commercial
How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News Antony Hayes, commercial director for RMG, was appointed a year ago to reduce the £110m the RMG was spending on running its IT operation each year. How does a business pay less for its IT services when it's already... [20 Nov 2009]
Clouds clear as Microsoft gives Azure a January launch date
News Dallas will provide developers with access to third party datasets - both public and commercial - to allow them to build applications using the information. Microsoft's cloud-based computing platform Azure has been given... [18 Nov 2009]
Ingersoll Rand Increases Business Agility With Microsoft Online Services
White Paper The Ingersoll Rand portfolio represents a family of industrial and commercial brands through business segments which include Climate Control Technologies, Industrial Technologies, Security Technologies, and Air... [16 Nov 2009]
Smart Cards and Biometrics in a Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification System
White Paper Both government and commercial organizations are implementing secure personal Identification (ID) systems to improve confidence in verifying the identity of individuals seeking access to physical or virtual locations. [14 Nov 2009]
Integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Improve Performance and Enhance Productivity in Federal Agencies
White Paper Off late high-profile accounting and management scandals in the commercial sector have given rise to legislative action to improve internal controls over financial reporting for companies participating in the financial... [13 Nov 2009]
8 Steps to Holistic Database Security
White Paper SQL injection attacks, malfeasance by insiders and regulatory requirements are driving organizations to find new ways to secure their corporate and customer data found in commercial database systems such as Oracle,... [13 Nov 2009]
Building a Web Application Security Program
White Paper It starts with some background on how web applications are different than traditional enterprise applications or commercial off-the-shelf products. This paper shows how to build a pragmatic web application security... [13 Nov 2009]
A Burst of Clean-Energy: How 3D Visualization Can Help to Achieve Commercial Objectives
White Paper Explaining how product works, how it could be used, and where it differs from existing technology, is the most difficult part and a decisive element in reaching commercial objectives. This paper will examine the... [12 Nov 2009]
Mobile Phone Networks for Communication in Feeder Automation
White Paper The techno-commercial feasibility of using mobile phone networks for Feeder Automation is established. Major utilities in India have conducted pilots and have gone ahead with mass-deployments. The mobile phone networks... [12 Nov 2009]
When Corporate Network Safety Starts at Employees' Homes: Protecting Your Network From Home Wireless Hackers
White Paper While there is no guarantee for 100% hacker-free security, the "SAFE WIFI" practices package some of the best security that is commonly available with today's commercial products, to make home wireless network a less... [12 Nov 2009]
Medicaid MITA: Innovative COTS Solutions for IT Risk Management
White Paper The goal of this paper is to facilitate discussion and familiarization of the Symantec Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) offerings for those who find themselves charged with the implementation of anew MITA aligned Medicaid... [12 Nov 2009]
ISM Band Coexistence
White Paper The license-free nature of these bands has made them attractive for use by various commercial applications/communication protocols such as Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Bluetooth (BT), cordless telephones, baby... [12 Nov 2009]
Tech grads finding it harder to land job in IT
News Computer science graduates continue to be sought-after as employers recognise that, in an increasingly competitive market, IT is a vital tool for commercial success. The number of IT graduates able to land a job in the... [12 Nov 2009]
Future-proof your outsourcing: Stay flexible
Comment Can they share the commercial basis upon which scalability will be priced? William Benn explains how to do it. Having explored security and reliability in your IT outsourcing arrangements, today I turn the spotlight on... [12 Nov 2009]
Windows 7 Commercial Adoption Outlook
White Paper The anticipation for commercial adoption of Windows 7 is reaching a boiling point. With Windows 7 available now, IT professionals should start preparing for it now. Specifically, they should: 1) start or accelerate... [11 Nov 2009]