based
News Pitted against Microsoft Windows Mobile and Symbian devices, which are both popular in China, Android needs to beat them on usability to be accepted, Huang added. Expect there to be at least one application incorporating location-based services in... [20 May 2008]
Travel site bookings fly when glitch fixed
Case Study Usability testing software has helped a holiday company boost its sales by spotting a glitch in its website's navigation that could have been costing it tens of thousands per week in lost business. The company implemented a suite of customer... [09 May 2008]
Staffing Service Coordinates Sales Activities, Utilizes Business Intelligence With CRM Solution
White Paper They selected Microsoft Dynamics CRM because it best met the firm's usability, user acceptance, and system integration criteria. Volt Information Sciences, Inc.provides staffing services, telecommunications, and information solutions to Fortune 100... [30 Apr 2008]
Modeling Demystified, Part 3: Extend UML for User Models - Associations, Relationships, and Stereotypes
White Paper This type of modeling, which is based on leading usability theory and practice, lets solution architects specify the external design elements of the IT solution so that it's both useful and usable to all types of users. [26 Apr 2008]
Minority Report: Why I am a Mac user
Comment A recent description of the iPhone interface on the website of usability guru Bruce Tognazzini sums it up neatly for me. Of course, the real problems with our emotionally resonant products occur when the usability and device functionality turn out... [17 Apr 2008]
A Scalable PKI for a National Grid Service
White Paper This paper describes work to expand the PKI for the UK National Grid Service (NGS), to integrate it with site authentication and improve usability. As the NGS grows to support wider and larger scientific communities, the paper investigate how to... [16 Apr 2008]
Easy-to-Use Firewall Management for Home Users
White Paper This paper identifies usability challenges presented by internetworking multiple homes, with a special focus on, home network firewall management. The homes nowadays have an internet connection and multiple computers more and more often. [11 Apr 2008]
Making WAP More Attractive to Users: Specification Promises More Usability and Increased Security - Technology Information
White Paper The launch of a new version of WAP (wireless application protocol) has sparked debate among industry players and analysts as to whether the platform will find wider adoption than its previous release. [10 Apr 2008]
MSS Smart IP: Enhance Usability, Reduce Costs, Improve Performance
White Paper This paper focuses on MSS Smart IP that addresses several problems associated with deploying an existing application to wireless users. Many organizations underestimate the effort required to implement a wireless solution. [10 Apr 2008]
Realising the Full Potential of WAP - E-Commerce Focus
White Paper The mServices initiative (established by the GSM Association) was created to drive usability and is largely based on the new WAP specification - WAP 2.0. Realising the full potential of WAP: Operators are hoping that the promotion of new handset... [10 Apr 2008]
