information systems leading company in comment and analysis
RSS information systems leading company in comment and analysis
Richard Williams
CIO Profile He was previously the VP of commercial information systems for the US arm of the pharmaceutical company where he led CRM and patient/physician connectivity projects, along with the development of the company's online capabilities. [11 Jun 2008]
Centralised or decentralised IT?
Comment They also commission IT projects and select and manage company or external resources that build the systems. But they often pay a high price for decentralising development: splintered development activities that make it difficult for functions or... [09 Apr 2008]
Network horror stories expose need for understanding
Comment One large financial services company that SecureTest worked for recently sacked a member of staff but failed to revoke the ex-employee's remote access on all systems. Another sacked employee, this time within the healthcare sector, used a similar... [12 Apr 2007]
Compliance made easy
Comment Reusing parts of existing BI systems enables you to guarantee that the same performance management information will be used for compliance purposes but it will also prepare you for future regulatory impact. [10 Oct 2006]
The Professional CIO: Paul Burfitt, ex-CIO AstraZeneca
Comment They are deeply loyal to the company, according to Brinley Platts, author of the Leading Edge Forum's Building Effective IT Executive Teams research, and chairman of CIODevelopment.com. But it was only about halfway through his career, after a... [20 Sep 2006]
Analysis: Security, compliance and CRM in one
Comment Without proper handling of access to this sensitive data, the security of customer records and proprietary company information could be seriously compromised. One of the key issues that authentication systems have to deal with is the user's desktop. [15 May 2006]
Analysis: The way to security and compliance
Comment Regulations such as the ubiquitous Sarbanes-Oxley require company management to know exactly who has access to which systems. However, even if a company chooses to use passwords rather than more secure authentication technology, identity management... [04 May 2006]
Leader: RFID, NFC and consumers
Leader In reality, if systems come into play and there isn't violation of privacy then most people will just get on with their lives. For example, Philips RFID chips enable Oyster cards for travel on public transport in London yet smart cards for tourists... [22 Oct 2004]
Through the fog... SAP for SMEs
Comment SAP’s solution, however, is derived from its acquisition last year of TopManage Financial Solutions, an Israeli company who specialised in small footprint business systems. SAP is one of an elite band of enterprise software vendors, famous for... [18 Dec 2003]
Crossing the Channel: What IP can do for storage
Comment For example, Cisco, Hitachi Data Systems and Sprint successfully tested replication over a distance of nearly 6,000km. Corporates will use a mix of technologies for their SANs, including both FCIP for daily remote back-up for disaster recovery... [02 Sep 2003]
Butler on: Collaboration
Comment Around 35 per cent of overall costs in the average company are made up of sales, general and administrative costs. Organisations must be cognisant of this when implementing collaborative technologies such as enterprise portals, shared workspaces or... [22 Aug 2003]
It's a Linux world after all
Comment Leading Linux seller Red Hat will share the stage with Morgan Stanley, HP will announce that Unilever is buying its Linux servers, and oil company Amerada Hess is using Ximian's Red Carpet service for updating software. [20 Jan 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: IPR rules in the UK, HDS gets busy and PC trading investigations
Comment First up, the Santa Clara-based company released news of its range of Hitachi Freedom Storage Thunder 9500 V Series offerings. These systems target the low-end to mid-market sectors and provide storage capacities in the range of 360GB to one terabyte. [16 Dec 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: work-life balance, mainframes and Factiva
Comment The company is the leading provider of desktop business information with a customer base made up of 84 per cent of the Global 500. On the content side of things, the company takes business information from 8,000 sources in 118 counties and in 22... [30 Sep 2002]
Devil's Advocate: Buy anything but the market leader
Comment But did any company ever really make much progress by doing just that? When I recently considered how to spend the government's IT budget (http://www.silicon.com/a52351 ), one reader made a number of positive suggestions, including an emphasis on... [16 Apr 2002]
