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Comment I mean it's core - we were looking at systems - but actually my role was very much around facilitating conversations and ensuring that the right people were speaking together and setting the governance framework in place," she explains.
[13 May 2008]
Comment He dropped one here: "Having tried to manage open source environments, the degree to which rather eccentric - apologies for the generalisation - open source custodians and Unix engineers customise their environments creates extremely bulky systems...
[08 May 2008]
Comment Having tried to manage open source environments, the degree to which rather eccentric - apologies for the generalisation - open source custodians and Unix engineers customise their environments creates extremely bulky systems and applications that...
[06 May 2008]
Comment The choice can seem mind-boggling if you take all these vendors and review them alongside other content security specialists such as ScanSafe, which specialises in managed services for web security; Bloxx with appliances for web security; and anti...
[02 May 2008]
Comment At a modest estimate I have passed through well over 200 airport terminals - and hence their security systems - right across the planet including Australia, Europe, the Far East, the Middle East and Scandinavia, since 9/11.
[29 Apr 2008]
Comment These claims are most commonly made for expensive, high end videoconferencing systems - such as Cisco's TelePresence or HP's Halo - where the tech does everything it can to make you feel as if you are just across the table from your colleagues...
[28 Apr 2008]
Comment This ranges from individuals managing banks accounts online and tracking the progress of goods ordered online, to whole groups of businesses sharing centralised supply-chain management systems. But actually measuring how distributed a business is...
[24 Apr 2008]
Comment That growth is partly because smart operating systems are filtering down from desktop computers and laptops into handheld middle-tier devices, as users demand that desktop and internet applications bridge the divide between computer and phone.
[23 Apr 2008]
Comment On top of all this, few organisations have document accounting systems that accurately measure the true usage for printing and imaging. Who controls printing and imaging? Responsibility is often scattered - so control and costs go out the window.
[22 Apr 2008]
Comment Yes it is, especially when it comes to areas such as regulatory exposure, loss of information and downtime of IT systems. They risk cutting the very thing that could get them out of trouble, says Martin Atherton.
[18 Apr 2008]
Comment We can only hope we shall see a return to sanity with the advent of new and leaner operating systems, and efficient code writers guided by sound design principles founded on well understood and documented human factors.
[16 Apr 2008]
Comment It follows that effective and efficient exception monitoring then becomes a critical necessity but, all too often, is an after-thought in systems design. But a ruthless overhaul of poor banking systems is crucial to putting rogue traders out of...
[15 Apr 2008]
Comment And suppose luggage designers had to travel a whole year non-stop with their own luggage, and ditto for the designers of electronic point of sale systems, mobile phones and security systems. Today this translates into living and dying by your own...
[14 Apr 2008]
Comment In industry after industry, companies that built computer systems faster than competitors have gained profound business process advantages. This model is most useful in companies with legacy environments that often split their technology platforms...
[09 Apr 2008]
Comment There is also demand for skills around SAP Basis - the range of middleware programs and tools from the ERP giant that enable its modules to be interoperable across operating systems and databases. The state of the economy and its potential impact...
[04 Apr 2008]
Comment This allowed the staff to familiarise themselves with the systems and get actual hands-on experience before the station was opened to Eurostar traffic. On the bright side, thanks to passengers refusing to be finger printed, problems with the "high...
[03 Apr 2008]
Comment Teradata is one, but also the other major systems integrators. There are some big concerns around the complexity of software now and I think there's a big responsibility on the vendor community to focus on quality and support as systems get more...
[02 Apr 2008]
Comment The demos I watched of the state-of-the-art systems and technology were extremely impressive and, following extensive testing, it all seemed pretty much ready to go several weeks (and in some cases months) in advance of its opening on 27 March.
[28 Mar 2008]
Comment However, as an abstract document detailing the nature of management systems, it won't give you a step-by-step guide to what security controls you should be managing. Life would be simple if curing security headaches were just a matter of buying...
[28 Mar 2008]
Comment They set up systems that honestly assess and prioritise projects. IT projects should be prioritised according to business benefits. That's fine in principle, says the Naked CIO. But this must happen without ignorance, hierarchy and petty rivalries.
[25 Mar 2008]
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