T-Systems
Beware the turf wars when merging comms
News And with the lack of UC standards and vendors who can provide end-to-end systems, it's the largest businesses that are also most likely to have the in-house expertise necessary to integrate disparate... [25 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome OS
Cheat Sheet The Chrome OS will differ from traditional operating systems in one fundamental way: you won't be able to install any programs on machines that it's running on. Google Chrome, that's just a web browser... [23 Nov 2009]
Doing business with citizen developers: Beware the legal pitfalls
Comment At a practical level citizen developers are likely to need support and access to the business' own systems and development tools to some degree, which raises additional security concerns the business must address. [23 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up So it's not just IT people that need to shape up, it's the IT systems too. Wheezing. Coughing and spluttering. Unable to complete basic tasks without falling over. Due for a serious upgrade or a one-way trip to the skip... [20 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News Over the long term a lot of difficult challenges in IT data integration will be addressed automatically through standardisation of systems in the cloud. As businesses begin to host their IT systems in... [19 Nov 2009]
PCI Compliance: Cut Costs, Not Corners With Third Brigade
White Paper Building PCI compliant systems that protect assets and customer cardholder data isn't easy. But doing it right doesn't have to be as difficult or expensive as one may think. Enterprises... [13 Nov 2009]
The Role of Encryption in Data Protection
White Paper Cullinane is the former CISO for Washington Mutual Inc.and previous International President of the Information Systems Security Association. This PGP Webcast Summary is based on a presentation given in 2006 to Honeycomb... [13 Nov 2009]
The ABC's of Social Engineering & Five Ways to Protect Your Organization
White Paper In short, social engineering is hacking people rather than computer systems. Social Engineering has been an effective method of committing fraud for centuries. Recently, however, it has been used more and more to assist... [13 Nov 2009]
Strategies for IPR/DRM Protection and Secrecy: Document Collaboration or Product Systems?
White Paper Collaboration Systems assume that one has control over the environment of all the recipients, usually because they are staff. But outsiders are not staff, they don't play by rules and one... [12 Nov 2009]
Is Virtualization a Black Hole in Your Security?: 5 Ways to Ensure It Isn't
White Paper The ease with which virtual computer image files can now be downloaded means there is a much higher risk of end users running unauthorized applications - from games to browsers to beta software - in a virtual environment, making... [12 Nov 2009]
Information Management, BPM and Integration: Achieving Cost Efficiency in the Financial Sector
White Paper A work management system that systematically drives work forward, drawing on business systems for pertinent documents and information. Digital capture and storage make information easily retrievable and useful, but... [11 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Then there's desktop virtualisation in which users' individual computers run on operating systems and use applications that are located in a central server. This concept has been scaled up and various pieces of software... [11 Nov 2009]
'Don't just outsource the problem when you outsource IT'
News The outsourcer is being contracted to provide skills and expertise but the local authority still needs to provide vital input from its service areas into defining, training and testing systems," the report said. [10 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Is IT responsible for workers' output and errors?
Comment Finally, has the accountability of accuracy, productivity and effectiveness now been wrestled from employees and become the domain of systems? If this is the case, then, are CIOs ultimately accountable for errors the... [10 Nov 2009]
Revealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News A multitude of Microsoft operating systems have been launched into the world since the first versions of Windows appeared back in the early 1980s. But after all these years of development, which operating system software... [09 Nov 2009]