data entry in comment and analysis
Dear silicon.com... Tech skills slump, gov't snooping, Segway safety
Comment When you look at what the government mandates as IT training in schools there is no wonder that we have a shortage of entry-level candidates. The ISPs and telcos will justifiably raise their charges again to cover the extra cost of retaining users... [22 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment The amount of entry and exit points, not to mention access points of information is extraordinarily difficult to contain. Like most IT directors, the Naked CIO is extremely careful with other people's data. [25 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.11.07
Round-Up The latest development is that the value of the data on the black market is estimated to be an incredible £1.5bn - breaking down as £60 for each individual entry. The Round-Up would like to pass on its best wishes to fellow silicon.com columnist... [30 Nov 2007]
Hot issue for green IT
Comment In most data centres, air is cooled and then passed through the building only to be exhausted at only a few degrees above its entry temperature. Once you've exhausted the obvious ways of making data centres more climate friendly, what next? [14 Nov 2007]
How mobile is your corner shop?
Comment Mobile phone network O2 has been piloting mobile ticketing, where punters have barcodes displayed on their mobile phone screens which are scanned for them to gain entry. The key for the retailers - and presumably their consumer goods partners - is... [13 Apr 2007]
Supply chains go on-demand
Comment An accessible SCM system with low barriers to entry and multiple electronic interfaces for participants allows small remote suppliers to be more easily included. A good example is automated supply chain management (SCM): once such apps became... [04 Apr 2007]
The dos and don'ts of VoIP security
Comment Phones, for example, can become vulnerable if their passwords are not changed as they offer many points of entry for hackers. This helps protect the voice service if there is a denial of service attack on the data network. [04 Apr 2007]
Paperless office - ages-old myth or valuable way forward?
Comment It is not just a question of scanning in the mail image, according to chief executive Graeme Scott, but also doing some data entry - for instance for invoice processing or handling an insurance claim. [26 Jun 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Metrics overload
Comment In contrast, our machines will only tell it the way it is, provided the entry of data is also fully automatic. Until we see the application of game theory, war gaming and situation modelling, combined with automated data recording, gathering and... [02 May 2006]
Leader: A 500,000 Microsoft device deal - so what?
Comment The census workers will just be using the handhelds for data entry. The US Census Bureau revealed it will be equipping its census takers with Microsoft devices - all 500,000 of them. It's the biggest ever device deal for Windows Mobile and it... [06 Apr 2006]
Opinion: Ofcom reins in VoIP and NGNs
Comment First, IP lowers the entry barriers for broadband-based voice and other services, allowing services to be introduced without the need for investment in substantial kit. It looks as though telecoms companies may have another customer consent to... [14 Mar 2006]
Leader: Catch a thief
Leader Thanks to the introduction of CCTV, sophisticated alarm systems and forensic methods, bank robbers have changed tactics - the risk of getting caught for forced entry is just too high. There are enough tools to do it legally without breaking the... [29 Nov 2005]
The east Asia story
AS Analysis TCS CEO S Ramadorai dropped two places to 22 from last year, while Azim Premji, chairman and MD at Wipro, slipped six places to 41.Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy is a new entry at number 37. The Indian outsourcing industry has taken a hit in... [26 Sep 2005]
Leader: Are you flexible yet?
Leader Take the social services IT manager who saw the foolishness of staff completing a document by hand on site visits and then returning to the office and duplicating each field entry on their desktop application. [08 Jun 2005]
Minority Report: Tempting the 'iPod to Mac' switchers
Comment It has a strong hardware offering, including the bare-bones entry-level Mac Mini, and a mature digital lifestyle software suite in iLife 05. With our ever-expanding storage capacities and proliferating media types, many of us have accumulated... [06 May 2005]
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